The Luminous Constancy of Naked Being

Just as when you put on different clothes each morning it is always the same naked body beneath them – unaffected and unchanged by whatever temporarily veils it – your naked being shines quietly but brightly at the heart of all experience, never acquiring the qualities of your thoughts, feelings or sensations. If you spill coffee on your t-shirt, your body remains clean; similarly, if your feelings are hurt, you remain untouched. Your being always exists in the same luminous, pristine condition – it may be veiled by, but never qualified by experience. This is why awakening requires no perfecting or purifying of being, merely a recognition of what already is. Meditation is simply relinquishing engagement with experience to rest as your self. One who remains in touch with their naked being throughout daily life begins to feel the warm glow of peace accompanying them everywhere.