The idea of ??mindfulness as a practice is quite interesting. People ask, "How to practice mindfulness?" I want to draw your attention to something very basic. Every morning, you find yourself in front of the mirror. It's not something you practice; it's something so natural, and you've been doing it since you were a child. Looking in the mirror is observing your own face, becoming aware of yourself.
So, the real question is: How do you become aware of yourself? How do you become aware of something? Isn't it by looking, by observing? And does this require some technique, some practice, in the sense of something being done in a way that's like an exercise based on a method, a system?
The awareness of self-observation is the awareness of looking at ourselves to comprehend who we are. Therefore, it's not a practice, a technique, but a way of looking, of perceiving. It's something that involves perception, awareness. All we need in life, here, is to become aware of the Truth of What we are in our Essential Nature.
The awareness of the Truth about yourself is what you truly need. This awareness requires Self-awareness, learning about Self-awareness. And learning about Self-awareness is being attentive to ourselves, aware of this psychological face, this psychological structure, this psychological image that thought has constructed about who we are.
So, looking in the mirror of life, of relations, of contact with people, of contact with situations, of contact with oneself, of contact with the present moment. The mirror is present in these contacts, and it is in contact with these given things, with these situations, it is in this contact that the vision of the mirror resides.
Life consists of the presence of a mirror. We can become aware of ourselves in this mirror, in this contact, or we can remain in our dream world, in our dream world, in our sleep. The encounter with the Truth of your Being is the answer to the question some ask without investigating, without studying it. The question is: "How to find God?"
The awareness of your Being, which reveals itself in the mirror of Self-awareness, of comprehending the truth about this image, this is the work that puts us in direct contact with the Truth of Meditation. Thus, we have three very basic things here. The first is the importance, the value, the beauty of this self-discovery, of the discovery of this "me," in this learning about Self-awareness. The second is something directly linked to this first, which is the Truth of Meditation.
After all, what is Meditation? Is it something that someone practices? Is it something that, through a technique, an exercise, or a practice, I can do? And for what purpose? What is the truth about Meditation? What is Meditation? Here we have emphasized for you the importance of Meditation and what Meditation truly is.
When you approach and investigate the nature of the "I," you become fully aware of this image that thought has established in you as you, as being yourself. The end of this internal state of imagination, of self-image, is the presence of Meditation, which naturally requires the Truth about yourself.
Therefore, learning about Self-awareness is bringing this very Mindfulness into this moment. The Truth about this Mindfulness brings us closer and allows us to see this face in the mirror directly, and thus we have this self-revelation of Truth, this third fundamental thing, which is the awareness of God.
The yearning, the longing for this encounter with something beyond the known, beyond the world, beyond this boredom, routine, this monotonous life, beyond this search for love, happiness, and peace-here is present the Realization of God. The Truth about Yourself is the Supreme Bliss, the Supreme Happiness. However, it is impossible to have this Revelation of God, this encounter with God in time.
When we engage in any kind of search, any kind of practice, we move away from this Truth, from this gaze upon what we are here and now, in this contact with life; looking at who we are when we are in relation with people, in relation with situations, in relation with thoughts that arise within each of us, as well as with feelings and emotions. Therefore, the true way for the Revelation of What we are requires the presence of this Attention, this Mindfulness of our reactions.
Thus, when we have this Mindfulness, when we pay attention to our thoughts, here, in this moment, to our gestures, the words we use, what we feel in contact with him or her, with life's situations, observing what is happening within each of us, as well as externally, bringing to this moment a gaze that does not judge, compare, or make choices, a gaze where there is no sensor, no observer, this element that comes from the past, which is the thinker, behind this gaze. Thus, there is a noticing of these internal reactions and of everything that happens externally, without any involvement from this "I."
Thus, your contact with the present moment allows a new space to open up, because the mind naturally quiets. Then, this silence arises, the brain quiets, and thus there is the presence of Meditation. Meditation becomes possible in this moment because there is a natural stillness that arises from this observation without the observer, from this perception without the perceiver. Therefore, the presence of Mindfulness is the presence of awareness-awareness of this moment, of this instant.
We need to discover the beauty of a new brain, a new mind; a brain free from the model of thought and, therefore, from everything we know; a mind that no longer lives in this restlessness, chatter, and unawareness of its own movement. Yes, because when you place Attention on your reactions, the brain quiets. All this internal chatter, this restlessness, is creating, producing, and sustaining within you the continuity of the movement of this image, this self-image, which is the "I," the ego.
What people need to comprehend is that there is no truth in the person to have an encounter with God. What we understand as a person is a set of images, memories, and recollections that thought has established in each of us. The mere description of an image, of a self-image, is the presence of the person. However, what is the Truth of your Being? The Reality of your Essential Nature is the Truth of God.
You won't find God; you will become aware of the Reality that is present when the sense of "I" is not. When you become aware, this awareness is the very awareness of God. You don't go to God, you don't find Him. He reveals Himself as the Truth of your Being. We need to deeply and clearly comprehend the truth about who we are, about who we show ourselves to be in this self-image.
That's why all this contact with people, situations, and thoughts is revealing. Because you place attention here, in this moment, to observe what's happening within you, in this contact, when someone treats you well or badly, when someone likes you or dislikes you, when someone accepts you or rejects you. What you feel, who is this element in that feeling?
When you're sad, who is the sad element? When you're happy, who is the happy element? When you feel special, who is the element that feels special? When you feel diminished or rejected, who is this element? Thus, we have, in this revelation of this "I," this "who I am," the end of this psychological structure of egoic consciousness, of mental consciousness, of self-image, because the clarity in this mirror makes you perceive illusion.
It is Truth, it is clarity, it is comprehension that liberates, that puts an end to this internal psychological disorder present in this self-image, in this "I." Only then do we have, in this moment, the Revelation of God's Truth. You in your Natural State of Being are the Reality of Life. The Truth of Life is the Beauty of God. Comprehension, Wisdom, the Presence of Love, Freedom, and Happiness is what is present here when God reveals Himself. When He reveals Himself, illusion is gone, illusion is no more.
Therefore, it is Truth that liberates, not desire, not will, not the desire to be free. This is why the comprehension of what Meditation is, is fundamental in life. Comprehending this Attention, bringing the gaze, the perception, without the past, to this moment, is the Truth about how to live this Attention-this Mindfulness. Your Natural State of Being is this a new, free mind; in fact, it is this Reality beyond the known. Thus, this meditative mind reveals Something indescribable, Something beyond thought. Thus, there is Life revealing itself, God revealing itself, the Reality of this Being present.
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