Good morning everyone. At the core or root of every experience, every appearance, is the one aware being that is myself at essence. Let’s be on holiday for a moment. Pure being knowing. ««»» Aware or pure being, but let’s say aware, is constant and here through all experiences. And also through all three states, waking, dream and deep sleep. ««»» And so on a holiday, we just simply attend to pure being aware. And be that for a moment. ««»» This is what I am always, whether I’m consciously aware of it or not. And I know it’s what I am always, because anytime I care to notice, here I am again, the same aware being. ««»» And through every experience before, during and after, I am the same aware being. ««»» So it can be said that what I am at the root or at the heart is aware being. That’s what I am always. And at the same time, I appear as the ever-changing form. Body, mind, thoughts, emotions, sensations, sensory objects. I appear as that. ««»» But my eternal being is simply aware. My ever-changing appearance is the myriad forms, colors, shapes, names that are in constant movement. ««»» And there’s no problem with the form, with the changing aspects of body and mind. It’s not something to get over or get rid of or kill or transcend. The only issue or problem, I guess, is that I’ve come to know myself as exclusively that changing aspect. And I’ve reified that into an actual being that has some substance, solidity and permanence. It’s become the main event of what I am. And by doing that, I’ve limited myself to something that was born and something that will die. ««»» And I suffer along with the ups and downs of that, fears and desires of that movement. The gains and the losses of that movement. Because I’ve come to know myself exclusively as that, and erroneously as well, because I am not exclusively that, at all. What I am eternally is aware being. ««»» The word Shivashakti, one word, points to what I am. I am Shiva, the unmanifest, appearing as Shakti, the manifested energy. I am both. ««»» Knowing myself as aware being, the core, the root, the essence, doesn’t deny the Shakti aspect of what I am either. It means I abide as my eternal being while enjoying the manifested rising of the person. ««»» And no longer thinking there’s something to be fixed here, or changed, or transcended. No longer arguing with this particular person, which happens to have a name attached to it, in this case called Sal. No longer arguing with that. Sal as the person, Sal manifesting as it is in each moment, cannot be anything other than it is. So why argue? ««»» When we live exclusively as that, then we have to argue with it and we have to fix it and correct it and change it and transcend it and get over it. But when we live as our root essence, timeless, eternal being, then we know we don’t have to fix anything and we no longer argue with the person that’s appearing. ««»» It’s good news because you don’t have to get rid of anything, change anything, transcend anything either, none of that. Just simply notice what you are at the core, that’s all. Very simple. And abide there, have that be your main place of abidance. And then that’s what you are. You are that. So for a moment, know my self-aware being. ««»» It’s good to be with you. I’ll be back again tomorrow. Peace. www.liberationis.com Salvadore Poe - Liberation IS is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Salvadore Poe - Liberation IS at salvadorepoe.substack.com/subscribe
