Tag: Holiday
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Sal 141: The Vast Unknown
Invites dropping every concept, even “I’m awareness” or “non-dual,” to land in the vast unknown — pure knowing prior to any words. Freedom is only ever now, since waiting for it to become permanent just resurrects the rising I.
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Sal 140: Nothing Behind the Curtain
Questions why we lean on ideas like karma, destiny, or free will for security, and reveals there is “nothing behind the curtain” of this moment — no reason, no explanation, only what simply is.
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Sal 139: No Anticipation
Invites resting in pure being rather than anticipating what comes next, noticing any mental habit of “waiting for the next thing.” Affirms aware being as constant regardless of what’s appearing — always here, doubtlessly.
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Sal 138: Ego Is the Middleman
Frames ego as “the middleman between life and itself,” splitting what is inherently seamless. Freedom is “the ultimate relaxation” — no seeker in the middle, only undivided being remaining.
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Sal 137: Radiant Sun
Likens pure being to the sun that “outshines and illumines everything” without denying body, sensation, or thought. Freedom is recognizing this ever-present radiance and simply being it — nothing left to attain, only to know.
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Sal 136: What About Birth?
Explores what birth actually is, distinguishing the body’s arrival from the recurring “birth of self” — the moment aware being first takes itself to be separate. Points back to the ever-present now, prior to any birth or death, as what you actually are.
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Sal 135: What About Death?
Looks directly at the fear of death and finds that past and future are only thoughts, never actual — the “I” that dies is the phantom rising from pure knowing being. Points to “eternal life here and now,” since eternal simply means now.
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Sal 134: When the One Who Has a Problem is Gone, The Problem is Gone
Argues true contentment is found in pure aware being, not the ego’s rising I, which is itself the dissatisfaction it seeks to resolve. Without that separative I, there’s no one left to say anything is wrong — so nothing is.
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Sal 133: Ego is not an Entity, It is an Activity of Pure Being
Frames ego as a fleeting wave rising and subsiding in the ocean of pure being, not a sentient entity. Sensations, thoughts, and emotions are simply known within knowing — there’s nothing to kill or transcend, only to notice.
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Sal 132: What Am I, Prior to This?
Offers a simple inquiry — asking “what am I prior to this?” whenever thought or emotion arises — to interrupt the mind and rest in pure aware being. Frames the practice as devotion to Truth rather than self-story.