Tag: Pure Being
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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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Clarifying One’s Essential Identity (Interview with John Wheeler)
“… spiritual freedom is immediately accessible by recognizing our true identity as ever-present awareness and seeing that the limited separate self and its suffering are mere conceptual illusions…”
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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 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 131: Freedom Is The Natural Human Condition of Health
Frames freedom as “the natural human condition of health,” not a denial of the body’s needs. Distinguishes healthy self-care from neurotic, narcissistic self-focus, pointing back to abiding as pure aware being — “pure self-love.”
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Sal 121: Let’s Be On Holiday Together
Invites everyone into a wordless shared sit, gently returning attention to pure being whenever the mind wanders — a simple invitation to “be on holiday together.”
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Sal 120: Why Does It Seem Difficult to Abide as Pure Being?
Explores why abiding as pure being can feel difficult when ego and trauma-driven mind-movements resist being set aside. Frames ego as a lifelong “doppelganger,” so living free of it can feel like a loss — yet Holiday remains available even alongside genuine human difficulty.
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Sal 117: Your Innate Being Is Endlessly Fascinating
Frames pure being as “endlessly fascinating” no matter the task or mood — chores, politics, aversions — since none of it touches who we are. Notices that beneath every dislike, “I’m still here,” prior to and regardless of all of it.