Tag: substack
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Sal 124: The Invitation of the Subtle, Silent Vibration of Peace
Invites resting behind thoughts and sensations to notice the body’s “subtle, silent vibration of peace” beneath its grosser movements. Turning attention back to this stillness, prior to the rising self, is the doorway to abiding as timeless being.
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Sal 123: Effort and Taking A Stand
Frames the felt effort of stabilizing recognition as taking a stand against millennia of mental conditioning, even though recognizing timeless aware being is itself simple and effortless.
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Sal 122: At The Root I Am Aware Being
Frames aware being as the constant root beneath every changing appearance — body, mind, thought. Introduces Shivashakti (unmanifest awareness appearing as manifest energy) and says knowing this root ends the need to argue with or fix the person one appears to be.
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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 119: Surrender
Urges direct knowing over conceptual seeking, insisting “you can read the menu all day long and you’ll still be hungry — stop reading the menu, start eating.” Frames pure being as self-effulgent and needing no object, the root contentment beneath the rising I.
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Sal 118: Stop Reading The Menu and Start Eating
Urges direct knowing over conceptual seeking, insisting “you can read the menu all day long and you’ll still be hungry — stop reading the menu, start eating.” Frames pure being as self-effulgent and needing no object, the root contentment beneath the rising I.
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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.
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Sal 115: The Peace That Passes Understanding, and Philosophy
Contrasts the philosophical, understanding-seeking mind with simple freedom, noting that real freedom ends the one who needs explanations. Describes present, unknowing awareness as a wordless peace needing no understanding at all.
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Sal 114: In All Times and In All Places, I Am Here
Points to being as already present everywhere — cooking, working, traffic, with friends — not just during morning listening or seated meditation. Nothing needs to change to know freedom; the invitation is to live from it continuously, now, rather than treat it as a scheduled practice.