I happened upon a book the other day (have only just started reading it) called 'You Were Never Born' by John Wheeler ... the book begins like this ...
"It all comes down to clarifying your identity. You are already present. So there is no need to look for a future state, experience or attainment.
What you are seeking to know is not separate or distant, since it is your own self.
What you are must be always with you. Anything which appears and disappears cannot, by definition,be what you are.
Thoughts, feelings, perceptions, experiences, objects—these all come and go. None of them as such can be the essence of what you are. So set those aside and continue to look into your true nature.
What is left to consider? Surprisingly little!
However, you are still present. You are still aware. Look at this presence of awareness itself.
Having discarded all else, this is the only possible remainder and must be what you are.
Your existence is beyond any doubt, and what you are is brightly aware. You are that knowing presence which is registering all thoughts, feelings and experiences. Look directly into this. This is the heart of the matter."
Also by John Wheeler
Awakening to the Natural State, Shining in Plain View, Right Here - Right Now
First Verse:
Right Here Right Now
Something is shining
Right Now Right Here
It's all very clear
You can see the sights
You can hear the sounds
You can feel the world all around
Right where you are
Something is knowing
From there All things are freely flowing
You just watch the thoughts and feelings floating by
They are only clouds
You're the empty sky
What's wrong with right now unless you think about it
I got it from an old Sailor Bob-ing along
Second Verse:
What we're seeking is not very far
Presence Awareness is what you already are
That is ever fresh
Untouched in any way
Know yourself as this
And every problem slips away
So what's wrong with right now
Unless you think about it
I got it from an old Sailor "bobbing" along
What's wrong with right now unless you think about it
'Sailor' Bob Adamson .. [link] ( more great links to be found too )
3 Mar 2010 @ 13:47 by niwalen : Certainly
This is the very heart of the matter : look DIRECTLY into it! Forget the words of other people, lol. (Including those of John Wheeler!) :-D
