Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Silence of Mind

When one is in a state of consciousness that is not the result of thoughts movement then there is an all pervading silence of mind. There may be a myriad of activities that one is occupied with both on the physical and the psychological level. But those activities in no way disturb that consciousness. It is totally without purpose or identity. It exist as a moment to moment illumination of the truth of the unknown. It sees through the illusion of a self centered reality. The mind ceases its activity of being drawn into the conflict of opposition. Each moment is lived completely free of the residue of resentment or adjudication. There is no retention of the moment as the unfinished or the unresolved. One is totally free to understand each moment as it arises and dissipates. This is the consciousness of the unconditioned, that which cannot be identified or named.

How is it possible to live such a life? A life that is without opinion or judgement. A life that is lived in complete freedom. One must of course make decisions and choose to do something or not do something. But what is the result of this activity? Is one attached to something or identified with something? If one maintains a vulnerability in the moment and makes choices out of the necessity of living, of maintaining the organism, then that movement is not part of the illusion of becoming. The difference is awareness that is the realization of the illusion of self. One lives as the unknown, not being attached to any belief or organization. In complete freedom there is an understanding that is not the result of an agenda or an identification. The outcome of this consciousness that is free and without conditioning is the ability to let go of each moment as it arises and dissipates. One does not carry around the old, the baggage of accumulated experience with its conflict, violence and self indulgence.

The self is the conditioned, the identified. It is the known which seeks continuity in attachment to ideals and images. The result of this attachment is the need to enhance the self created through the activity of acquisition and identification with a perceived elite. It is an activity which reinforces the illusion of individuality as a conformity to what is. When one moves through the illusion of the self created one is trapped by thoughts need to find self gratification and self acknowledgement in ones choices. This is the tyranny of a mind that is self absorbed. One never stops seeking and avoiding.

When the mind is still and silent then there is the possibility of that which is beyond thought. It is a relationship of consciousness and the absolute moment which is free of thoughts movement. One cannot realize this stillness and silence as a goal or attainment. It is within the freedom of a moment that is timeless and without any spatial reference. To look for it or try to make it happen through an activity of thought is to destroy the possibility. The unknown cannot be known, but it is all that there is. All idea and concept must be realized as the illusion of the self. A consciousness that is unconditioned is the outcome a mind that is totally free, that is silent and without any notion of its silence. It does not comprehend its own silence. It seeks not to capture or define. This silence is the oneness of all creation, that which has no purpose or meaning.

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