Meditation - Freedom from the sense of lack and fear of death (Magdi 05-14-2023)

The speaker discusses the concept of our true self and the illusion of personal identity. They explore the idea that we are not defined by events or experiences, but rather by a formless consciousness. They question the fear of death and the need to protect something that is beyond time. The speaker encourages us to seek freedom and peace beyond the limitations of the mind and the world. They emphasize that we are not separate from the world, but rather the world appears within us. The true self is described as unborn and formless, not to be confused with the body or personal identity. Everyone. Very lovely to be with you. And to be. So welcoming oneself is effortless. Nobody is ever doing anything. And yet, here we are. Here we are as this effortless presence. This effortless friendliness, friendship. Kindness. Kindness meaning one kind. One. One being. One indivisible self. And it's so beautiful to recognize this wholeness. That I is one I, one self. Appearing as many forms, infinite forms. Appearing as the sun shining. Appearing as a snail. Appearing as breath. Appearing as this moment, this appearance right now. The reality of consciousness, the reality of being. This formless reality. The journey of humanity. My journey. What is it? What is it about? Events. Occurring. The body changing over time. Relationships changing over the years. The world changing. Like a movie. Unfolding. So intimately unfolding. As my very self. I am unfolding. Sunrise and sunset. Breathing. And yet there is this changeless aspect. We call it consciousness. It knows itself as love, as friendship, as beauty. As I. There is no one that abides as I is. I do not exist in time. Time flows through me, appears as thoughts and memories. What is this sense of lack and fear of ending, fear of losing, fear of being nobody. Fear of disappearing. What is this fear? What is this emotion? What is it that we are trying so hard to protect, to safeguard? Is that something that we are taking beyond the grave? Or is that something we are taking to the grave? Or is that something that is not going to die? And if it is not going to die, what is the point of trying to protect it? What is the point? Being so worried and concerned about it. If it is beyond death, if it is not going to die. But if it is going to die, then why we trouble so much with protecting it, maintaining it, knowing that in any moment, at any moment, it will be gone. We imagine we exist in time and that we want to pierce through the veil of time into eternity. And you pierce through the limitation of time into eternity using your limited mind, using your various strategies. Or are we just seeking temporary relief right now, sort of relieving the pressure, so we can for a moment experience freedom, freedom from being limited. Is it this limited self who is trying to feel the freedom of limitlessness? What is this limited self? What is this me? What is this personhood? Are you that bundle of personhood? Are you defined by events in the world, in the body, in the mind? Or are you vaster than that? The vastness in which and out of which thoughts appear, perceptions appear. What is it that's at stake? What is it that's vulnerable, truly vulnerable? Or is it just your imagination? If reality was truly limited, and personal, and mortal, you would not be seeking the peace that is beyond the mind, the peace that is beyond the world. You would not be seeking it. You would not even be aware that there is such a thing that is called this peace and happiness. You would not be here, having this conversation, hearing these words, resonating with their meaning. In that inkling you have that freedom, and joy, and peace, and happiness is real. And that this sense of that is a falsehood of sorts. Because you have that inkling you know, not because you heard it said, but you know it as your very knowingness. That freedom is real, beauty is real, peace is real. Real means absolute. But you don't need to define yourself via thoughts, and images, and memories, and sensations, and feelings. You don't need to define yourself in any way whatsoever. To remain, to be not knowing, being, being not pinning yourself down as this or that. To be like the flow of a stream. Like a ray of sunshine everywhere and nowhere. No personal intention, no personal direction, and yet whenever an action is needed, here we are in the midst of the action. Doing what seems to be appropriate at the moment, at this moment. Not to be defending a ghost, retaining yourself as some identity, a painful identity. Which you will not take beyond the grave. Only remain with that which is unborn. The formless being. The unborn being. You can refer to your body as whatever you want to define it, as an artist, as a male, as a female. But don't confuse yourself, don't confuse consciousness, don't confuse reality with the form, and shape, and events of the body-mind. You are not in the world. The world is in you, appears to you, out of you, to you. You neither appear nor disappear. You are not in the world. The world is in you, appears to you, out of you, to you. You are not in the world. www.mooji.org Copyright © 2020 Mooji Media Ltd. All Rights Reserved. No part of this recording may be reproduced without Mooji Media Ltd.'s express consent.