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Just Be Here Now
It's as simple as being here in the now. Period. Not flashy, necessarily, yet oh so sweet and satisfying. So satisfying nothing else is wanted, or needed. We often want "higher states" to be this simple Presence. Sorry, there is no such thing as permanent higher states where lotus blossoms bloom where you have walked, the angels bow, and milk & honey is always available for your bowl of cherries. Just Be Still. Be in the moment, as it is,wanting nothing different from what is here now.
When PapaJi met Ramana Maharshi, he bragged that he could materialize the Hindu God Krishna, and play with him. Ramana asked, "is Krishna here now"? PapaJi said "no". Ramana said: "That which comes and goes is not Real. Look for that which does not come and go". THAT is the prize. This simple awareness that has always been here, been here through happiness and sadness, through high and low. Unchanging. Our True Nature.
It is our egoic identity that wants things as they are not, that wants things the way it thinks they should, or will, be. Accept and embrace what is here now. It may take some back and forth burning, but if you love This enough, you will always come back when you have strayed in mind identification. Always come back home.
Just Being Here Now, in the present moment, is God aware of Itself in your earthly human body.
When PapaJi met Ramana Maharshi, he bragged that he could materialize the Hindu God Krishna, and play with him. Ramana asked, "is Krishna here now"? PapaJi said "no". Ramana said: "That which comes and goes is not Real. Look for that which does not come and go". THAT is the prize. This simple awareness that has always been here, been here through happiness and sadness, through high and low. Unchanging. Our True Nature.
It is our egoic identity that wants things as they are not, that wants things the way it thinks they should, or will, be. Accept and embrace what is here now. It may take some back and forth burning, but if you love This enough, you will always come back when you have strayed in mind identification. Always come back home.
Just Being Here Now, in the present moment, is God aware of Itself in your earthly human body.
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Comment by Howard McQueen on December 16, 2009 at 9:28pm
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Crystal clear words and what they point to Cullen. I can feel them vibrating from your plain, everyday experiences with the universal!
;-) Cheers - Howard
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Comment by Cullen Anderson on December 17, 2009 at 9:26am
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Beautiful quotes Howard.
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And these words, directly from the Consequences section of The Presence Process, by Michael Brown:
I AM are here, now, awake and alive.
I AM a human being and yet so much more.
I AM spirit fully present and conscious in matter.
Though my Presence, God is looking at you with love.
Awaken from the spell of time, and sing with us the song of life.
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RADIATING PRESENT MOMENT AWARENESS RESPONSIBLY
As we awake,
Let us gently get out of bed,
Quietly tiptoe out of the darkened room
And into the morning light.
Let us play here.
Let us not shake others in their beds,
For they are sleeping because they still require rest.
When they awake and hear us playing,
They will surely come and join us.
excerpted from Page 299 of the Presence Process, by Michael Brown.
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Comment by Janet Schalk on February 12, 2010 at 6:58pm
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Yes!
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