I've listened to this four times now (like all your videos 😂) but this one seems harder... I mean most of the others make sense on a deeper level but this one I feel like I only get intellectually (and so I'm just creating concepts and I'm not getting it at all most likely). Or maybe it's just that I have to come back to it another day.
Thanks for listening so diligently :). Let's try a summary: There is a peace that you are already familiar with. This is the peace you feel as you first stir from sleep and don't want to wake up. Or the peace you feel in deep meditation. Or the peace you feel at any point in the day when the mind slows down. It is the same peace in each case. That peace is not a normal kind of experience. It is always present to be noticed. The only condition is that the attention move away from the mind/body/world. So, this peace does not exist at a particular point in time and space. And cannot be remembered. But it can be felt. This is the "Bliss" in Sat Chit Ananda. The "Peace beyond understanding". "Turiya"; the state underlying the states of sleep, wakefulness, and dreaming. It is not a state exclusive to the enlightened. It is the Natural State. Or as I like to describe it: the Ground State of Reality. By knowing that peace is the Natural State, and there is no better state to seek, it becomes easier and easier to be at peace!
I mean, I get it... I guess the thing is that I only rarely feel it. Maybe what I was thinking when I wrote my first comment is that I was expecting to feel that peace more while listening to your video. Or something. 🥴 I guess slowing down and being aware more often throughout the day is what I need. The thing about feeling it when you first wake up... I've heard this from a few people now, I mean people refer to that moment before your thoughts start up (including in your other videos). I don't have that. Like ever. I'm already thinking before I wake up. I mean I'm dreaming. And sometimes the dreams just like melt into waking thoughts. And it's the same falling asleep, my waking thoughts start to get more crazy and I think, oh good I'm starting to fall asleep because that didn't make any sense, and then I suppose I fall asleep and continue dreaming. I must have deep sleep somewhere throughout the night but I never have the experience of my mind falling away at night or coming back "online" in the morning. Anyway, thank you for taking the time to reply every time and thank you for the summary - it is helpful. 🙏❤️
It's also crazy that if you asked me what I wanted above anything else, I would say peace. And it is literally my natural state only I don't seem to know it. It makes a lot of sense what you said, the mind goes out to focus on objects (or in to focus on the past or future objects) instead of just being (in) peace.
Haha! What happened there? Love it. Mountains do not lack the qualities of mountains. That peace is yours truly and you can never lose it. Only the thought processes go through their searches and insights and so on. Anytime the search is paused, spiritual or material, peace is present.
I have enjoyed this video several times. I wish everyone could get as much out of this as I have. A fantastic, and beautiful video. Truly helpful and meaningful. I think I can say it has life enhancing potential within it. At the very least, it has had for me. I watch , listen , and above all else, appreciate your company of truth. ❤🫶🏻 Perfection.
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so perfect ❣️
OK, this is what you were saying to me yesterday. I can hear it again today! This is perfect.
I've listened to this four times now (like all your videos 😂) but this one seems harder... I mean most of the others make sense on a deeper level but this one I feel like I only get intellectually (and so I'm just creating concepts and I'm not getting it at all most likely). Or maybe it's just that I have to come back to it another day.
Thanks for listening so diligently :). Let's try a summary:
There is a peace that you are already familiar with. This is the peace you feel as you first stir from sleep and don't want to wake up. Or the peace you feel in deep meditation. Or the peace you feel at any point in the day when the mind slows down. It is the same peace in each case.
That peace is not a normal kind of experience. It is always present to be noticed. The only condition is that the attention move away from the mind/body/world. So, this peace does not exist at a particular point in time and space. And cannot be remembered. But it can be felt.
This is the "Bliss" in Sat Chit Ananda. The "Peace beyond understanding". "Turiya"; the state underlying the states of sleep, wakefulness, and dreaming. It is not a state exclusive to the enlightened. It is the Natural State. Or as I like to describe it: the Ground State of Reality.
By knowing that peace is the Natural State, and there is no better state to seek, it becomes easier and easier to be at peace!
I mean, I get it... I guess the thing is that I only rarely feel it. Maybe what I was thinking when I wrote my first comment is that I was expecting to feel that peace more while listening to your video. Or something. 🥴 I guess slowing down and being aware more often throughout the day is what I need.
The thing about feeling it when you first wake up... I've heard this from a few people now, I mean people refer to that moment before your thoughts start up (including in your other videos). I don't have that. Like ever. I'm already thinking before I wake up. I mean I'm dreaming. And sometimes the dreams just like melt into waking thoughts. And it's the same falling asleep, my waking thoughts start to get more crazy and I think, oh good I'm starting to fall asleep because that didn't make any sense, and then I suppose I fall asleep and continue dreaming. I must have deep sleep somewhere throughout the night but I never have the experience of my mind falling away at night or coming back "online" in the morning.
Anyway, thank you for taking the time to reply every time and thank you for the summary - it is helpful. 🙏❤️
It's also crazy that if you asked me what I wanted above anything else, I would say peace. And it is literally my natural state only I don't seem to know it. It makes a lot of sense what you said, the mind goes out to focus on objects (or in to focus on the past or future objects) instead of just being (in) peace.
It's the mountains walking!!
Haha! What happened there? Love it.
Mountains do not lack the qualities of mountains. That peace is yours truly and you can never lose it.
Only the thought processes go through their searches and insights and so on. Anytime the search is paused, spiritual or material, peace is present.
I have enjoyed this video several times. I wish everyone could get as much out of this as I have. A fantastic, and beautiful video. Truly helpful and meaningful. I think I can say it has life enhancing potential within it. At the very least, it has had for me. I watch , listen , and above all else, appreciate your company of truth. ❤🫶🏻 Perfection.
Welcome Home.
Thank you Nabeel, it is good to be back. I intend to stay .🫶🏻❤️