A letter ...

Hello...

i hear a voice say in consciousness:

what is appearing on the screen of awareness right now? Words might say "bronchitis"... words might say "I feel so bad" ... or "this is so boring." Or words might say "this is great", "I am happy"

but... check this out...

what does awareness say? You see? Does awareness say anything about what is appearing in it? No matter how "huge", "ugly", "gross" or "scary", does the awareness in which it is appearing have any problem with it at all? (wow... I find this inquiry so joyous... )

It's so exciting because in this there is the instantaneous realization of "what we are." and this means that in "seeing this", suffering is not possible... why? Because the words which show up in awareness that say, "oh my god I'm having such a bad time," with the ensuing struggle to get away, or the words that show up which say, "oh my god I'm having such a good time," with the ensuing struggle to "keep something", these words are just noises showing up in awareness. The notion that "those noises are what you are" is obviously untrue when we simply ask... what is it that is aware of these noises? Or, how does awareness feel about what is here right now (including those noises)? Obviously, it already accepts it all totally, because there it is. Obviously, it has no problem with it all, because there it is. And when we ask how awareness feels about what is showing up in this moment, where are "you"? This is the key realization:

Any-thing you could point to as a "you" can only be a "thing" showing up in awareness... right?

And if any-thing you could point to as 'you' is a thing showing up in awareness, WHO, or WHAT, IS AWARE OF THAT THING?!!! Any words or thought which follow this question are just more words, more things showing up in awareness! They cant possibly touch the awareness in which they arise... they can't possibly answer the question as a separate somebody...

It turns out that that self-luminous awareness, not "findable" as a "thing", is the only option as 'what you are', and in an instant of true looking, this is "experienced". There are true pointers in this very email.

Right now, as in all moments, YOU have the opportunity to KNOW yourself as you truly, and already, are... the eternal, self luminous space in which ALL THINGS arise and disappear.

raven