Aflame With The Presence of Exquisite Love

That in which

     all arises,

          is perceived

               and sustained,

That alone is Real.

     

Abide as That.

~  Ramana Maharshi  ~

Recently, I have been talking with a few sincere folks who have had some fine tuning questions regarding their meditation practice.  Since my retirement, three years ago, I have consented to be what feels to be a “meditation coach” for those who are interested in learning meditation or are into fine-tuning the one they already are using in their day-to-day lives.

The questions that seemed to arise for those who have been meditating for many years has been an important fine tuning, so it came up to share this with you for any of us here that could benefit. 

The question was, “How do we know when we have realized the Source, the Heart, the True Reality, in the presence of our daily life situations?”

In order to explore this question, let’s first look at the question, “What is Reality?”  Here is a response when this question was asked of Ramana Maharshi, taken from “Talks” …

• Existence without beginning or end – eternal
• Existence everywhere, endless, infinite
• Existence underlying all forms, all changes, all forces, all matter and all spirit
• The one displacing the triads, i.e., the knower, the knowledge and the known.  The triads are only appearances in time and space, whereas, the Reality lies beyond and behind them. They are like a mirage over the Reality.

The many change and pass away (phenomena),

whereas the One always endures (noumenon). 

Ramana, in his insistence to “put this teaching to practice,” further instructs us to… “Make the distinction between what is Real and what is unreal … what is Eternal and what is transient.”  So, in our putting this truth to practice and to experience it directly, it all comes down to … how do we know, without a doubt if we are abiding in Reality in the Eternal nature of who we really are, moment to moment? 

This is what comes up to share, for us to directly experience this truth for ourselves …

With whatever is arising in the moment … in our body as sensations or emotions … in our mind as thoughts and subtle feelings … we accept them as they are and then simply ask ourselves, “Isn’t there an Awareness that is aware of all of this?”  And, without mentally answering this question, allow what comes up naturally to be realized … as That Which is Seeing what is arising … and, abide as That … in the Silence and Stillness of Pure Being prior to all of what arises and is perceived …

That in which

     all arises,

          is perceived

               and sustained,

That alone is Real.

     

Abide as That.

What we are now Presencing is Pure Awareness … Pure Consciousness … the Heart.  We know it as what’s true, because it simply rings true.  Just as we hear a crystal clear ping when we tap a pure crystal glass … it just rings true.  It is from a Natural Knowing deep in our core.  We are guided, from the Heart of Pure Being, to simply abide as That.

From here we live an extraordinarily ordinary life.  Actually ...

“There is no ordinary life.  Life is a grand display or flowering within the vast and clear presence of the divine intelligence.  Every leaf and piece of dust is cradled in an expanse of light and presence.  That Presence Awareness that contains all things is also the deep presence of Love and peace always.  It is your own Real Being.  The universe being revealed in each moment is aflame with the presence of exquisite Love.  In that even the most ordinary thing is a unique and wonderful expression of the underlying Oneness of all.”  ~  John Wheeler  ~

Yes, we all have something wonderful to fully live and share with ALL … constantly being “aflame with the presence of exquisite Love.”

So many blessings,

Elizabeth