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out of noth<strong>in</strong>g, and wonder<strong>in</strong>g about those fundamental<br />

questions<br />

about the very nature of everyth<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

Long lost <strong>in</strong> the <strong>in</strong>ner work<strong>in</strong>gs,<br />

off on far of tangents chas<strong>in</strong>g answers to <strong>in</strong>f<strong>in</strong>ite questions.<br />

All paths eventually lead us to the nondual<br />

once we let go of projections of structure.<br />

Understand<strong>in</strong>g exists <strong>in</strong> a far-­‐off field – I’ll see you there.<br />

17<br />

<strong>rapt</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>awe</strong><br />

All life is a fluid <strong>in</strong>teraction of energy.<br />

Structure is static,<br />

a rigid grid that does not really resemble the lay of the land,<br />

but rather an <strong>in</strong>terpretive tool dreamed up by Euclid.<br />

Our m<strong>in</strong>ds constantly quantify by judg<strong>in</strong>g and attach<strong>in</strong>g value to<br />

our thoughts. Each of us has our own static beliefs about<br />

ourselves,<br />

and the world outside of our sk<strong>in</strong>.<br />

Attachment to these beliefs is like stand<strong>in</strong>g on the banks<br />

of the river of life as it flows by.<br />

The primary challenge we face each moment is lett<strong>in</strong>g go of our<br />

m<strong>in</strong>d’s judgments to be fluid with the wider environment.<br />

That goes to say that comprehension does not arrive by thought,<br />

but by <strong>in</strong>tuitive acceptance.<br />

Once the m<strong>in</strong>d sits back, open and not attached to any particular<br />

perceptual projections, understand<strong>in</strong>g trickles and, fill<strong>in</strong>g the void.<br />

All religious traditions tend to blend <strong>in</strong> their mystical realms,<br />

the differences are merely a reflection of semantics.<br />

Words are truly crude tools towards a common understand<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

What the sayers, sages, seers, and sa<strong>in</strong>ts all say — <strong>in</strong> their own<br />

way— is that by transcend<strong>in</strong>g the limit<strong>in</strong>g projections of m<strong>in</strong>d<br />

we can <strong>in</strong>timately <strong>in</strong>teract with the wider world and slip headlong<br />

<strong>in</strong>to bliss.<br />

This hereby is the process of unw<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g the m<strong>in</strong>d.

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