The Light that Sees

 You are the light of consciousness on which the world appears.

Eckhart Tolle

That is a pretty profound statement. One we will not realize until we awaken to the truth, until we become aware of presence.  Let me rephrase that:

...you don't become aware of presence....what happens is that presence becomes Self aware; or awareness becomes self-aware. Consciousness becomes conscious of Itself. And that is the awakening of consciousness to Itself. Eckhart Tolle

Adyashanti tell us that awakening leads to Life without process. Some people have these instantaneous shifts in perception, like Tolle and Adyashanti have had. But  most of us, seeking a state pf presence awareness, this elusive thing called enlightenment,  will spend our days processing Life and struggling with very human and egoic things, catching if we are lucky, only momentary glimpses of what Life could be like on the other side. 

It is all about moving your  base point of identity. Adyashanti

The process of shifting this sense of who we are is different for all of us. How do we do it? Two things Adyashanti shared that may help us with the process are: 

Your real great guide is your capacity and willingness to have great honesty with your self....so that when you do hide, you will catch on to it and you will own it.

For most of us ego is going to stick around for a long time even after we start taking these steps to waking up, even after we start getting glimpses of who we really are.  So we need to be observant and honest with ourselves about that. 

There is also a rhetorical question we can ask as we look about us:

"What is it that is looking through my eyes?" Don't answer it ...just endeavour to sense in to that and feel into that...not define it. "What is the experience of that?  What is that?" 

Some day we may see and realize, as Tolle and Adyashanti have done, that we are the very light of consciousness on which the world appears.

Anyway, all is well!

Adyashanti/ Sounds True: Insights at the Edge ( 2022) Waking Up: What Does It Really Mean? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cArhYkYkfZg&t=3234s

Eckhart Tolle ( May 14, 2023)  20 Minute Meditation: Don't Do Meditation; Just "Be" https://tou.org/talks/