What is a-me-go all about?
Amigo = friend, a yes to Life; celebrating, being practical, sharing.
Me = my self-image, derived from mental activity (limited, conceptual).
The end of unhappiness
There are many beautiful and powerful metaphors in the non-dual teachings, like the ocean and its waves: The waves appearing as “me”, “you”, “them”, “this” and “that”. All arising and dissolving in and as Consciousness.
Figuring life out, all we get are figures, mental images.
Thinking allowed, thinking aloud
Thinking itself is quite wonderful and necessary, but if we take thinking personally we invest in the me-belief and create separation.
Thinking is a tool, it is not a place to live in; when the tool is not needed we lay it down (the paradox: fully present in my own absence).
From person to Presence
From “me” (conceptually) to “I am” (experientially).
Looking back, I suffered for so long because I wasn’t aware of Presence – the ground of being.
Depending on your culturing you can replace the word Presence with Life, Christ, Consciousness, Love, God, Awareness…
Words are only pointers
Words are only pointers for our attention to follow.
The word chair is not a chair!
The only word that is itself is Consciousness.
I am That, living as this
“Consciousness is that which hears these words…
whatever Consciousness is!”
On my own I was deeply stuck.
Or to say it a little nicer: I was deeply invested in the me-belief.
Know the truth and the truth sets you free
“Knowing” for the person means the accumulation of information, skills, experience.
Knowing myself as I am is rather subtle, mind cannot process this mystery.
All words as concessions:
Presence is more like an acquired taste!
It took a friend – many friends – to risk to trust, to relax and examine the me-belief, to recalibrate my sense of self; stepping out of the story-world.
Freak-when-see
Mind can only process contrast/movement.
There was a deep fear to relax and simply be.
The caterpillar (the old me-belief) being afraid to dissolve into a butterfly?
Snap yourself out of it!
Who pays the bills?
This was always an easy trigger for me to contract again into personhood.
Keeping it practical:
What do I really want?
What is available right now?
Who owns the voice of “I don’t like this?”
Life as Art
The difference between self-knowledge and self-knowing is crucial.
It is too easy to be stuck, even in noble intentions.
Radical openness is a win-win, but it can also get a little messy in the beginning.
Garden of Friends
Alone it seems almost impossible to wake up from the me-hypnotism.
It is not about fixing the person, but to experience that all is well, as I am.
Feel warmly welcome, as you are right now:
It is okay to feel a little awkward.
Truth is simple, but the seeker is complex.
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