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Ivan talks about "Vulnerability Is Receptivity" Everything
is As-It-Is. That-What-Is is the right moment of now. Can you keep the
moment for yourself forever? No! It is not yours and cannot be owned.
It is the whole and it can only be in you as you. The moment of now
belongs to nothing. This is the key to being; that you are no-thing. The
moment of now cannot be put into a safety box as security, nor can it
be invested in your life as a state of wellbeing. The moment of now is
insecure. It is very much vulnerable to the security of
unpredictability. It is very much fragile, easy to lose, and easy to
get lost in forgetfulness. There is nothing to be taught. The moment
of now is your consciousness. Look
at the flower. Can it stay forever? One moment it is here, and the
next moment the flower is gone. Look at love. Look at happiness. Look
at your consciousness. Can you keep it forever? In existence, there
are no achievements, nowhere to reach to, nothing to achieve. Once you
realize this truth, you are in the moment of now. Is
there anything strong, stable and permanent within existence? The
stone might appear to be strong, but look closely. Go deep inside the
stone. There is nothing inside; it is just an empty space. Even to say
that there is an empty space is to fill it with something. Looking at
the heart of the stone, you will come across your thoughts. It is just
an ego-mind game. You
can spend your entire life looking and searching for security and some
magic glue to bond your life together, but at the end of this
vulnerable, unsecure life, before you take your last breath, you will
feel like a failure. Before that time comes, accept the moment of now.
By accepting the vulnerable moment of now, you will accept your One
Self and will flow in receptivity with your consciousness. Open
yourself to existence, which is inside of you. Be sensitive.
Sensitivity means vulnerability, defenselessness. Be open, receptive
and vulnerable in this moment of now. All depends on your love, trust
and courage without the ego-mind. Trust and love the moment of now and
the moment will secure your consciousness infinitely. Do
not search for anything, just be in the flow of the unknown, the
unexpected, unimaginable and unexpressed moment of now, and you will
find everything in nothing. Vulnerability
is surrendering; it is an unconfused state of being, a deeper openness
to existence. Vulnerability
is an unlearning, an innocence and egolesssness
Here
are five keys I have found helpful for participating in yantra
meditation: 1
- Position the yantra so its center is at eye level and a comfortable
distance away from you. Sit with your spine straight. If this isn’t
possible, find a comfortable position in which you can remain alert.
Breathe in and out slowly until your breath flows naturally. Begin
with your eyes open, simply gazing at the yantra. It’s necessary to
look only at the center of the sacred geometry yantra, focusing on the
dot in the middle of the symbol, trying not to blink or to blink as
little as possible. Gaze at the center for 15 minutes. The key is to
maintain receptive, in an alert frame of mind, without drawing any
conclusions, and to be free of concepts or thoughts. We simply gaze at
the center with innocent, wonder-filled eyes. When we focus solely on
the dot at the center of the yantra, and not pay attention to anything
outside of this, our awareness deepens instead of flying off in
different directions. The more we gaze, the more we tend to feel
weightless and unburdened. As
you look at the center of the image, simultaneously observe the
“witness” in you that is seeing you seeing the sacred geometry
yantra. As you watch, you may find thoughts arising. We cannot control
the mind and its thoughts; we can only let go of our thoughts. Allow
any thoughts that arise to simply come and go without attaching your
awareness to them. By not becoming attached, you will be able to enter
into relaxation. You don’t have to create this relaxed state; it
will just come on its own. As
you feel yourself gathering consciousness, allow yourself to flow with
the momentum of this consciousness. In doing so, you will first
experience an awakening to the forms and shapes around you. Secondly,
you will experience an awareness of your body. Thirdly, you will
experience an inner awakening to your thoughts and emotions. Finally,
you will experience the one who is experiencing. In other words, you
will become aware of your awareness. You will find yourself leaving
behind all your experiences and merging with the infinite
consciousness of your One Self. 2
- When your awareness begins to shift inward, close your eyes. Now
watch the yantra imprinted in your mind’s eye, allowing it to
gradually guide you from within. As the imprint absorbs your
awareness, you won’t be able to tell whether the symbol is in you or
whether you are within the symbol. Watch with relaxed attentiveness
and alertness. Any thoughts that arise will dissolve. As this happens,
you will become aware of your inner perceptions of reality, but
don’t try to hold onto these perceptions. It’s important not to
evaluate what comes up, but just to allow. The yantras are
experiential and require no analysis. They don’t tell us the truth
but are pointers towards truth. Truth is an experience, not a
belief—and the experience always takes place in the now. All
that’s required is for us to remain empty and receptive. The truth
that lies within us can then surface, because our own being, which is
part of infinite consciousness, is the truth. With
our eyes still closed, we will continue to see colors because they are
easier to experience than forms. Seeing forms is a more complicated
process of perception and the most abstract. What we perceive as a
form is actually light. However, pure light is too intense for us, so
it has to be separated into colors. The colors and forms of the sacred
geometry images reflect something essential inside us. The way we
perceive the colors is subjective because colors are associated with
emotion and linked with the mind. Consequently, everyone associates
different emotional and subjective values with different colors. Just
as a prism divides white light into separate colors, the mind divides
colors into emotional, mental, and bodily aspects through its
patterned reactions and memory, never allowing us to see the whole.
During the yantra meditation, this heals. Slowly, the yantra colors,
shapes, and forms we perceive with our inner eye disappear, and we
enter into a state of detached awareness which there is nothing to see
and nothing to search for, just the bliss of infinite consciousness to
be enjoyed. 3
- In watchfulness, there is no commentary, evaluation, or judgment,
just total relaxation. In this relaxed mode, watch the watcher and
witness the witnessing. By watching the watcher, the watcher expands
and becomes divine. You will experience a divine silence slowly
descending upon you. Do nothing, and you will find yourself
participating in pure consciousness without the mind defining it. In
other words, you will feel no need to tell yourself such things as
“this is the experience I have been seeking” or “this is what
people mean when they talk about enlightenment.” 4
- Forget about looking for results as you meditate. When we are in
this meditative process, not a single vibration moves into the future.
In this conscious state, causes and consequences aren’t two separate
things—in the same way that the chicken and the egg aren’t
separate realities, but the egg is the chicken and the chicken is the
egg. Meditation brings us to a place of sensitivity wherein we
experience a great interconnectedness with All That Is. This
sensitivity generates a loving intimacy with everything we see, smell,
touch, taste, hear, and intuit. Be aware, and you will be sensitive to
the whole of reality. Be sensitive, and you will be aware of
everything. 5
- Meditation doesn’t bring joy, but joy comes when we are
meditative. If we aren’t joyful, it’s because we aren’t in a
meditative state, since joy is our intrinsic nature. It’s
possible to learn meditation, but it’s impossible to learn joy:
it just is. To be joyous requires a drastic shift in our perception of
reality and a drastic change in our way of life. When this occurs, we
are born again and sensitivity pours innocently from our “empty”
heart. This is an experience that isn’t either physical or
psychological but transcends both. This is authentic spirituality. When
you are ready, you may wish to take a deep breath, begin to move your
fingers and toes, open your eyes, and become aware of your
surroundings once again. dedicated to the Oneness
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