Comfortably Numb

“Where love lives. The world is filled with un-awakened beings. That’s why it is the way that it is. That’s why you see what you see. It’s why you see the violence and cruelty, segregation and gender inequality and it’s why you see and feel the fear and nonsense that pervades everything. That constant, endless distraction away from simply being still and meeting the simplicity of the mind. Reflect, where can you go now to find a silent place? They are really rare. Music, aeroplane noise, traffic, and everything else. And be honest, even if you do manage to find a place where you can sit alone and be still, you’re there with your smart phone and tablet keeping in touch with the foolishness of the world. Silence is very disturbing for people. It is the environment of awakening. It is the place to hear the heart whispering it’s message, that it’s ‘time to wake up, it’s time to live your life, and the world is not the way it is presented to be’. This is why we really emphasize silence on retreat. Once you surrender into that beautiful and deep place you will meet you, and you will be able to be with and serve yourself with respect and integrity. This is called love. The moment you know how to love yourself you will intuitively love all beings. May all beings be happy.”

“Remember the clear light, the pure clear white light from which everything in the universe comes, to which everything in the universe returns; the original nature of your own mind. The natural state of the universe unmanifest. Let go into the clear light, trust it, merge with it. It is your own true nature, it is home.”

“God would have said: Stop praying and punching yourself in the chest! What I want you to do is go out into the world and enjoy your life. I want you to enjoy, sing, have fun and enjoy everything I’ve made for you. Stop going to those dark, cold temples that you built yourself and say they are my house! My house is in the mountains, in the woods, rivers, lakes, beaches. That’s where I live and there I express my love for you. Stop reading alleged sacred scriptures that have nothing to do with me. If you can’t read me in a sunrise, in a landscape, in the look of your friends, in your son’s eyes… you will find me in no book! Trust me and stop asking me. Would you tell me how to do my job? Stop being so scared of me. I do not judge you or criticize you, nor get angry, or seek to punish you. I am pure love. Stop asking for forgiveness, there’s nothing to forgive. If I made you… I filled you with passions, limitations, pleasures, feelings, needs, inconsistencies… free will. How can I blame you if you respond to something I put in you? How can I punish you for being the way you are, if I’m the one who made you? Do you think I could create a place to burn all my children who behave badly for the rest of eternity? What kind of God would do that? Forget any kind of commandments, any kind of laws; those are wiles to manipulate you, to control you, that only create guilt in you. Respect your peers and don’t do what you don’t want for yourself. All I ask is that you pay attention in your life, that your consciousness is your guide. My beloved, this life is not a test, not a step, not a rehearsal, nor a prelude to paradise. This life is the only thing that exists here and now, and it is all you need. I have set you absolutely free, no prizes or punishments, no sins or virtues… no one carries a marker, no one keeps a record. You are absolutely free to create in your life heaven or hell. I could tell you if there’s anything after this life, but I won’t… but I can give you a tip. Live as if there is nothing after… as if this is your only chance to enjoy, to love, to exist. So, if there’s nothing, then you will have enjoyed the opportunity I gave you. And if there is, rest assured that I won’t ask if you behaved right or wrong, I’ll ask. Did you like it? Did you have fun? What did you enjoy the most? What did you learn?… Stop believing in me; believing is assuming, guessing, imagining. I don’t want you to believe in me… I want you to feel me in you when you kiss your beloved, when you tuck in your little girl, when you caress your dog, when you bathe in the sea. Stop praising me, what kind of egomaniac God do you think I am? I’m bored being praised, I’m tired of being thanked. Feeling grateful? Prove it by taking care of yourself, your health, your relationships, the world. Express your joy!… that’s the way to praise me. Stop complicating things and repeating as a parakeet what you’ve been taught about me. The only thing for sure is that you are here, that you are alive, and that this world is full of wonders. What do you need more miracles for? Why so many explanations? Look for me outside… you won’t find me. Find me inside… there I am beating within you.”