《心的觉醒》英文.docx

1、心的觉醒英文 Awakening The galaxies,suns,and planets am I, the simplest weed or blade of grass, the cricket piping on the hearth, all these and more am I.We dream away our lives wrapped in cocoons, patterning our lives on the past,repeating old errors. Only when we awaken from the mortal dream do we disco

2、ver the reality of our being.When we have been freed of all concepts of God, Jesus, and Buddha and we stand naked with nothing to cling to, then are we open and vulnerable, ready to understand. This is when seeing truth is possible.you never know when the curtain of the me-sense will suddenly rise t

3、o reveal the blazing light of reality. It does not occur, however,as a result of convenience, meditaton, or prayer.Some come into the light of full seeing instantly. Others take years of time on earth to surrender the me-sense.Now I am free, alive, and awake! I listen for the voice of the Self and f

4、ind it everywhere-in the twittering of robins, the squawk of a jay. I see its reflection in the face of a young child, in the petal of a roadside flower, and in the silence of trees in the forest.Love, which expands my heart to include the universe, tells me of infinite wonders yet to know.You alrea

5、dy are your perfect Self. Its only a matter of recognition. There never was, is, or will be more perfection than you are at this perfect moment.If I could tell you, really tell you, of the revelation available to us here and now, it might instantly burn off the person-mask and all its armor. But I c

6、ant even put it into words for myself, for words are too limiting. I can, however, furnish a clue to the vastness of the infinite wonder we call “isness.”The question, “What do I do about Self-realization?” presupposes there is someone to do something about it. This question comes from a sense of du

7、ality, which in itself makes any answer incongruous.Why, I am the son of that which is. I am no slave of sickness, sruggle, and death. I am heir to the kingdom given me, that now I claim as mine. I am my master and my government. I am infinite and eternal life. Awareness is what I am, all I am.Sudde

8、nly I am immersed in a boundless void with no top, no bottom, no start, no finish, no time-no measurement of any king. There is no darkness, no light, not a particle of anything known. Yet it is more familiar than my own breath.I am reborn. All is made new to me upon awakening. I am no longer a crea

9、ture of human limitations. I am aware.There is nothing to achieve or acquire within this serenity. I see an unlimited, open universe.When awakening is no longer a word, concept, or desire, it becomes a fact. Then will I move with my being as consciousness. Then am I awareness itself!There is no rout

10、e nor goal. So give up reading the works of enlightened ones in hope of achievement. There is nothing to achieve.Its up to us to decide whom we serve. For once we know we are not separate from the universe, we no longer need teachers. When we discover the truth in the heart of the Sele where it has

11、always been, we can then fee ourselves from the book and papers.The common belief about liberation is that it is something difficult to attain. But its so utterly simple and happy beyond happiness, free beyond freedom, powerful beyond power. Its the wonder of wonders, the very I, I am.Not until I kn

12、ew the wind as I-rather than as a force out there in the canyon battering at my window-was my seeing, feeling, and hearing of the wind transformed into serenity. Here, closer than the pollow that my head lies on, the wild wind lulls me to sleep. Is this so difficult to see, feel, and know? No. Seein

13、g consciousness or God as everything is gloriously simple.before awakening, you must give up everything. You let go and plunge alone into the viod where there is no book or gentle voice to cling to. From then on, wouds are useless. Being and evidencing take the place of teachings.Through relinquishi

14、ng old concepts, we finally come to the real and eternal Self.I am no longer bound by my conception of self as a worthless,separate sinner. Nor am I bound by beliefs which need political leaders, doctors, teachers,priests, or gurus. Do you know this freedom?While its easy to say, “ I am unbound,” ca

15、n we really be unbound without feeling the presence of God? Without knowing this in the heart, there can be no seeing. It cannot be talked about; it must be lived.Freed from the slavery of concepts, opinions, and egodarkness, I awaken from my dream life and embrace the reality I am.What is there to

16、do about consciousness but be it, to know the joy and light of it here and now in the present and eternal moment?This state of being is one of grace, of readiness to again find the unadulterated little one, the pure child of God. It is a state of openness that cannot be reconcied with anything that

17、occurred before.In Self-realization there is nothing to gain. You simply recognize who and what you really are-and always have been-apart from that false appearance of a socalled born human being.Awakening is similar to the phenomenon of experiencing the past and future as ceasing to exist. The wond

18、er of te present moment destroys all belief in space and time, leaving only infinite being.At first I wanted to measure my progress. I still needed to have someone tell me I was doing well. That need disappeared when I discovered that there is no place to progress toward, nothing to become. All I am

19、 is already the entity I am.Now when I consider isness, I begin to understand what it means. It is nowness, this moment as I write on paper, thisline_ I draw, this instant of conscious awareness in which I write,act, and live.Here, in this place, in this eternal moment I exist. I am the tangible I s

20、ee, as well as the intangible I sense.I am on this planet as it sweeps around the sunstar in one of countless galaxies. I feel the perfection of this moment. I experience the beauty of the universe as a promise of infinite wonders beyond present understanding.The Self is consciousness unclouded by h

21、uman thoughts. When the illusion of personal sense is surrendered, the resplendent Self unfolds. Only then is the dreary wheel of birth and death overcome.We are released into love sublime, the boundlessness of life eternal.How could I have freamed for so long-unaware of who and what I am?Even if we

22、 are aware of a Self that is one with consciousness,this does not mean we are liberated. As long as we feel attached to any illusion of the person-self and its life-long conditioning of the mind with its judgments based on false learning, we are still far from true liberation.Bliss,as has been said,

23、 is a way station, a resting place, and not a goal. bliss is only another something to hold on to. We let go of thoughts which shuttle themselves back and forth from one subject to another. We watch this process until it stops. Only when thoughts disappear is awareness experienced in all its splendo

24、r as the warp and woof of all being. Oh hear the cry of those awakened By a clap of thunder Their laughter shakes the stars.The sudden revelation is not a thing of time, prayer, meditation, or convenience. It happens when and where it happens, regardless of place or preparation. Even if it has happe

25、ned several times before, it is always a surprise.During a struggle to recall a great experience I had once delighted in, I couldnt see that it was closer than my heartbeat. Exhausted and weary, I gave up. I surrendered all effort to do anything. Suddenly I realized that the experience ws the very I

26、 I had been seeing-my world, my universe,and beyond.The divine fool is dedicated to the wonder and glory of conscious awareness. With eyes too pure to behold evil, s/he sees only light, energy, and life in the eternal now. The divine fool knows only consciousness, pure and undefiled as the deity, pr

27、inciple, and Christ. The ultimate message of the divine fool? Simply that jGod is everything and everything is God and not an iota of anything else.Liberation comes from knowing that perfection is here and now. Infinity is here and now. Birthless, ageless, deathless, free from clocks and measurement

28、s, we are this moment forever in the eternal moment. When this knowing is a daily hour-by-hour, moment-by-moment experience, we are free to be fully open to the omniprrsence of consciousness. This is Self-evidence or Self-realization.O mighty One of love beyond opposites, this I, I am, knows no meas

29、ure of great and small. I am this blade of grass, this grain of sand, this drop of water, and every atom of this body. I stand in awe of this wonder that I am.The Me-IllusionIts only the beliefin a separate methat keeps realization at bay.How easy it is to get involved with the mind and its concern

30、with money,clothes,friends,likes and dislikes!All these trifles go on while cpnsciousness is present.We constantly ignore the wonder we are, settling for dust, rather than the real wealth that is ours.How long have I been a slave to that limited person whomust possess all he desires? All I own is a

31、skeleton in a grave, a corpse-nothing more.No sooner had I begun this path of seeing the truth about myseIf, than the me-sense or ego began to struggle for its survival. Now I know that all illusions-even the illusion of the me-sense-disappear before the light of truth.Without an open heart,without

32、giving and receiving Iove, I live a death far worse than any surrender of that limited person known as David.If we run our lives according to human will, we miss lifes wonder. Most of us live the way we were taught and conditioned.We rely on the me-sense, the wants to guide us. We live a difficult life of brief pleasure, grim disappointment, struggle,and tension leading to pain,sickness,and often,disillusionment with living. Yet all these difficulties have a purpose. Unless we are addicted to misery, we will be drawn in time toward better ways of l