The Call to Awaken (Part 1)
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[0:00] This morning's guided meditation started
[0:02] with an investigation of
[0:04] thought,
[0:06] the nature of thought.
[0:09] And I find that
[0:11] this
[0:13] um
[0:17] investigation and
[0:20] rectification
[0:22] of the
[0:23] relationship we have with thought
[0:26] is not just
[0:28] what triggers awakening or a first
[0:31] insight,
[0:33] but
[0:35] really
[0:37] ends up being the
[0:40] um
[0:42] the ongoing challenge of
[0:45] living realization, largely.
[0:48] There are other aspects to it,
[0:50] but
[0:52] even in deeper realization,
[0:55] non-dual realization,
[0:59] no-self realization,
[1:02] the stickiness of thoughts
[1:04] or the
[1:07] the relational
[1:09] nature
[1:11] that seems to appear around thoughts,
[1:14] uh
[1:15] is still is still the work
[1:17] that needs to be done most of the time.
[1:22] As
[1:23] the realization progresses or the
[1:26] unbinding
[1:28] um
[1:30] propagates,
[1:32] the thoughts become
[1:34] more
[1:36] subtle,
[1:38] less conceptual,
[1:41] uh
[1:42] but also a little more slippery.
[1:46] Also,
[1:48] perhaps more episodic
[1:51] or conditions-based.
[1:55] So,
[1:57] even though this will be about
[2:00] this first
[2:02] investigation
[2:04] into the nature of thought
[2:06] and our relationship with it
[2:08] and the feeling of being a thinker,
[2:11] it's not just for for people who are
[2:15] oriented to that first awakening to
[2:17] Kensho. It's really for anybody
[2:20] who wants to continue to clarify
[2:23] the insights,
[2:26] wants to
[2:31] live
[2:33] more moment-to-moment
[2:37] through freedom,
[2:44] through interconnectedness,
[2:48] through spontaneity,
[2:51] and peace.
[2:55] Freeing oneself more and more
[2:58] of those bindings.
[3:03] And ultimately,
[3:06] it is a binding of identity.
[3:09] Uh
[3:11] it's not just the presence of thoughts
[3:14] that causes the trouble.
[3:16] Not just the presence of a thought or a
[3:18] series of thoughts
[3:20] or a certain type of thoughts.
[3:22] It's the the feeling
[3:25] of
[3:27] thos