Is the Sky Looking?

Recently, this presented itself as a very subtle shift in this process of “working on ourselves” … 

There is no one “watching feelings going by”!  Who would be doing that?  Even the witness or watcher notion is only that … a notion.  Emotional reaction triggers contraction of … what?  … For whom?  We must be very clear to see if there is some subtle belief being given to the notion of the “me” as some real presence apart from reality.  The emotions and thoughts are practically irrelevant to the issue at hand.  Let them be as they are.  Leave them as is … unaltered, unmodified, uncorrected.  Who is even present to care if emotions are present or are contracted?  What is that reference point and who is making the determination that such experiences are good or not good?  Does the sky care if a cloud goes through?  Is a contracted cloud any better than a spacious one, as far as the sky is concerned?  Even in this, there can be a subtle overlooking of the ever-present fact of what is really present.  Is the sky looking at the cloud formations to determine whether or not it (the sky) is free? 

[By John Wheeler from his book “Clear In Your Heart”]

What is being noticed as something is arising in the space of our awareness?  Have we come to believe there is a “me” that is here that needs to be cleared of various patterns and tendencies.  Do we see that in this activity we are actually giving this apparent “me” life … making it real?

Are we seeing that even though these “cloud formations” may be light or heavy, it doesn’t matter to the Sky of Awareness?  Have we noticed that our giving reality to what is arising does not honor the clarity that we are always, already complete … untouched … whole and free?

Aha! … a subtle shift happens … simply being as this Sky of Awareness … naturally allowing what is arising to come up and dissipate, without any urge to do something about it … honoring who we are as what’s Real … here and now.

"The Space in between words, thoughts, movements

 is the eternal abode of love,

of Stillness, of Beingness, of Silence, of I AM.

All of Life exists now

in this always-present Presence.
This is the Essence of All That IS. 

This Space of unconditional Love

lies both between, and AS all movement,

all thinking, all music, all songs, all words and speech.

Without this Silent, Still Space

nothing as we know it could even exist. 

IT is Core, IT is Source, IT is I AM and IT is Now.

The World Says…you must keep moving at all costs.
The Divine Within says…be still,

rest in That which you are ... I AM.

The World Says…fill up all your time with doing stuff.
The Divine Within says…simply Be As You Are and be happy! "

[By Jim Dillinger – written on July 5th, 2012]

Another Gift from the Sea … from this that we ARE ...