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The self-inquiry intensives at
the samadhi center

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are a rigorous form of Sadhana

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or spiritual practice

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designed to create conditions 
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for the egoic mind to bring about

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the possibility of Samadhi and Awakening

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to your true nature.

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Self-inquiry can be done individually

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and when it's done on your own

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it's meditation

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self-inquiry can be done with a partner

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in what we call dyads

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or it can be done with a group where

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the entire group is focused on one person

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who is doing the inquiry.

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The main technique used during the

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self-inquiry retreat is the dyad.

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The Retreat format involves working from

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early morning 6 a.m until 11 pm at night.

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The participants are encouraged to enter

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into a period of continuous practice,

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continuously inquiring into Who We Are.

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For this period of time all distractions

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are set aside.

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There are no devices, phones, books

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or anything to engage the conditioned mind.

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This continuous practice creates a

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strong inner pressure or inner energy.

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Energy is diverted from the old condition

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patterns and starts to build.

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A sort of alchemy starts to happen.

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Awakening is an energetic event.

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There is a flip from the conditioned ‘I’,

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the sense that you are this character,

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to the true self, to the unlimited ‘I’.

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The self-inquiry Intensive is the most

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direct way to bring about Awakening

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that I know of.

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By Awakening, I mean realizing

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the true Self beyond name and form.

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It's called 'Kensho' in Zen. The word kensho

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means 'seeing essence',

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in Mahayana Buddhism it is 
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the highest wisdom, the absolute

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wisdom of our true nature.

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In Western Traditions, the terms 'Gnosis'

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or 'Apophaticism' refer to the realization

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of our true or divine nature.

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For this period of time, we turn

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attention away from thoughts and

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towards the self, continuously.

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If we do this practice continuously,

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eventually we will awaken from

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identification with the false self,

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to our true nature.

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It's extremely simple but it's not easy,

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because the ego construct which is made

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up of samskaras or condition patterns,

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will generate hindrances, just

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as it does in meditation. The whirlpool

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of the mind may generate thoughts,

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we may experience egoic preferences,

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the mind may focus on comfort

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it may become tired,

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it may get confused or disoriented.

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It may find the whole process intolerable

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The conditioned ‘I’ may think it is

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already awake, we have to humble the

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It is said that one must want to awaken,

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like a person with their hair on fire

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wants a pond to jump into.

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a not knowing mind, a humble mind,

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For this process we enter into the cloud

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of unknowing, we let go of control and

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connect to a sense of curiosity

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During this process, one remains

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equanimous with whatever comes up within

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the mind and senses, having a complete

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not pushing anything away and yet not

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We come to the true self by realizing

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When we inquire into who we are, first,

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everything that is the false self will

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All of our thoughts and blocks, repressed

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emotions, imprints, and samskaras that are

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part of the self-structure, will start to

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a purification starts to happen within the

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This practice that leads to samadhi,

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is cultivating single pointed focus.

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You become continuously present,

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observing what is,

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of subtler and subtler aspects of what is.

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allowing the mind to be open,

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When self-inquiry is done with a partner

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it can be particularly potent.

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One can't drift off into the mind,

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you're accountable, it's like meditating with

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a partner. You have to be present because

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you're being witnessed, you're staring

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into someone else's eyes,

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you can’t wander away.

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At these retreats we begin the

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self-inquiry when we're in the waking state,

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but the practice can carry over into

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dreaming and even deep sleep States.

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Here I'm going to describe the dyad technique.

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In this practice, one person is witness,

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and the other engages in deep

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inquiring into their true nature.

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First, decide who will be the witness

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and who will start doing inquiry.

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You will switch roles back and forth

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you will switch partners,

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roughly every 40 minutes.

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As an introductory exercise, just look

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intention, to know who this being is,

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simply allow yourself to be open,

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it land in the deepest 
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any phenomena that arises

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what's the most REAL thing

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happening, just observe the most real

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of this I am-ness, the 
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level of the mind. Don't think that you

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have to please someone with your answer,

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be free, playful.

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be free in the not knowing.

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A Bible passage comes to mind unless, you

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become like little children you will

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you were a little kid, the sense of YOU,

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it was there when you were a teenager,

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it's there at every point in one's life.

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‘Tell me who you are’

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mistake it for a question.

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It is not about getting the right answer

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The practice is to report any phenomena

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that arises within the self-structure

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to your partner. Explaining as clearly

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Don't refer to your partner as ‘you’ and

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whatever comes up without

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Is it true that I am tired?

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the sensory layer, the somatic field.

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do those feel like? Notice any energetic

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contraction, any holding or resistance

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of everything arising in the

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without encouragement, the witness

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maintains a neutral face and lets go of

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any body language.

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there's only your partner.

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following what is being said.

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This is the only thing the 
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This happens spontaneously, you don't

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have to try to do anything.

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It’s possible for the witness to enter a

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samadhi state where there's no

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separation from the one being witnessed.

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Don't sympathize with the partner.

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Don't play into their drama. 
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This neutrality allows the freedom of

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expression to unfold. You are a mirror.

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A mirror has no opinion,

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judgment or preference.

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At the retreat, the facilitators will

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come around and use various tools and

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their own intuition, to point

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minds, towards a direct experience

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of their true nature.

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The dyad facilitator may come and

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observe, and may ask you questions.

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If this happens, stay connected with

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your partner's eyes,

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don't turn and look at the facilitator,

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simply answer the question but stay

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connected to your partner.

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Stay awake in the ‘not knowing’.

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Primordial Awareness is inseparable from

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Stillness and Presence.

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It is a stillness and presence beyond

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the movement and stillness of

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the limited mind.

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It is closer than the you that

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you think you are.

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It is neither near nor far,

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because these are mere concepts.

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Don't try to manufacture some answer

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with the mind or philosophize about

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who you are. Let the thoughts

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and experiences come up, observe them and

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report them, but don't get caught in their

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content. We want to objectively report

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what is coming up within the self-structure.

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We want to express freely in an

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inhibited spontaneous way.

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don't overthink it

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this process is incredibly simple

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you don't have to do anything other than

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Observe and Report

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it is the condition mine responding

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trying to answer

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who are you

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there is nothing to attain there is only

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the dropping of the false identification

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and realizing the truth of the true eye

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primordial awareness is so simple and

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obvious that the Mind misses it

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it is always the conditioned mind that

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looks

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that moves

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the conditioned mind is nothing but

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movement looking here and there

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if you give up that movement then what

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remains

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who is aware ever present in the seeing

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the Zen master dogen said to realize

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your true nature is to realize the self

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to realize the self is to forget the

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self

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to forget the self is to be actualized

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by Myriad things

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to be actualized by Myriad things

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your mind and body as well as the mind

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and body of others drops off

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when mind and body drop off there is

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only direct experience of what is

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samadhi is the dissolving of the

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illusion between Observer and observed

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experience and experiencer