Italie 2011-02_La nature de la Conscience est légèreté d'être et joie

about the relationship of Enlightenment to uh freedom and ease of being right if one has a sense that freedom is uh that there is Endless Possibilities there are no boundaries and that leads to a sense of elation and joy it is Elation and joy yeah it is Elation and joy were saying earlier that that uh this thing about Bliss doesn't belong with well actually it's not Bliss it is Elation and joy it is Elion Joy it is that's what its nature is okay good well not because I ask anybody here if you if you medit if you contemplate the nature of Consciousness which is what we're all doing here if you if you uh assume no relationship to the content of Consciousness then you're going to be contemplating what is the nature of consciousness you contemplate the nature of Consciousness how are you going to feel Joy lightness of being Enlightenment is lightness of being joy and lightness of being Enlightenment is lightness of being joy and lightness of being is the is what you will experience I guarantee if you contemplate the nature of Consciousness and you do so consistently you contemplate the nature of Consciousness and do so consistently what are you going to experience joy and lightness of being so it's unmistakable okay so why has the Art and Science of Stillness the Art and Science of meditation why is it a Time tested why is it this perennial mystical position this perennial mystical practice it's be it's because it's because it's it's the direct root to Awakening to the nature of Consciousness so the nature of Consciousness itself is joy lightness of being that's what its nature is so the nature of the so and so so human beings who are supposed to be enlightened their personality generally should be an expression of lightness of being you know not necessarily in every single second but most of the time light joy and lightness of being because because they have awoken to the nature of Consciousness their own Consciousness and so that and so the reflection of that is joy and lightness of being but everybody here you examine for yourself but you have to be very careful here what I'm talking about is not what your mind is telling you about what's happening between you and your mind the nature of Consciousness is the nature of Consciousness is the nature of Consciousness it's not what anybody says about it including what your mind says about it's what its nature is right so what's the nature of ice cream sweetness right ice cream is sweet so anybody can say no it's not yes because it's what it's nature it's true nature is very sweet so the nature of Consciousness is joy and lightness of being but you have to see for yourself but don't mistake the nature of Consciousness with you know with your mind going up down left right in out and all over the place you know with which is different that's your mind doing gymnastics acrobatics and that's what what the Mind does it's the the mind is a mechanical it's it's Machinery so that's how it's work so don't mistake the movement of the Machinery of your mind to be the nature of Consciousness I'm talking about something else so all of the pl you all of that Machinery is moving about within an infinite ground which is consciousness itself and I'm talking about the nature of the ground itself not what appears to be happening within it which in any given moment could be you know you know some bizarre fantasy some weird memory some meaningless you know musings about nothing or some apparently relevant thoughts about whatever it is I'm not talking about any of that at all none of that so none of that is the nature of Consciousness that that all has to do with the content of Consciousness I'm talking about the nature of Consciousness itself which is the ground upon which all that's happening so when you assume no relationship to the content of Consciousness and you assume no relationship to the content of Consciousness and you assume no relationship to the content of Consciousness the results going to be joy and lightness of being because the nature of Consciousness is joy and lightness of being when you when you compulsively identify with the content of Consciousness if you think about happy things that which makes you feel happy right your husband your wife your daughter your son you know your mother your father you know or you know if that all those images make you happy then you think about them it'll make you feel happy or if all those thoughts make you feel miserable and terrible then thinking about th th thinking about those objects will make you feel miserable and terrible so I'm not talking about how we feel when we think about objects in Consciousness that make us feel happy or objects and Consciousness that make us feel sad I'm not talking about about that I'm talking about the ground of your experience which is not an object so the ground of your experience is not an object so the nature of that ground in your own experience is Joy so when you and how do I know that because if you do have no relationship to the content of Consciousness to whatever if you do and you consistently do you will find that your experience is one of joy and lightness of being your experience won't be one of joy and lightness of being if you're thinking about your relationship to the content of Consciousness if you think about your relationship to the content of Consciousness you know then your ego is saying I did I wasn't doing it right or I did it really great or something like this then you're thinking about your relationship to the content of Consciousness you're not having no relationship to the content of Consciousness but if you do assume no relationship to the content of Consciousness the result is going to be joy and lightness of being I guarantee it it works every single time it never ever ever fails you were talking about the immediacy of experience yesterday the immediacy of enlightened awareness yeah and I I'm finding that's also part of the equation yes that's right that there's a greated enlightened awareness before even the mind take has no place there either exactly but but the but the N the this exactly but what I'm saying is the the the a Awakening to the nature of Consciousness itself the lightness of being which is the nature of conscious is enlightened awareness that's exactly one and the same thing thanks a lot very good that's very good that's very good isn't it Joe good isn't it fantastic it's marvelous isn't it marvelous Fant there you go it's marvelous every time right yep every single time yep that's why they say ever knew sat andand ever new being Consciousness Bliss never ending ever knew that's what they say ever knew being Consciousness splits every time right amazing so if you assume no relationship to the cont to Consciousness your experience will be joy and lightness of being if you don't your experience won't be joy and lightness of being very simple how simple could that be could it be any simpler I ask you could it be simpler I don't think so