AS IT IS

It can be helpful to make a clear distinction between what we might call the reflected world and the real-time world. (Or the happened world and the happening world.) The reflected world is the familiar world of the mind. A world which consists of narratives of the past and future, a world of reflection, rumination and abstraction.

In contrast to this is the wide-awake present actuality of the real-time world - THIS - right now - as it is.

It should be immediately clear how these two modalities differ - though it’s often the case that even in this real-time unfolding the reflected world is still operative to varying degrees (some of which is obviously useful in practical terms.)

Yet when a deep and complete awakening to the happening - non-conceptual - living world occurs, something unexpected can become obvious:

There is no separation! THIS... is without separation or division. Separation is strictly in the past-future axis. Right now in this wide-awake present actuality there is no past, no future, no borders and no separation.

This will be difficult to grasp when reflected upon - but see, that’s where the problem lies. It’s not about reflection, it’s about actualisation. That’s the point. (This is how meditation/solitude can be helpful - just to give the analytical mind a rest.) We are leaving behind the reflected world and inhabiting the real - the living world - THIS - as it is.

In this wide-awake - real-time happening, life becomes real simple. There is this… now it’s this… now this… THIS is a non-dual unfolding - an indivisible event. Twice-ness is strictly conceptual.

THIS Realistion

Without projections of the past and future… life simply IS.

And that is exactly and only what is going on… Life simply is - as it is.

To truly realise this undermines the seeking project - the striving - the doubt - the sense of inadequacy - the comparison of paths - the spiritual materialism.

There’s nothing to attain… there is simply the - already the case - BE-ing of what is… AS IT IS… exactly THIS… YES! THIS, RIGHT NOW… AS IT IS.

In this present moment realisation (and it can only be the present moment) the mind upheld past and future recedes and along with it the extended narrative self leaving the simplicity of the unfolding present - free from drama and compulsion… just this - however it falls.