Finding True Freedom

Is the spiritual seeker apart from the ego?

The spiritual seeker is really the ego trying to refine itself to become the true self. So the me tries to resist all things “non-spiritual” in the hope of becoming more refined. But the ego can never take the place of the Unchanging Observer, no matter how refined it becomes, because its creations are always transient, whereas your true self is always unmodified, remaining as the un-involved eternal witness.

~Atreya thomas

When you cease all thoughts for just a moment, just 2-5 seconds of no thinking, this natural awareness becomes very apparent, very lucid, very obviously aware of itself. And then you simply repeat those 2-5 seconds at least 12 times a day with earnest, genuine interest. And then the Self will take care of the rest. God will take care of your freedom, your liberation, your remembrance of your true state. Just show up for your own liberation, that’s all. Interrupt your dream for long enough to become available to the Creator within, the Self within. You’ve got to meet God halfway. You’ve got to meet the truth halfway. That means let go of your insistences and attachments to the associations you’ve built up around this essential, timeless, changeless I Am. Stop dreaming for 2-5 seconds and be wakeful to awareness, to “Me”—your innermost me. And there you will find the extended hand of the Creator; the ever extended hand of the true Self to all of its forgotten agents: You. #meditation #awakening #enlightenment #awareness #meditationpractice