Being here really is just the invitation to rest as Being. There is nothing you have to do. It is not an invitation to become. You will not be scrutinized, your actions compared with those of others. Thats just unicorn food. Let your river flow as it pleases. Simply observe and recognise that all is unfolding spontaneously when that inner journalist- the ego, is exposed as a myth.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of being present and acknowledging the spontaneity of life without the interference of ego or comparison.
In this quote, Mooji encourages individuals to embrace the present moment as an invitation to simply be, rather than to strive for achievement or validation. He suggests that the ego creates unnecessary comparisons with others, distorting our experience of life. By allowing life to unfold naturally and observing our thoughts without attachment to them, we can find peace and recognize the myth of the ego. This perspective fosters a deeper understanding of existence and self-acceptance, promoting a restful state of being.
In practice
This quote can inspire a meditation session, encouraging participants to embrace their true selves.
Go beyond everything. Don't collect anything. _x000D_ A king does not need to go shopping in his own _x000D_ kingdom. Nor does he beg. _x000D_ Remember, you are the inner reality-pure awareness only. _x000D_ All that arises are appearances in consciousness. _x000D_ Don't bother with all that. Rest only as the awareness. _x000D_ This is the secret.
A thought may arise: 'It's okay now, but it's going to be different when I step out the door'. Already you are anticipating your downfall. Recognise these as just thoughts. You can just watch them, feel their pull yet observe them as a movement in consciousness. Stay put as formless awareness.
The emptiness I speak about is not the emptiness the mind imagines. It is not blank. Your body can continue expressing in a natural way. Intelligence is there. Emotions can come. Everything can play, but inside there is total serenity and peace. No planning, no strategising, no personal identity is there. Just the space of pure being. It is what we are, but we dream and believe we are not.
All you need to do is recognize your true position as the witness. You only have to do this for some time, until the spell is broken. Even after the spell is broken these mental tendencies may arise, but without any power, just like you can see the moon in the daylight.
If I could give you only one advice, I would say: Don't identify with anything. Be completely empty - no one. Be no-body and see if you lose anything but delusion.
You wake up each day from the dream; but to be free, you must also wake up from the waking state.
It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value.
I never had anyone I could call βMasterβ. No Christ died for me. No Buddha showed me the right path. In the depths of my dreams no Apollo or Athena appeared to me to enlighten my soul
All of us cherish our beliefs. They are, to a degree, self-defining. When someone comes along who challenges our belief system as insufficiently well-based - or who, like Socrates, merely asks embarrassing questions that we haven't thought of, or demonstrates that we've swept key underlying assumptions under the rug - it becomes much more than a search for knowledge. It feels like a personal assault.
The very flag of freedom that waves over our heads is formed from material cultivated by slaves, on soil moistened with their blood drawn from them by the whip of a republican taskmaster!
To make Christianity a private affair while banishing all privacy is to relegate it to the rainbow's end or the Greek Calends.
I live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world.
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