Suffering Is Contained in a Single Thought
Summary
TLDRThe transcript delves into the nature of fear and resistance, suggesting that true suffering arises not from fear itself but from the resistance to it. It encourages embracing fear without judgment or comparison, finding peace and happiness at its core. The speaker contrasts the Vedanta approach of detachment with the Tantric approach of deep engagement, advocating for a non-dualistic understanding where consciousness and experience are inseparable. The message is one of finding joy and peace by fully inhabiting the present moment, regardless of emotional intensity.
Takeaways
- 😌 Fear itself is not the problem; it's the resistance to fear that causes suffering.
- 🔍 Experiencing fear without comparison or reference to the past can reveal its true nature, which is not inherently uncomfortable.
- 🏖 Taking refuge in the 'now' can provide a sense of peace similar to being on holiday, free from the burdens of past and future thoughts.
- 💡 The resolution to fear is not to move away from it but to move closer, embracing the experience without resistance.
- 🧘♂️ There is no separate self experiencing fear; the experience is a part of the whole consciousness.
- 🌀 Mind is the movement of awareness, not an entity separate from it, much like a movie is a part of the screen.
- 🕉 Consciousness has two modes: at rest (Shiva) and in movement (Shakti), both integral aspects of the same reality.
- 💭 Psychological suffering arises from a single thought of resistance, rather than from the experience itself.
- 🌟 Deep within any emotion, including fear, lies the potential for happiness and peace, accessible by embracing the experience fully.
- 🤔 The Vedanta approach suggests identifying as the witnessing presence of awareness, separate from thoughts and feelings.
- 🔗 The Tantric approach encourages embracing and integrating the experience, dissolving the distinction between self and experience.
Q & A
What is the primary issue discussed in the script regarding the feeling of fear?
-The primary issue discussed is not the feeling of fear itself, but the resistance to it. The script suggests that fear is a neutral experience and it's our resistance to it that causes suffering.
How does the script suggest we should approach the experience of fear?
-The script suggests experiencing fear without any resistance, without comparing it to past experiences or future expectations, and without the desire to move away from it.
What is the significance of 'resistance' in the context of the script?
-Resistance is portrayed as the main cause of psychological suffering. It is the act of wanting the fear to be different or to be gone, which is contained in a single thought that leads to discomfort.
How does the script relate the experience of fear to the concept of 'now'?
-The script equates the experience of fear to being in the 'now', suggesting that by fully embracing the present moment without resistance, one can find peace and happiness within the experience itself.
What is the script's perspective on the relationship between fear and consciousness?
-The script posits that fear is an experience made out of consciousness, and there is no separate fearful person experiencing fear. It suggests that consciousness is the knowing element in the experience of fear.
How does the script differentiate between physical pain and psychological suffering?
-The script makes a clear distinction, stating that it is not discussing physical pain but rather psychological suffering, which arises from our resistance to our experiences, including fear.
What is the script's stance on the idea of a separate self experiencing fear?
-The script argues against the idea of a separate self, stating that the experience of fear is not happening to anyone, and the notion of a person to whom fear is happening is a figment of imagination.
How does the script describe the nature of mind in relation to consciousness?
-The script describes the mind as the movement of awareness, encompassing thinking, feeling, sensing, hearing, touching, and tasting. It suggests that mind is not independent of awareness but a manifestation of it.
What are the two modes of consciousness mentioned in the script?
-The two modes of consciousness mentioned are at rest, referred to as Shiva, and in movement, referred to as Shakti. These represent the transcendent and imminent aspects of consciousness.
What are the two approaches to dealing with fear mentioned in the script?
-The two approaches are the Vedantic approach, which involves moving away from the experience by recognizing that one is not the experience, and the Tantric approach, which involves moving closer to the experience until there is no distinction between the self and the experience.
How does the script suggest we can find happiness or peace within the experience of fear?
-The script suggests that by deeply embracing the experience of fear without resistance, one can find happiness or peace at the heart of the fear, as this absence of resistance equates to the absence of suffering.
Outlines
😨 Embracing Fear Without Resistance
The first paragraph discusses the concept of fear and the common human tendency to resist it. It suggests that fear itself is not the problem, but rather our resistance to it, which creates suffering. The speaker encourages the listener to experience fear without comparing it to past experiences or seeking refuge in thoughts, but to take refuge in the present moment, which is always peaceful. The idea is to experience fear as it is, without the desire to change or escape it, and to find peace and freedom in the 'now'.
🧘♂️ Dissolving the Ego in the Experience of Fear
In this paragraph, the focus shifts to the nature of the self and the experience of fear. It posits that there is no separate self experiencing fear; instead, fear is an experience that arises from consciousness itself. The speaker emphasizes that consciousness is the underlying reality, and any sense of a separate self is an illusion. The paragraph explores the idea that consciousness has two modes: at rest (Shiva) and in movement (Shakti), and that there is never a separate self or object, only the fluid whole of experience. The speaker also touches on the concept of resistance to the present experience and how it can be overcome by fully embracing the experience without the impulse to move away.
🌱 Finding Peace at the Core of Fear
The third paragraph explores two approaches to dealing with fear: the Vedanta approach, which involves turning away from the experience by recognizing that one is not the thoughts, feelings, or sensations, but the witnessing presence of awareness; and the Tantric approach, which involves moving closer to the experience until there is no distinction between the self and the experience. The speaker advocates for the latter, suggesting that by fully embracing the experience of fear, one can find joy and peace, as there is no room for resistance in such a state of unity with the experience.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Fear
💡Resistance
💡Experience
💡Awareness
💡Suffering
💡Thought
💡Consciousness
💡Peace
💡Vedanta
💡Tantric
💡Mind
Highlights
The feeling of fear is not inherently problematic; it's the resistance to fear that causes suffering.
Experiencing fear without resistance reveals its neutral nature and energetic quality.
The idea of moving away from fear as a resolution is challenged; instead, embracing the experience is suggested.
The concept of 'taking refuge in the experience itself' is introduced as a way to overcome fear.
The notion of 'going on holiday in the now' is used to illustrate the freedom found in being present without past or future reference.
The resistance to fear is identified as a single thought that can spoil happiness.
The transcript discusses the suffering being contained within a single thought of non-acceptance of the present.
The experience of fear is described as an indivisible part of oneself, rather than something happening to an individual.
The concept of consciousness as the underlying presence in all experiences, including fear, is explored.
The transcript explains that consciousness and mind are not separate entities but rather movements of awareness.
The metaphor of a movie and a screen is used to describe the inseparable nature of consciousness and experience.
The idea that there is no separate self, only a fluid, vibrating whole of experience is presented.
The transcript touches on the Vedanta and Tantric approaches to dealing with fear and resistance.
The Tantric approach is described as moving closer to the experience, rather than away from it, to find peace and joy.
The transcript suggests that deep within any emotion, including fear, lies happiness and peace.
The concept of witnessing presence of awareness as a way to transcend personal identification with fear is discussed.
The transcript concludes with the idea that embracing the experience of fear can lead to a state of joy and peace.
Transcripts
so there's a feeling of fear and implied in your question is that the feeling of fear
is some kind of a problem you don't like it you wish it wasn't there in other words there's the
feeling of fear and then there's a resistance to it yes now just put on one side your resistance
to it because the resistance to the fear is not the fear itself yes though experience the
fear without any resistance to it experienced the Roth fear independent of the feeling I don't like
this fit I want to get rid of it now tell us about the fear from that point of view
is there anything problematic about it no it's like a certain energetic quality
it has it yes it has a certain intensity to it it has a vibrancy to it it's a it has an
intensity to it but is it problematic without this resistance to it in fact
another way of asking yourself the same question is if you experience the fear
without any reference to the past without any reference to thinking without comparing
it with anything in other words you just experience the fear is it uncomfortable
is there any motivation in you to move away from it no you see what normally when we feel
something like fear we think the resolution is to move away from it to get away from it
we want to take refuge in something else I'm suggesting the opposite go closer to it take
refuge in the experience itself come so close to the experience that you can't separate yourself
from it you can't look back and say I prefer how things were yesterday because you're not comparing
it you're not referring to thought you're just referring to the experience take refuge in the now
you're always at peace in the now you're always on holiday in the now now why do we go on holiday
why do we take holidays because we want to get away from all the the thoughts the feelings the
chores that that that plagued us every day that bother us every day so we go to a holiday and we
feel free what do we feel free of we feel free of our thoughts and our responsibilities our duties
in other words we feel free of the past and the future so the place we really come to when we go
on holiday is then now that's what we're seeking you can take refuge in the now whenever you want
I feel that what I often experience is that it's again like using those methods to get rid of it
like so there's this this resistance that comes in forward so for example it's a resistance that
the that is the problem that the fear is not the problem as you rightly say it just has a
certain intensity to it nothing wrong with that you don't want your life just to be one planned
even there's nothing wrong with intensity this doesn't the experience of fear itself is not the
problem it's your resistance to it I wish I could replace what is present with what is not present
that's it there therein lies your suffering the suffering is not in the fear fear is neutral it's
your resistance to it that is your suffering and your resistance to it is contained in a single
thought it is that in substantial whenever you are suffering your suffering is contained in a
single thought I don't like this I don't like what is going on I want I don't like what is present I
want what is not present that's it that is our suffering that that single thought the
suffering is never in the experience itself I'm not talking about physical pain and talking about
psychological suffering in other words we allow a single thought a single flimsy insubstantial
thought to spoil our happiness and then it uses this house and I'm going to ask who is having
this fear but this is still motivated then by its desire to reach having there who is having
this fear so this so it seems that I'm trying I'm there is an experience no one is having
the fear the experience of fear is one experience yeah it's not two experiences there's not me and
the fear there is just the fear and you you are then that which knows that the knowing element
in your experience you totally utterly intimately pervade your fear in fact your fear is made out of
yourself out of consciousness there is no separate fearful person there is just the experience of
fear it's not happening to anyone the person to whom you think your fear is happening is just
a figment of your imagination if you look for that person you never find it all you find is
the presence of consciousness and I say all you find is the presence of consciousness you are the
presence of consciousness I mean all consciousness finds is itself so this energetic sense that does
I mention this is just a the energetics is just that's just the dynamism of life it's the movement
of awareness mind what I call mind or experience that is thinking feeling sensing hearing touching
tasting etc but that's what I call mind mind is the movement of awareness it's not something
that is independent of awareness that there is nothing independent of awareness or consciousness
just like the there is no such thing as a movie independent of the screen you cannot peel the
movie off a screen and say look here is a movie apart from the screen there's no such thing called
a movie the moveie is is a coloring of the only thing if we can call it a thing that is really
there the screen so all of mind thinking hearing touching seeing sensing is a movement the activity
of consciousness the movement of consciousness so consciousness has two modes at rest when it's
at rest it's called Shiva and in movement then it's God Shakti consciousness and mind
emptiness and form Shiva and Shakti transcendent and imminent but there's never any there's never
a separate self no that this this single infinite indivisible whole never crystallizes out into a
separate subject of experience and a multiplicity and diversity of separate objects it's always an a
fluid in the visible whole vibrating within itself appearing to itself as the totality of experience
but never actually becoming a sink an a discrete object or self so during the resistance to the
present experience is also that that's very true yes yes but often it doesn't feel like but often
it doesn't feel like that this feels like this resistance is some but but why go back to your
resistance if you if you come close to the fear so close that you cannot separate yourself out
from it there is you just there's this single experience of fear there's no question of
adding a new element someone that is resistant there's just the intensity of this experience
and you'll find there's not the slightest impulse to move away from it in other words right at the
heart of your fear you find happiness you find peace which is means that which is another way
I think the absence of resistance the absence of suffering if you go deeply into any emotion
you find happiness there you find peace there so that these are the two ways that I was referring
to the Vedanta canned the tantric approaches I'm giving you the tantric approach now we either
turn away from the fear I'm not my thoughts I'm not my feelings I'm not my sensations I'm not my
perceptions I am that which is aware of them I am the witnessing presence of awareness that's the
pedantic approach the inward facing path it's a perfectly valid path I spent the first 20 years of
my adult life on that path and I often recommend it but then is this other path where we don't move
away I am NOT this I am NOT this I am NOT this we move closer I am this I am this I am this we come
so close to the experience that we cannot find a distinction between ourself the one that dislikes
the experience and the experience itself there's just the experience a single infinite indivisible
whole and there's no room for resistance there because who is present to resist who is there to
rise up and say I don't like this you will find your face shining with joy with peace
you
yeah I can feel so you can taste it now that just keep going in that direction thank you
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