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This episode starts with an update on some current thinking around being a spiritual being having a human experience. I then go into a summary of the current state of play around artificial intelligence, why it is a potential threat to our way of being, and what we can do about it. Remember, you are a loving, compassionate, caring and connected being. The world tries to convince you otherwise, but when you pause and reconnect with the essence of your being the truth is revealed. Spread the love!

I've had many conversations recently where people report feeling overwhelmed, busy and somewhat out of control. In this episode, I share a few reflections on why this might be happening, and how we can use our "I am awareness" practice to help reorient ourselves in the face of the mounting chaos.

Asking the simple question "what would love do?" sets up an interesting experiment. Love sees no separation, no conflict, no lack. It looks for connection, collaboration and abundance. However, the mind sees limitation, lack, need, and therefore competes for scarce resources. When we remember that we are awareness, or better said love, we show up different in our interactions with others and with the world.

What happens when we let go of the traditional belief that "I" am somehow in the body or the mind? What happens when we let go of the idea that we are here to develop and instead see that we are here to remember? 

Once we relax the body, we notice the randomness of the mind. We see how it grabs onto thoughts, sensations, sounds, memories, etc. We can relax the mind and notice the open space of awareness that we are.

How we live our life is determined, in many ways, on how we answer two vital questions: Who or what am I? Am I simply a body-mind, separate from other body-minds? Or, am I awareness, appearing as a body-mind and deeply connected to others? What is the nature of reality? Am I subject ineracting with a world of objects? Or, is there no separation between subject and objects, all of it just being awareness?

The weapons of mass distraction around us keep us from getting intimate with reality. But when we do, we experience a very different reality from the one fed to us by the mind. 

The center is found between breaths, between thoughts, between actions. It is ever-present and inherrently peaceful. In this episode, I walk through various ways to experience and stay with the center.

When we remember that we are awareness, and that everything depends on awareness for its existence, we can remain in a state of contentment and wholeness. Our pre-programmed minds, however, convince us that we are incomplete and that we need to compete with others and the planet to attain some object that will make us happy. 

Grasping, holding, resisting. These are the primary modes of mind. There is suffering in each mode. To end our suffering, we must ask "who or what is aware of the thoughts of grasping, holding, resisting?" This is the key to unlock our ever-present bliss. 

It is often said in the Vedas that the world is an illusion. This does not mean the world is not real; it means that the world is not what it appears to be. When we understand this, we can stop grasping at the world and find the perfection in the now.

In between thoughts, emotions, sensations, perceptions there is a space. It's not actually something that appears in the moments between; it is ever-present. This is what we are. The implications for this understanding are immense.