23/11/2019
THE TABOO OF AWAKENING:
Although men have always sought to achieve enlightenment, and although entire traditions are dedicated to this objective, when it is said that enlightenment can be achieved, this upsets people.
A famous non-dual teach said this about the fact that claiming to be awake is "badly seen" and exposes the person who claims it to criticism (he himself has been criticized for it):
"I think it is unfortunate that someone can dedicate his time, hour after hour, day after day, year after year, sometimes for the duration of a lifetime, to awakening, and yet the very notion that someone reaches awakening is a taboo. We are all looking for that, but supposedly, God forbids anyone to say that he has done it. We do not believe it, we are cynical, we have doubts, and we immediately enter attack mode, whether it is undercover or openly. For me, this highlights that people are pursuing an awakening that they do not believe can happen to them. This in itself is a barrier to reaching it, and one of the greatest there is."
THE TABOO OF A PEDAGOGY OF AWAKENING:
Not only is it in bad taste to announce that you are awake, but it is also frowned upon to say that there is a path that leads to it that can be taught. For many who do not follow the evolution of this field, only grace can lead to awakening, and it is again God (or the equivalent) who would bar us or allow us access.
As is a common belief among teachers themselves, the teaching of awakening is often limited to the awakened ones speaking about their experience of it, with little result for those who listen to them. They are reduced to a position of spectator, with the impression that awakening is reserved for those few chosen ones who would have been struck by grace. At best, they acquire an intellectual understanding of awakening but do not have experience of it.
The belief that awakening occurs only by an improbable grace today connotes ignorance of the possibilities opened by the recent development of data on awakening.
Indeed, science and experience show us that awakening is not about grace, but about sufficient practice, effective methods and teachers capable of delivering not only a testimony of their experience but also effective pedagogy to enable others to access it themselves.
Thus, awakening is placed in the hands of those whose birthright it is: all of us.
THE GREAT CONFUSION: "There is nothing to do":
Many people who are awake hold speeches like: "Everything is already there", "There is nothing to do", even though they themselves have sought enlightenment and practiced meditation for years. Of course, once the door of awakening has been crossed, it is seen that for what is awakened, for "awakening itself", Consciousness, there is nothing to do.
But this is not the way it is for the spiritual seeker, and experience has shown many that "doing nothing" leads... nowhere.
Rather than saying that "to awaken, there is nothing to do," it would be more accurate to say that to awaken, you must "be nothing."
However, "being nothing" can be learned, or more precisely, "taking oneself for something" can be unlearned. And in the absence of "taking oneself for something," all that remains is "to be nothing," which is also "to be everything," our natural state, our true nature.
We gave a conference on these 3 topics, available on our Youtube channel right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTuB4SXnlvo
Much Love,
Brigitte ;)
