' Liberation '...

If unconditioned presence is what you really are, does this mean that you must seek some state in which you are totally calm and aware of everything? No. This is not about reaching any state or experience. Everything—every state, experience, thought, emotion, and reaction—arises from and falls back into that unconditioned presence.

The word liberation points to a shift in which life is simply happening and there is no self trying to control it. This includes not trying to control states, experiences, thoughts, or emotions.

There can even be a tendency to get stuck in awareness, believing that you are supposed to be in a state in which you are aware of everything. Is that even possible? Isn’t it still control?

Liberation is childlike. It is life living itself in whatever way it happens. It is life being calm. Life being obnoxious. Life being quiet. Life being loud. Life being aware. Life being unaware. “You” are the unconditioned presence through which all of that happens.

When everything is allowed through that presence without resistance, the self that is trying to control or maintain states, experiences, thoughts, and emotions is seen to be an illusion. This seeing brings a natural equanimity, peace, joy, and love. But those attributes are not in any way contrived or brought about by a person’s effort. This shift happens only when the self trying to manipulate the experience of living is seen through.




-Kiloby, Scott. Reflections of the One Life: Daily Pointers to Enlightenment