One Infinite Undivided Whole

When we are hypnotized by the thought-sense of being a small, separate, encapsulated self, feelings of deficiency, anxiety and dissatisfaction inevitably follow. We fear death and search for certainty, control and something to grasp. But in holding on to nothing at all, there is immense openness and freedom.

The "me" who seems to be authoring our thoughts, making our choices, living our lives and having our experiences is a kind of mirage created by an ever-shifting mix of thoughts, mental images, memories, stories and bodily sensations. The story of our life and the character at the center of it are dream-like fictional creations. When we identify as this imaginary character and overlook the more fundamental and obvious truth, we suffer.

Our only certainty beyond all doubt is present experiencing. In exploring that directly, we find that it is ungraspable, unresolvable and unpindownable. The thought-sense of being small and separate disappears in the recognition that all apparently formed things, including people, are like waves in the ocean—ever-changing and inseparable movements of an undivided whole, as are all our thoughts, interests, preferences, urges, desires, impulses and actions.

In this moment, nothing could be other than how it is, and how it is, is impossible to pin down. Realizing this is the freedom to be just as we are and for everything to be just as it is, including our apparent abilities or inabilities to change, heal or correct things.

What is offered here invites firsthand exploration and direct discovery, not belief or dogma. There is no finish-line, no formula, no method, nowhere to go, only this one bottomless moment and this ever-fresh aliveness.