Emptiness & Nirvana

[Someone here]

The realization of emptiness is both liberating and terrifying. Emptiness means the true nature of all things is devoid of any substance. It doesn’t mean things do not exist or are illusory or that existence is like a black blank dark silent empty room .  Everything in existence exists exactly as is right here right now . But the substance of all forms is formlessness.
When you experience a restless mind or uncomfortable stream of thoughts and you can’t sleep because of that then here is what you gotta do . Don’t try to silence the mind . The mind can’t shut up. Thoughts flow like a river. It’s silly to try to stop the river . Instead you should sit and watch the water flowing and watch the thoughts moving without reaction . Why is this difficult? Because the voice in your head is not you . It’s what’s  been programmed into your mind since you were a child being displayed on repeat . When you observe the mind thinking and you just watch thoughts come and go you will experience difficulties. You will want to engage with thoughts . Why ? Because what remains when you leave the mind alone and just exist as you are as awareness? You see emptiness. You see inside of your being emptiness. There is no one there inside of your being . Just a silent nonpartisan awareness. And its nature is empty . Try this right now :sit in a silent room comfortably and still your body completely and ignore your mind chatter completely. But remain alert . What is found in that space you just allowed ? Literally emptiness. This terrifies you because it’s boring . Your true nature is total blankness. And you can’t stand hearing the sound of silence. You want to engage with the thoughts . Because if you didn’t you will be empty and bored . This is just the tip of the iceberg of the emptiness.if you stay in that meditation long enough just being empty you will fall asleep and enter into the core of your being and the absolute nature of existence which is pure emptiness or pure formlessness which we call deep sleep. In deep sleep there is no mind chatter and there is no sensory experience of any kind  .it’s not dark or black . It’s literally complete empty void . This void can be liberating when you realize it to be who you are or it can be terrifying.

 Here is how to cure insomnia: When your mind is restless and filled with uncomfortable thoughts and  when you can’t sleep..the solution is not to try to silence it. The mind does not simply stop. Thoughts flow like a river ..and trying to stop them is as futile as trying to stop the flow.

Instead sit and observe. Watch the flow of thoughts without reacting to them. the voice in your head is not truly “you.” It is a collection conditioning and programming accumulated memories since childhood repeating themselves automatically. When you begin to observe your thoughts without engaging you will feel a strong urge to get involved again.

Why? 

What remains when you let the mind be and rest as pure awareness? You encounter emptiness. There is no solid “self” at the center only a quiet empty being  .

Try this: sit comfortably in a quiet room. Keep your body still. Let the mind chatter continue but do not engage with it. Stay alert.

What do you find in that space?

Emptiness. Isn’t it ? Nothing .

This can feel simply boring. The mind resists silence. It wants stimulation ..distraction..involvement..music ..food..doomscrolling ..anything. Without these things you are left with a sense of blankness and this can be uncomfortable.

But here is the key point:  this emptiness is also called Nirvana. Absolute bliss and happiness. Not pleasure or excitement but serenity and blissfullness . Consider Deep sleep . It’s pure effortless serenity. That’s nirvana . That’s what you are at the core of your being . If you reject it or don’t accept it or find it boring or terrifying then you will suffer . If you accept it and fall in love with who you are then you will be happy.

 Stop fearing sleep as if it’s non existence. ..deep sleep: it is completely free of struggle. There is nothing to desire ..nothing to resist. It is pure rest. 

 Like I said If you reject it if you find it boring or frightening you will continue to suffer constantly seeking distraction. But if you accept it and come to recognize it as what you truly are it can become a source of profound peace which nothing else in this world of form can offer .

 

 

[No1Here2c]

Follow the river down to its delta. 

The river spills out into the ocean.

[Someone here]

@No1Here2c the river cannot be stopped. You swim with the current in total surrender or you attempt the impossible by trying to stop the flow .

[No1Here2c]

2 minutes ago, Someone here said:

@No1Here2c the river cannot be stopped. You swim with the current in total surrender or you attempt the impossible by trying to stop the flow .

I made no such claims. I simply observed the fact of the river of spilling out into the open ocean.

Worth finding if you can.

[Someone here]

@No1Here2c that’s irrelevant to OP and the insight I’m sharing . Thank you .

[No1Here2c]

Is not the insight you share about 'locating the emptiness'?

About sitting with open awareness?

The emptiness is found in the open ocean my friend. You locate the ocean by following the river down to its delta.

You are welcome.

Edited 11 hours ago by No1Here2c

[No1Here2c]

If we cannot handle metaphorical abstraction brought on upon by one's own words, just let me know. I'll come back to the mathematical proofs for ya if you'd like.

I made the metaphor not in ill faith.

If you look, in direct experience, where your thoughts actually go,

Follow them all the way down, you should be able to locate what I speak of.

Edited 10 hours ago by No1Here2c

[Willy Phallicus]

1 hour ago, Someone here said:

What do you find in that space?

Me

[Someone here]

2 hours ago, Willy Phallicus said:

Me

Yes and "Me” is pure emptiness. There is nothing there at the deepest core of your being . And this terrifies you.

[Hojo]

I think you should be feeling in your body like you are going down the highway with the windows down.

[Mellowmarsh]

9 hours ago, No1Here2c said:

I made no such claims. I simply observed the fact of the river of spilling out into the open ocean.

Worth finding if you can.

The river flowing to the ocean source is a constant seamless flux of source to source. There’s no break in symmetry.

There’s no ‘I’  getting caught in the eddies or making grinding noises in an effort to resist the flow by means of stopping to find or look for it.
Life is already and always is as fluid, never solid, effortlessly carving its way through any obstruction and doesn’t need an ‘I’  to function.

There’s no observer named ‘I’ watching itself. There’s simply empty looking upon empty concepts as this artificial conception. 
 

There’s no one writing these words. One is writing these words, there’s no other one.

No one reading these words, One is reading these words, there is no other one.
 

Edited 1 hour ago by Mellowmarsh