What do you imagine when you hear the word “awakening”?
Something big?
Something special?
Maybe even something unreachable?
In direct experience, it turns out to be something very different.
What do you actually imagine?
When you hear the word “awakening” –
what comes up?
Something big?
Something special?
Maybe even something sacred?
A person who understands everything.
Who is always calm.
Who somehow stands above it all.
Maybe someone who is “further” than others.
Clearer. Better.
Or:
Something you will probably never reach yourself.
When I talk about it
When I tell someone what I do, something very similar often happens.
A short moment of silence.
Then a smile.
Something like:
“Ah, I see.”
and
“Okay…”
And I can tell:
It gets filed away somewhere.
Somewhere in the direction of “a bit strange”.
Not in a mean way.
But far away from everyday life.
The hidden assumption
There is often something very specific behind this:
Awakening is for special people.
For monks.
For gurus.
For someone else – but not for me.
Or:
Maybe it doesn’t really exist at all.
Let’s check
Not as an idea.
Right now.
What is actually here?
Right here
You might be sitting somewhere right now.
There is seeing.
There is hearing.
There are thoughts.
Maybe a sensation in the body.
Maybe calm.
Maybe restlessness.
Nothing special.
The first shift
At some point in the investigation, something very simple becomes clear:
There is no one to be found who is doing this.
Thoughts appear.
Sensations arise.
Actions happen.
But:
There is no one controlling it.
And then?
Many think this is where “awakening” is done.
But this is just the beginning.
What falls away after that
More and more assumptions drop.
Very ordinary ones.
For example:
That something specific has to happen for things to be “right”.
That some experiences are better than others.
That something is missing.
Or:
That the world consists of separate things, apart from you.
Look here
A sound.
Is it separate from you?
Or simply there?
A thought.
Does it come from somewhere?
Or does it just appear?
A feeling.
Does it belong to anyone?
It becomes simpler – and unfamiliar
Many expect:
More clarity.
More control.
More peace.
What actually happens:
Things become simpler.
But not necessarily the way you imagined.
More ordinary than expected
The body keeps reacting.
Thoughts keep appearing.
Sometimes sadness.
Sometimes joy.
Sometimes just an ordinary moment.
Only:
The story around it loses its weight.
Not a better version of you
Awakening does not make you a better person.
Not calmer.
Not more loving.
Not special.
It removes something:
The assumption that there is someone who needs to be all of that.
That’s why it seems so unspectacular
No fireworks.
No special state.
Rather:
Something falls away.
And what remains is what has always been here.
Why this is hard to believe
Because the idea is so strong.
That it must be something big.
Something rare.
Something unreachable.
And yet:
It is already here.
All the time.
The only way to find out
Don’t believe it.
Don’t try to understand it.
Look.
One last question
Very simple:
Is there someone here who is living this life?
Or is it simply happening?
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Ja, ich habe es immer mit einem all-liebenden und frei fließendem Herzen verbunden…und sehe es teilweise immer noch so…für mich ist das oft der Anfang, was du beschreibst…die Integration ins Menschsen und die Klärung des menschlichen Herzens (das sich verschließen musse) geht ja weiter…hier wird es dann interessant…Bin da aber auch natürlich sehr geschädigt: war jahrelang Mooji sehr nahe und da strömt einfach die volle Liebesenergie, vollkommenes Gott-Vertrauen und spürare Stille…embodied, gelebt in jeder Minute….und glz. ist da diese non-duale Einfachheit…nichts besonderes…beides…das Absolute und Relative als liebender Mensch vereint, glz. Herzöffnung pur…im Buddhismus gibt es ja auch das Konzept von Boddissatva noch, wo das dann fließt ins Teilen für die Menschheit oder so…ja, vielleicht hab ich da ein Bild, kann mir nicht helfen, obwohl ich auch mit dem, was du schreibst gleichzeitig d#accord bin..ein Paradox…das sich entfalten kann…und das ist dann wieder Spiritualität für mich…gott und mensch…weil erwacht aus dem Erwachen…so frei dass man wieder gebunden ist…und hingegeben…der Liebe…nach dem non-dualen oft sehr trockenen Erwachen in die Leerheit…
Danke dir für deinen ausführlichen Kommentar.
Da steckt viel drin – und ich kann gut nachvollziehen, was du beschreibst.
Diese Verbindung aus Weite, Liebe, Offenheit.
Und gleichzeitig diese Einfachheit.
Und ja, du benennst es selbst schon:
Da ist ein Bild.
Das ist gar nichts Ungewöhnliches.
So starten viele.
Vielleicht kannst du einmal ganz ruhig schauen:
Wenn du all das kurz beiseite lässt –
Liebe, Herzöffnung, Energie, Vertrauen –
was ist dann jetzt direkt erfahrbar?
Ganz simpel.
Hören.
Sehen.
Körperempfindungen.
Gedanken.
Und dann ganz vorsichtig die Frage:
Gibt es darin jemanden,
der ein offenes Herz hat?
Oder jemanden,
der sich hingibt?
Oder passiert das einfach?
Das heißt nicht, dass Liebe oder Nähe nicht da sein können.
Die können ganz klar auftauchen.
Nur:
Gehören sie jemandem?
Oder sind sie einfach da, so wie alles andere auch?
Du schreibst von einem Paradox.
Vielleicht ist es gar keines, wenn man ganz direkt schaut.
Magst du da nochmal hinschauen?