Ownership-2

Ownership-2

The deep sleep state is where nature takes away the falsity of the “I”, every single night.

Only if we were awake at that time could we know that.

So, the next step is to invoke the same deep sleep state within, but while we are awake; in daily life.

Invoke is not creating but providing the necessary conditions within for it to arise from within.

And yes, that can only be experienced.

“Experiences only”. As Priya says.

So invoking the deep sleep state and living in it is the next step on our spiritual path.

In the awake state, “I” is there, and in the dream state also “I” is there, but not in the deep sleep state. Why?

Because in those two states, the awareness is projected outward.

In the deep sleep state, the same awareness rests in itself, all done by nature. Awareness is always there, never destroyed.

Just like it operates our breathing and our hearts, it also operates our diurnal and nocturnal cycles.

So, learning from nature’s technique, we need to do exactly that.

Awareness staying in itself is the state in which one can practice to be in, by realizing that running outside is only a meaningless, endless replay of “I” – running after objects, people, situations, acquiring them, fighting for them, relishing success and suffering in failures, and finally giving up the fight and succumbing to death.

Death is, of course, the greatest gift of existence, by which it gives us another chance (another life), just like it wakes us up after a deep sleep state every day.

But the moment is NOW, to wake up from the tandra (semi-asleep state), and become fully awake by realizing the futility of the dream, a habit of ours, called “I”.

There is nothing wrong with the physical world, but it is not yours, because there is no “You”.

This invokes the state within that is totally content and joyful, with no desire to run outside; just watching life unfold, minute to minute, second to second, and living a harmonious and peaceful life.

We can be awake and still watch the dream called “I”.

We are gonna live our lives anyway, but this way, we can have the cake (the life) and eat its icing too.