The Truth, Right Up Front

No teachings. No teacher. And yet here we are.

So I teach by being and I teach by teaching being. It is really quite simple – just be – that is all. And yet for most it is not enough. For realization to occur 'work' must be done. So I say "know mind as mind, nothing more is needed unless you 'think' it is". For many, this is still not enough. 'How to know' becomes the next question – and so I offer these five things:

From here some still wish for more – they put forward their own spiritual models, notions, and conceptions in an effort to find validation or support for them – to which I say "that is all well and good, but you cannot find what you seek in such things – take as much time as you need though – there is no rush". Indeed, much of the spiritual work being done by the seeker is to entertain and exhaust the ego – to ultimately burn it up, and to put it out. It is all happening of its own accord anyway – that you still see yourself as a person on a journey, trying to get somewhere, with a separate sense of self that is identified with the limited 'I' of body-mind phenomena, is just an appearance in the mind. This appearance arises out of being – as its own expression of being – serving the purpose of being – which brings us right back to the beginning of the circle – just be – that is all.

The Truth remains the Truth whether we have experienced it as the Truth or not. Direct experiential realization just makes it easier to relax into what is present here, now, in this moment, from one beautiful unfolding moment into the next, no matter what the moment may contain. Here, one dwells in the spaciousness beyond mind, as a being of infinite love, in harmony with the perfection of all things as they are, flowing as one with the effortless way of being; moving through the world with love, kindness, generosity, gratitude, grace, forgiveness, patience, compassion, and acceptance; empty of self, but filled with the presence of being – residing in the Self as the Self – silent, still, and quiet – even amidst the noise and chaos of the world that appears to our senses.

There is more – and there is less. Less is always better. All answers are found in simplicity. Just be – this is the essence of simplicity expressing itself. So I teach by being and I teach by teaching being.

~From the Heart of Bradley