When questions cannot be answered

The mind asks questions.  It creates processes and ideas as a means to answer them. The mind is unaware that exerting effort to dream, to confirm its vision and reinforce its identity, is actually a way of slowly letting go of all that it thinks is real. 

Everything is taking place in the presence of something that merely sees.  It is always here even when attention is focused on concepts, on changing ego self-views, priorities, and questions.  It is always possible to release all that stands in the way of being that which cannot be lost, all that does not change. Notice what happens as questions arise that cannot be answered.  Energy and attention shift.  Without consciousness, nothing exists.  This cannot be understood.  That which sustains being, that which exists beyond all questions, is not invented.  Close eyes and see.

"The one who starts the inquiry does not finish the inquiry but is finished by the inquiry." -Mooji

Everything points to the wordless

Mooji echoes that if you pay attention to thoughts, this resists accepting the real you. To feel like you are always moving, shifts attention away from that which always feels at home. Something does not journey, but stays in this moment. What comes and goes, is a dream imagined in mind. Notice whether the real or unreal has your focus.

As you say, "I am that," this is not a concept. Nisargadatta Maharaj and other teachers echo the witness is something else. Only through direct experience does one discern whether the seer has interest in what is observed. The pure witness has no form, no interest, no quality or identity. All learning is internalized until it is outgrown and let go.

So, all thought and knowledge arise as pointers to eternal light. The mind fears losing its projected identity, and sees words and beliefs as valuable. What happens as you ask, 'can the knower or eternal light be known?' Intuitively, it is recognized that the witness of all dreams, of all words and energy vibration, exists in the silence within.

Bound to be silent

The mind eagerly listens and anticipates for the next word or whatever it expects to be coming.  How does it react to an event? It downplays the last one, asks about and begins to plan the next one. What does mind do with silence? It grows restless, voices anxiety or shifts attention to mental noise.  As mind hangs on a state of no mind, it is faced with its greatest fear, the threat of having no identity.  Mind responds to silence by doing things to change your focus of attention. Why does silence inevitably emerge?

The deepest being is only ever silent.  To know one is awake and enlightened means one is bound to be silent.  The heart feels this as ordinary, allowing silence to be as it is. Unconditional love accepts and appreciates each moment and all it embodies.

See beyond words

You may get confused about your perceived conditions.  Wonder why your state does not seem to be changing or improving? You may ask why you think you are sick and not be consciously aware you constantly talk about imbalance, pain, suffering or discomfort. You may complain about some condition or relationship in your life and not realize the negative thoughts and nature of your words keep you from seeing or living anything beyond them.

Words are powerful. How deeply do you allow words and their vibrations to travel through you? What is the impact on your state of mind? To what degree do words trigger emotional reactions in you? How tightly or loosely do you adopt context as explaining who you are?

Feel the nature of words you use. Notice whetehr they reinforce things that enable yo uto feel good or feel frustrated or negative. Notice how words gain meaning for you. Notice using any kind of language creates a sense of separation. The mind understands words compare, distinguish and describe. Silence also speaks. Notice what expresses itself through you. 

In truth, nothing words describe is you.  He who allows himself to see beyond words senses deeper. All-knowing is always accessible beyond words.  Moving beyond self-imposed limitation and fear beings you to merge with love that is. This is pure freedom that speaks for itself.  Words do not do cosmic truth justice.

Embrace what is real

Notice the search for truth, the pursuit of love, happiness, search for sources of permanence and security.  Notice the adjectives chosen, such as "you" and "me" or "I," and the conditioned impulse to cling to what is seemingly "mine."  Be aware of focus of attention, identification, the way a person views something as "mine" and associates it with being somebody. 

When a person forgets what is real, that person is conditioned to create an identity.  Notice patterns, habits, beliefs, and revelations.   Fear not.  You are not what you do. Lose the mind, the body, the person. What is left? Feel what is. Be that. Know what it is to be everything.