The Simple Feeling of Being
The simple feeling of being is inescapable. It isn’t something that needs to be created, generated, sustained, or practiced. It simply *is*. It is what is already hear.
The Starting and Ending Point
As often stated in Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the culmination of the spiritual path is also its beginning. What we seek is already present within us. Where do we find this? Right here, in the simple feeling of being.
All teachings ultimately point to this simple feeling. Everything else stems from this primal fact of existence. The complexities of our lives,without this essential feeling,would cease to exist. it is indeed pure existence, the miracle of life itself.
Embrace the Now
This is the most profound feeling of all: Being.
Allow yourself to revel in it. You don’t need to analyze it; simply feel it. While analysis is possible, it isn’t necessary. Just enjoy the ceaseless flow of being. Recognize that this is your fundamental nature – the simple feeling of being.
We frequently enough search for something missing, striving for a future moment of realization. But the journey begins, and always has begun, right here.This present moment is the only possible starting point, and it is indeed also the destination. The simple feeling of being…
Beyond Time and Space
Being has no beginning. It simply *is*. This immediacy exists wholly outside of time. There is no “before” – any imagined history only occurs in this present moment.
Similarly, there is no future to arrive at. it’s a fantasy, as any dreamed-of future would only ever exist in this flash instant, this simple feeling of being that is always here, always now.
limitless and Boundless
Nothing needs to be added to this simple feeling of being as it is indeed limitless. It encompasses all of existence. It may seem contained within the boundaries of “me,” but notice there are no edges. The simple feeling of being is without border or boundary, without end.
It exists outside of time and space. You can’t pinpoint its location. You might say it’s “here,” but it’s also “there,” wherever you experience life. It’s almost absurd to define its location, as the feeling of being is everywhere.
The Essence of Life
The light of being doesn’t need to be maintained; it generates and sustains itself. It is life-giving, for it *is* life itself. We always have it as we *are* it. Nothing exists separate from this simple feeling of being. It is never absent, never missing. Therefore, there is nothing to seek, as what we desire is already here.
The simple feeling of being can manifest as anything. Heartbreak and elation are both expressions of it. All experiences, all sensations, are simply being. When an undesirable experience arises,remember that within it lies the simple feeling of being – the feeling of everything,the underlying unity of all diverse experiences.
No matter the form it takes, it is indeed being. The specific experience doesn’t matter, as it’s all the same thing, constantly changing yet eternally the same.
The simple feeling of being.
