Do-Be.Me: What does Magdi say about unhappiness?
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Magdi discusses unhappiness in the context of recognizing one’s true nature as formless awareness and understanding the illusory nature of the personal self. Here are some key points:
• Unhappiness arises from identifying with a limited form.
This includes believing oneself to be a person, a body, a mind, or an object in time and space1. It also involves identifying with the past and with personal history.
• The “me” belief is a root cause of unhappiness.
This belief in a separate, personal self leads to a sense of limitation and separation from love, peace, and wholeness.
• Unhappiness is associated with the sense of lack.
The belief in a limited, personal self creates the feeling that something is missing or that one is not enough.
• Unhappiness is a result of the illusion of separation.
This illusion is the idea that one is a distinct entity, separate from the rest of existence.
• Unhappiness is linked to resistance and seeking.
The desire to change what is, to resist present experience, and to seek happiness in the future, all contribute to unhappiness.
• Unhappiness is experienced as a person.
Consciousness itself does not know unhappiness1.
• The mind, with its attachments to the past and future, is a source of unhappiness.
The mind’s reliance on memories, beliefs, and conditioned patterns perpetuates the sense of a limited self16….
• The pursuit of happiness through external means is futile.
Seeking happiness in relationships, money, or accomplishments does not lead to lasting peace.
• Unhappiness is often associated with a bodily contraction.
This physical sensation accompanies the “me thought” and serves as a warning sign.
• Sorrow does not belong to the true self, but to the illusory personal self.
• The mind complicates things, while reality is very simple.
There is only one reality, which is not separate, and the mind creates a sense of separation and lack.
Magdi also suggests that:
• Freedom from unhappiness is found in recognizing one’s true nature as formless awareness.
This understanding is an experience of peace.
• The understanding of one’s true self can liberate from the illusion of separation and the “me” belief.
• By not giving importance to the “me” narrative and the past, one can recognize freedom.
• Unhappiness is a habit that can be released.
• Unhappiness can be seen as an opportunity to let go and relax the tendency to try to figure things out.
• There is freedom from unhappiness in the absence of time, which is the absence of the past and future.
• Turning attention to presence and the inner stillness can bring freedom from sorrow.
• You are the love that you seek and there is no loss or gain in reality.
• You are already free, and do not need to attain anything.
• Complete surrender, which is also complete wakefulness, is the way out of suffering.
By shifting focus from the personal self to the formless awareness that one is, it is possible to experience peace and freedom.
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