I uploaded 50 of Magdi’s Meditations (June 15th to November 11th, 2024) to the artificial intelligence app NotebookLM.Google.com and asked: What does Magdi say about Being?
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Understanding Being, according to Magdi
Magdi emphasizes the nature of Being as formless, timeless awareness or consciousness that is universal and non-dual. This awareness is:
- Beyond definition: It cannot be localized or defined by mind conditions, structures, or limitations. [1, 2]
- Untouched by existence: While Being creates existence, it remains untouched by its creation, just as fire is untouched by the heat it produces. [3]
- Prior to existence: Time and space exist within the timeless Being, which is unaffected by them. [3]
- Free from narrative or history: Being has no story or past, unlike the body-mind. [4]
- The true Self: It is not a dream character, storyline, or limited entity. [5-7]
- Undisturbed: It remains undisturbed by thoughts, sensations, and world events. [1, 8-12]
- Ever-present: It is always available, in the present moment. [1, 2, 12, 13]
- Effortless: It doesn’t require any effort to simply be. [1, 2, 14-17]
- Not a state: It is not a state of mind or body but a fundamental reality. [18]
- Unveiled by ignorance: It is obscured by the belief in separation and personal identity. [5, 6, 19-24]
Magdi encourages recognizing this formless awareness as the true nature of the Self and living from this understanding:
- Recognizing the true Self: Recognizing oneself as this borderless awareness, rather than a limited entity, brings freedom. [25, 26]
- Dropping the mind: The mind’s tendency to seek, resist, and identify with thoughts and sensations needs to be relinquished. [2, 6, 14, 15, 17, 24, 27-30]
- Living as formless awareness: This means being present, open, and effortless, free from the constraints of the past and the me-narrative. [2, 6, 27, 31-34]
- Experiencing freedom and peace: Living from the understanding of Being leads to freedom from personal worries, concerns, and suffering. [11, 23, 35-43]
Magdi uses several metaphors to illustrate the nature of Being and its relationship to the world and the mind:
- Ocean and waves: The world, thoughts, and sensations are like waves arising from and dissolving back into the ocean of Being. [44-49]
- Screen and images: The mind and its contents are like images appearing on the screen of awareness, which remains untouched. [3, 21, 46, 50-54]
- Sunlight and glitter: The light of consciousness illuminates the world and the mind, just as sunlight creates the glitter on the surface of a pond. [52, 55]
- Mirror: The Self recognizes itself in the mirror of awareness. [56]
- Symphony: The universe unfolds like a symphony, with thoughts and events as musical notes. [57, 58]
Magdi also emphasizes the importance of direct experience and inquiry in understanding Being:
- Direct perception: Being is not a concept but an experiential reality that can be directly perceived. [25, 59-63]
- Inquiry and exploration: Magdi encourages individuals to explore their own experience to understand the nature of Being. [61, 64-69]
By recognizing and living from this understanding of Being, individuals can awaken to their true nature and experience the freedom, peace, and happiness that are their inherent right.
Disclaimer, the above text is machine generated!
It is intended as an inspiration for your own dis-covery.
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