Blog Post 4-30-25

What looks to be happening feels real, as if events are unfolding in time and space, shaping a world. But what appears is not happening—it only seems to be. The illusory "me" assumes there is real movement, change, and continuity, but these are just false impressions. Nothing is taking place because there is no real world behind what appears. When the self disappears, there is no passage of time, no unfolding process—only this, already whole and complete. What remains is not a reality, but this untouched, empty appearance that is never happening at all.

Blog Post 4-23-25

The felt sense that it is always now is nothing more than the illusory sense of presence. It gives the false impression that it's all there is and that it's timelessly now. But there is no "now," just as there's no past or future—they are all part of the same illusion. When the sense of self and presence falls away, time completely disappears as well. There is no eternal now, no unfolding sequence—only what appears, unbound by time. Instead of a self moving from a past to a future or abiding in an endless now, there is simply this—in its timeless perfection.

Blog Post 4-16-25

The search for a true nature assumes there is something real at the core of what appears. Many seekers believe there is an essence waiting to be discovered, a final truth about who or what they are. But there is nothing underneath, no fundamental reality hiding beneath the illusion of self—only this empty appearance. The search goes on endlessly because it is looking for something that simply is not there. When the self falls away, there is no one left to seek, no nature to uncover. What is left is not a final realization, only the absence of the one that believed there was something to find.

Blog Post 4-9-25

The senses of beingness, awareness, and knowingness seem fundamental, offering a sense of stability and understanding. Yet they are only aspects of the illusory sense of presence—the feeling of a separate “I” that exists, observes, and knows. This triad sustains the illusion of selfhood, reinforcing the belief in a conscious center experiencing life. But when the sense of presence dissolves, these aspects fall away as well. There is no beingness for existing, no awareness for perceiving, no knowing for understanding. This is complete as it is—with no need of presence at all.

Blog Post 4-2-25

The idea that this can be described numerically emerges only within the dream of separation. But without the illusory self to assign meaning, the illusion of measurement simply collapses. There are no boundaries, no division, no point of view defining what appears. Any attempt to quantify it never leaves the realm of concepts. There is nothing to divide, nothing to unify—only this, appearing without reference. Indefinable and whole, there's nothing to count and no one to count it—just this, without meaning or measure.