#51 - John Astin - From Conceptual Fantasy to Perpetual Actuality - Part 2

Paul Dobson speaks with nonduality author John Astin. This is part 2. There's a certainty of something being here; the presence is quite certain. What it is, however, is entirely uncertain. What we're looking for is here. Presence is already here before we ever start to look for it. Before we ever do some practice to get ourselves into it, reality is here, inexplicably. It’s this explosion of life, we, as an individual that imagines ourselves somehow seeking the presence of reality, seeking to get ourselves more connected with it, more present to it, there is the presence of reality showing up as everything that is already the case. The presence doesn't need to be achieved or cultivated. This moment is the achievement of presence. You and I, whatever we imagine ourselves to be, are none other than the cosmos itself. This absolutely seamless whole that has no pieces or parts. There's not anything to grasp hold of, to manipulate, to accept or reject. There's not anything that could either represent a benefit or a threat, because they are not separate things. There's just seamlessness. That's the peace that passeth understanding. Everything is the movement of this liberated ocean of existence. Every experience is a doorway into infinity because everything is made of infinity; the absolute unfathomable energy of the universe. John Astin's site: https://www.johnastin.com/mediaOur site: http://nisargayoga.com/ Music: Scott Buckley - https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/library/