Originally Posted by Midnight
Hmm good point. I just figured i'd feel a really deep peace at all times or something...
I guess I got that notion from The Power of Now, the way Eckhart Tolle described what happened to him.
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Don't worry, that will come.
The deep peace and feeling of bliss is kind of like the carrot in front of the donkey, making him try to walk towards the carrot while it is attached to him.
It is what drives the seekers to start moving.
Most teachers promise it, but refuse to say when it will come after your moment of insight.
And most people, like you expect total bliss and peace the instant it hits.
But even tho understanding the true nature of the Self is the first real step, your mind has been conditioned to act in a certain way, react to events in a "safe" way, that is to say, for instance if you have had a bad experience in the past, you will probably try to avoid that event the next time a similar event presents itself to you.
But the word itself allready says it all: it is
similar not exactly the same.
So then you are not living in the Now, you are still trying to copy-paste the past.
Your expectations and fear are keeping you from really looking at the situation you are facing NOW.
As long as you remind yourself every now and then about who you are, the real You, consiousness, in time those conditionings will disappear by themselves. And bliss and peace will emerge in their place.
Every now and then you will be hit by a deeper insight, this will come by itself. With me that means that for about a week I will feel total peace and bliss. And then it will be gone again. And then a month or so later it hits again.
Sometimes it takes more time.
But reminding yourself of your realisation every now and then, that the real you is the observer, and that the person Midnight ( remember Giles' excellent explanation that person comes from "persona" meaning mask ) is not real, is enough for now.
