Here’s a little exercise I like to do that gives the closest idea of what attributeless being is:
Close the eyes and just focus on the back of the eyelids. You’ll notice a sense of aliveness which is very familiar. There is awareness, and there’s a sense of beingness or existence, and also presence. There’s a knowing that awareness is existing in this timeless moment.
By focusing on the back of the eyelids, it tends to disconnect the thought stream and the emotional stream. So this really is the easiest way to see the nature of attributeless Being. There are still one or two forms appearing. There’s awareness of some words, awareness of the body sitting on the seat, but by focusing on the back of the eyelids, the clarity is mainly in terms of this sense of aliveness and existence which is fully familiar.
It’s what we’ve always known. When you were a few months, 5 years, or 10 years old, this sense of familiarity, this sense of existence which is right here and now, actually hasn’t changed. It is still exactly the same. It’s only if we open the eyes and look in the mirror that it seems as though there’s some time gone by.
But the simplicity of this sense of aliveness and beingness is what we’ve always known. There’s a very tangible sense of existence which feels as though it’s the existence of you as a person. But actually, that sense of existence, which is fully known, is the existence of the infinite being.
It never became the person. It’s just always been this open space of awareness and beingness within which all forms appear, including the thoughts, the emotions, the body, mind, sensations, perceptions.
The truth of your attributeless nature is the simplicity of this sense of awareness, presence, existence. And it’s always been fully known; it’s never been concealed. It’s only been a case of mistaken identity.
By doing this little exercise, you can always bring yourself back to your true identity, which is attributeless Being.
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With love,
David Bingham
