Does Every Movement Reflect Ego?

This question came up for me during a meditation.

I have argued that consciousness is All-That-Is and All-That is-Not. 

Yet, this is not something we can comprehend with our poor animal brains. 

What Is, and, Is Not… 

Sometimes described as the “clear open light of awareness.” 

Empty-Fullness… 

Ineffable…

Paradoxical…  

Beyond the comprehension of this brain-body….

Any words trying to describe “What Is,” are like fingers pointing at the moon… 

Not the moon itself… 

Consciousness…  is the moon…  

Our brain-bodies as receivers, as receivers for consciousness, like a TV or radio... 

Our bodies move… 

Our brains move…  

Brains have electrical movements… 

Brains create new synapses…   

New patterns and connections… 

Any movement in this world, any body movement, any brain movement… 

Are these movements part of the Ego?   

 

That part that thinks it keeps us alive… 

Safe… 

But there are unconscious movements. 

Our bodies run freely. 

Thank goodness we don’t have to control our breath, our digestion, our metabolism… 

We would not survive… 

Sri Ramana Maharshi said what is true is only found in deep dreamless sleep. 

Perhaps this freely running machine becomes closest to pure consciousness, when it is purely free running. 

Maybe only part of the moving apparatus is Ego. 

Cognition, feelings, the stories we make up. 

Can we let go of the stories we make up? 

Can we surrender… 

Ask who is aware? 

Ask what is aware? 

Inquire deeply… 

If consciousness is All-That-Is and All-That is-Not. 

Then everything is consciousness… 

Even our Ego movements… 

Everything is Source… 

Is this brain body is a tiny slice of Source?

An eddy current in the stream, in the ocean, of Source. 

Or, is this seemingly tiny slice, this eddy current, can it also be, all of Source?

How can that be true? 

Mystery and Paradox!

Perhaps as a fractal or hologram… 

 

Perhaps, trying too hard to place this in a concept this poor animal brain-body can Grok! 

Let go of any concept… 

The entire cosmos reflected in our little fingernail… 

The entire Cosmos is our little fingernail… 

If you have not heard of the ox-herding pictures, look it up. 

My translation: 

Step 1 – Trying to be in pure awareness. 

Step 2 – Entering into pure awareness, intermittently, during quiet meditation, or any of several practices, perhaps falling into awareness, when not trying too hard. 

Step 3 – Entering pure awareness more often.

Step 4 - Entering pure awareness at will, or letting go of will…  Perhaps, then also keeping “a toe dipped in” pure awareness at all times. 

Step 5 – Being in pure awareness at “all times”… 

I have argued that as long as we are in these animal bodies, there cannot be 100% purity… 

Like Ivory Soap, maybe only 99.4%... 

But, what do I know! 

I can only feel the clear light of pure awareness rising up… 

Rising up when ”I” am no longer present… 

No enlightenment… 

 

Letting go of any stories of where or how this brain body exists… 

Bathing in the mystery… 

In paradox… 

Perhaps escaping the game… 

Even for a moment… 

That is the gift…