Absence of Identity
Yet another way of talking about an awakening to selflessness:
The content is the same, yet absent of identification with any of it. In a way, the falling away of identity is the only real difference.
There is the same human self with its thoughts, feelings, emotions and sensations. And there is the same rest of the world, the same people, animals, plants, sun, sky, clouds, houses, landscapes and stars. And there is no identification with any of it. None of it has any inherent "I". It all just happens.
And through this, there is a deeper sense of intimacy with all there is - really beyond intimacy and lack of intimacy. There is absence of separation, yet also separation. There is oneness, and differentiation within this oneness. There is the engagement of this human self with the world - much as before, yet without any identification. There is the ground within and as this all unfolds. There is that which all polarities unfolds within, including that of existence and nonexistence.
Labels: content and context, identity, realized selflessness