The Simple Feeling of Being

"The simple feeling of being is the fundamental basis of every momentary perception. What's happening right now is the only starting point there could ever be. The simple feeling of being is without border or boundary. The simple feeling of being is inescapable. It is not something that needs to be created or generated or sustained or practiced. It is what is here already."

"As it is sometimes said in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the end point of the entire spiritual path is also the starting point, for what we're looking for is actually exactly where we find ourselves already. And where is that? Right here in the simple feeling of being. What all the teachings are about is the simple feeling of being. What everything else is or might be is way downstream from the primal fact of being."

The simple feeling of being is presented as the immediate, borderless basis of every perception and the only true starting point of experience. That feeling is constant and inescapable, requiring no creation, practice, or sustenance. Spiritual paths culminate in the recognition that the sought-after reality is already present as this basic feeling. All complex thoughts, narratives, and activities arise downstream from the primal fact of being. Recognizing and savoring the ceaseless flow of being reveals fundamental identity and dissolves the sense of searching for something missing.

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