Endless Thinking

The Story of 'me'

Bob was asked in the US whether people in Australia were very interested in his teaching. His reply was - not that much - they are more interested in the stories than the teaching. I can really understand that.

I remember doing a research program on the enlightenment experiences of Krishnamurti, Ramana Maharshi, Nisargadatta and others and was really interested in the Ullman book 'Saints, Sages, Masters and Mystics - stories of Enlightenment'.

The story only exists while there is a separate 'me' to have that story and the fascination with the story comes from there. When the 'me' is seen to be what it is - just a concept with no substance - the interest in the story falls away, your own and other people's.

All that exist is our own true nature - Consciousness - Awareness - Presence-Awareness.

Any perceived 'me' is just a collection of thoughts - an object in consciousness - which cannot become awakened, cannot be enlightened, cannot surrender, cannot be in the Now, cannot transcend, cannot be present, cannot become realized, etc, etc.

Our own True Nature is already fully complete and does not Need to become enlightened or awake or anything else. There is no-one there to claim the credit or see it as an achievement.

Natural functioning is Life without the 'me'. Freedom from the 'me' that takes things personally, freedom from the 'me' that defends its rights! Freedom from the 'me' that manipulates. Freedom from the 'special' one. That is all. Nothing else. The only thing to see through is the 'me'.

All the story does is keep the 'me' there. The 'me' is composed ONLY of thoughts which are an integral part of the stories (starring 'me').

A time must come when we just drop the story (which you/we cannot actually do) - or as Byron Katie says - the story drops you (it just happens)- or as Bob says you realize that there is no 'me' to have the story.

The belief in the 'me' is the keystone of the story - without that - there is no story of 'me'.

No cause - no story.

No story to drop. No 'me' there at all.

Written by Mike Graham, 19 Jan 2008, last edited 17 Feb 2008