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Tension Extremes create tension. The tension is in the movement between pleasure and pain, as the mind chooses one or the other. The moment you stop choosing between heaven and hell, you are with your consciousness—and you are immediately at the middle point. Jesus says, “Truth liberates.” But how does one a ain truth and be liberated? Witnessing involves emptying your mind of all ideologies, “isms,” beliefs, concepts, and thoughts. Only in emp ness is truth re ected. When you meditate, love grows, becoming compassion. When you love, medita on deepens and you share compassion. If you follow the path of medita on, let love be the criterion. If you follow the path of love, let medita on be the criterion. If you follow the middle point, let compassion be the criterion. When love becomes the center of your medita on, and your medita on becomes a touchstone of your love, you have come home. You are in the middle point of existence. Witnessing Is Par cipa on in Life with Alertness To be in a state of watchfulness is to be in ac on through inac on. It’s to be totally present in life with compassion. Witnessing is all about allowing life to just be in the “being.” It’s to be in the world, but not of it. As you embrace existence with your awareness, your awareness is in turn embraced.
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Allowing your life to breathe gently with ease, so that you live in a relaxed way, enables your consciousness to become harmonious. Clearing the mind of clu er allows your consciousness to become clear. Opening your heart to All-That-Is allows your being to become accepted and loved by existence.