Liberate your Need for Sensations

[Baza]

Thanks Bentinho.

[Devi]

Dear Ben,
Thank you for your inspirational words. I was in desperate need of something like this. My only question is that how can the present be a part of eternity when it is itself a product of the past? Everytime I wanna get rid of my unpleasant past but it is always at the back of my mind disturbing me with its presence.

[Bentinho Massaro]

Dear Devi,

You are welcome.

What you call the past, is not the past, it's the present as well. Because the past only exists in the moment you think about it. The moment something arises in you which you associate with something that happened in the past, that entire spectacle is happening right now as a present manifestation. All your thoughts about the past, happen right now... You see?

If you want to be free, the goals should gradually change from wanting to get rid of your past, to allowing everything to come and go as it pleases. Even if great fear or disturbing states of mind occur, just allow these feelings to be and see that you, as awareness, remain fully unharmed by it all. Like the sky is unaffected even by the strongest of winds, so too are you in reality unaffected by any state of mind that passes along.

The trick is to see the sky in the win, to recognize stability in the face of disturbance. This casn only be done if you commit to no longer wanting to change yourself or your past impressions. If you commit yourself to just allowing everything to rush in, and be as it wants to be, only then can you see that in actuality nothing is affecting you. Only then can you give yourself the chance to recognize your freedom within disturbing perceptions as they come, stay and go naturally without leaving any trace.

The only traces that exist, is our thinking about everything that happened. We create our own suffering in this way. But in reality, no scars are ever made and no traces are left behind. Every moment life is completely refreshed, completely new, the old does simply not exist.

So be brave and allow your history or whatever it is you want to get rid of, to arise when it wants to. Allow all these feelings of unpleasantness to rush through you. Don't try to stop or control anything, simply remain as relaxed as you possibly can in the face of them, and in doing so, recognize that there is a peaceful presence, a stable awareness that is witnessing every single moment naturally. Then just remain right there, maintain this restfulness and you will experience directly how no emotion can affect your true nature.

Much Love,
Bentinho.