"There is a huge gap
between thinking and awareness.

You cannot experience stillness
through knowledge and understanding.

There must be practice.
To take the time to sit silently
and be present.

Through practice
comes clarity.

Right here and right now,
can you allow yourself to
experience existing in this moment?

Or do you silently say
"I know this already."
and keep seeking outside
of this moment?

Because you cannot think
awareness.

In fact,
the more you know about awareness,
the further you are from it.

It is not a one time thing
where you sit down
and the mind is still
and that is that.

No one just
woke up one day
and ran a marathon.

They got up
and ran a little,
then the next day,
they ran a little more.

Then one day,
you love running.

And that's what it is about.

Suddenly,
you fall in love with awareness
and you give up all of your knowledge
to simply be present.

It is then awareness completes you.

But it all starts with practice.

The sooner you start,
the sooner you fall in love.

Blessings,

Kip"


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"Inwardly,
it is this constant
effort to become something,
that stops you
from experiencing what you are.

From the perspective of the ego,
you believe that if you work
hard enough,
if you can change yourself,
if you can have more positive
and less negative,
then you will find contentment.

But the very act of trying
to change
what is
keeps you discontent.

Awareness
is experiencing this moment
as it is,
right here and right now,
beyond judgement,
description and definition.

Beyond the physical
mental and emotional,
existence is happening,
life is happening

but only in this very moment.

Look anywhere else
and you've missed it.

The mind is in a constant state
of resistance to now.

Because if you are present,
there is no mind,
there is only freedom.


Blessings,


Kip"


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Please Note:   
This poem describes the state of transcendence
beyond any sense of self.  

It has nothing to do with personal power,
but with the oneness of everything at it's essence. 

Read it to yourself. 

Enjoy:


"I AM the Source of all Existence.  
Beyond name and form,
beyond "me,"
beyond time,
I AM Always Now.  

I AM nothing at all.
Prior to all appearance,
Prior to all experience,
Prior to awareness,
Prior to witnessing,
I AM Light
that shines forth
Always
Now
as Everything.  

Beyond time
IS,
AS nothing.
beyond all form,
RADIANCE
now
ALWAYS.    

Beyond name and words,
as perfect stillness,
all is radiating
without cause,
without reason.  

It is simply wrong perception
to see otherwise.  

To think
I am a something
a someone
to even think
these are words
let alone a mine
to have my words.  

Looking behind
everything for truth,
there is nothing,
and that nothing
shines forth
as everything.  

From where
the heart is perceived
at the center,
shines out beyond 
any point of perception
everywhere
as everything.  

Because I am not,
there is only radiance.  

How could it be otherwise.    

Blessings,    

Kip"    

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Question:  
How do I overcome depression? 
I know you talk about allowing
yourself to experience what is here,
but for someone who is depressed
this seems difficult.    

Answer From Kip:  

"The difficulty
is not in experiencing
what is here.  

The difficulty is
because you have already
defined this moment
before you have even
experienced it.  

You have brought in
your memory of past experiences
(which are nothing more than
memories of other past experiences)
and placed these memories
on top of what is here.  

If you try and experience
this moment with your mind,
then all that you will experience
are interpretations,
descriptions, and judgements.  

None of it
will actually have to do
with what is here.    

If you truly experience
this moment,
what is here?  

If you say 'depression'
then you are in your mind,
you are trying
to place your past
on to this moment.  

So be very Zen:
what is the sensation
that you are feeling
in this moment
that you call depression?  

It is not to define it
but experience it.  

Because really,
that is all
that it comes down to:
sensation.
And sensation is energy.  

And if you allow
yourself to experience
that sensation
then your experience
is energy.  

Beyond this awareness,
all that is here are thoughts.  
Thoughts from the past,
that you use to try 
and define this moment.  

They are not of this moment,
they have nothing to do
with what is here
in this moment.  

To truly be present
does not mean analysis,
or emotions
or remembering some story.  

If you really look
what is here and now,
in this very moment,
there will be no words for it,
there will be no one
to describe it or own it.  

There will only be
that which is self evident,
 without cause
and without reason.  

This is the doorway,
and this is the only thing
that is real here and now.  

If you do this,
then there will be
no coming out of depression.
There will be
no getting better
or becoming enlightened.  

There will only be
that which cannot be
described or defined
and that is freedom itself.  

Blessings,    


Kip"    


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