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Hello. So, just once again another random and spontaneous video that's just appearing to happen. You didn't choose to watch this video. I didn't choose to make the video. This unknown existence is just appearing.
As a video being made or watched because there's no one here. There's just this immediacy, this unknown existence and that's it. There's nothing else. This is just timelessly here. This immediacy that's here did not come from anywhere. Nothing led up to this moment. That's the illusion. The illusion of continuity in time. The illusion that This continues. There is no before this. Nothing happened before and nothing will ever happen. It's impossible. I mean, if you want to say it's possible as an imagined thought, but that's the illusion. That's what's being shared here.
So what is being shared here is that there is no self character. So that person that you believe you are isn't there and it never was. And also it seems that what what I talk about in the videos is um well just this this incredible aliveness that's just here. No one even knows why it's here. No one knows what it is. And yet hardly anybody really talks about it because people are so self self-obsessed with their life and time and their life and time is an illusion. There's only this immediacy. So, it's it's kind of a shame in a way. I mean, it's just what's happening, but this gets overlooked. The only the only reality gets overlooked.
So this immediacy does not have a place or a location. So what seems to happen in the illusion is there's um I mean people call it a contracted energy. So there's that sense of you being here in a place in a location in time. Um and that's the illusion and it is actually really obvious and simple if you just you know in your direct seeing you know there is no self-character and there is no location and there is no time because the sense of being a person in a location and time is an imagined story appearing now in this timeless immediacy. Okay. This doesn't recognize a location. That's just for you. Uh, that's the imagined me character. Imagining a location, imagining time. What a trick. What an illusion. I don't know if it's funny or tragic. Both. I mean, there's nothing right or wrong with it. It's just how it is.
You know, we've heard of the great masters and gurus and spiritual traditions over the years um repeating over and over again, you know, that is there is no doer. And despite I mean you watching this you know despite hearing that over and over again you sit here as a an imagined character thinking that you can do something to reach no self-realization or enlightenment that suffering ing it would seem I mean you know I'm talking from experience here it would seem that anytime the me character arises only in thought that's the only way you exist as a thought you know you're not the body you You know, we're not talking about the of clearly the body appears in this, but the MI character, the elucory self does not appear. It's never appeared. It will never appear because it's not there.
So, going back to what I said at the start of the video, it it would seem that when a thought of a Mi character arises and you feel like you're here. Um, I say again, people call it contracted energy. I mean, I I don't really like using that. Um, it's just that sense of you feel like you're a solid entity. When that thought arises, it's believed in. When that thought is believed in, it makes you feel like a real character in in a location. And when I say location, it could just mean you're in the center of that room. that you're in now. But it could also mean that you're in Japan or Australia or the United Kingdom or a certain town or city. All of which is an illusion because this immediacy is timeless, spaceless. There's no time or space. They are imagined stories.
So this that's here I mean it's not even here. This that appears um is all this this is everything. There's nothing else that you can't step outside of this. Nothing happened before this. There is no next. There's no time. So it's impossible for there to be a location. I mean, that's the reality. Now, you know, it does get a bit silly when, you know, you can't really deny that. Um, it's really hard to explain. So, this is how incredible this unknown existence is. It can pull off an illusion that there's millions of billions of characters and countries, lots of lots of hundreds of countries around the world. um you know, tens of thousands of towns and cities and lots of things going on. None of which is actually happening because all of that can only happen in this immediacy as a thought.
When that's seen clearly is game over. When it's realized that this I mean I'm going to say that's right in front of your face. When it's realized that this is all there is. There's nothing else. It is game over. Um, you know, I don't mean game over in the sense that the thoughts of the MI character and other characters and the world will no longer ever appear. Of course, they will. The they will carry on. That that's conditioning. That's what happens. But it's game over in the sense that you've seen through the game. You've seen through the illusion. You could say you've realized the only reality, but it's not you that realizes it. That's why I spoke about the cosmic joke. There is no you to realize what is already. It's it's this already. It's always only ever been this. So you can't get anywhere. There's nowhere to go cuz there's only this immediacy.
So, it's kind of like um I try and explain it. I've said in other videos I'm just trying to be as honest as I can. Um, you know, there's no agenda here. I don't even know why the videos are happening. I think I just enjoy talking about this. Um, but it is it's kind of like um a TV screen or people call a VR headset analogy. Um, one just one just oneness. It's just one. Whatever this is and everything appears on the screen and that includes the illusion of the past and projections of the future. They can only appear on this screen. So there isn't a past or a future. There's only this screen. So any memories of a past didn't happen in the past. They happen now in this immediiacy on this screen. And any thoughts for the future? Well, the future can never arrive. It's never arrived. It cannot. There isn't a future. There's only ever this. It's game over. It's done.
When that's seen, it's there's only this immediiacy. There is nothing else. The illusion of continuity um and time and space and location. It's incredible how this can pull off the illusion. It can make it feel so real. And there's no denial of it either, you know. I think it's wonderful, you know. Um I mean here um you know I I've got a wife and children and you know we do things and uh we went to a farm at the weekend. um you know, we're feeding the animals and we're on a soft play area playing football and you know, so all these thoughts or that story I've just said didn't happen. It's just an appearance thoughts that arise now in on this screen. So, you've never been anywhere because you're not the character, you're not the body, you're the screen. I mean, even that's saying too much because that's got to be careful with that because then um you take ownership uh and believe that you are the higher power or you're the awareness, but there's no you. There's just this immediacy. That's all there is. No one knows what it is. I hope that makes sense. Um, I don't know how well I explain it. I mean, obviously there's there's, you know, there's I don't want to say lots cuz there's not, but there's quite a few other non-dual speakers out there that talk about this So if if you're suffering, well, first of all, this this immediacy, there's no suffering here. This immediacy doesn't suffer. It's a screen. It's completely It's nothing. It's It's empty. It's neutral. There's no beliefs. There's no stories. There's no characters. That's why you hear it. I mean, I've never liked the saying it's nothing uh nothing being everything or nothing appearing is everything or emptiness being fullness. Um the the content that appears on the screen I mean it is nothing appearing as that. And when I say content I don't I don't just mean visual or sounds, smells, tastes, feel. It's the thoughts and the feelings as well.
So if you're suffering, it's identification with the thoughts. That's it really. Or identification with the feelings that arise. So it seems that um I mean in the story here um suffering that seemed to happen here in the story um was more me being identified with any thoughts or feelings that arise. And I think that's the same for most people that are identified with their me character. But any suffering is not coming from this. So this immediacy that's here um you could say this is life itself. So this is the one reality. There's no suffering coming from this thoughts arise. and you believe in them. That's it. That's where suffering comes from. But when it's seen what a thought is, clearly it's nothing. A thought is absolutely nothing. It's all it mean it does mean a lot to you. So if you believe in that thought, you can't even choose the thought anyway. You know, you don't it's not even your thought. Um you can't choose any thoughts or memories from arising. You've got no idea what your next memory is that pops up or what your next thought's going to be. But when it does pop up, what's being shared here, what's been seen here is that it's got zero value. It means nothing because there's only this timeless immediacy. And as soon as the thought arrives, it's gone. This that's appearing right now didn't have a before. So, how can that thought have any impact or any power over what is? It's completely irrelevant, insignificant. I've just seen a bus. My house overlooks a a road um in the distance. I can see a bus has just um gone by and a thought has got the same value as that bus passing by it. As soon as it arrives, it's gone. Now you It's brand new. Brand new immediately. It's always brand new. Nothing happened before. Nothing's going to happen next. Um, and that's what's been seen here. That's what's being shared here that I've always said the two things that I seem to share is well this I'm talking about this unknown timeless immediacy that's here and that there is no self.
So if you're suffering because of thoughts, then that's kind of like um a psychological disorder. Um there's nothing right or wrong with it. It's just what's happening. Um but that's how powerful the thoughts can be. If if the imagined character is believed in and it identifies with that thought. I mean there's loads of clues about this as well. So if you're if a thought's arising about uh an event that's coming up in the imagined future which is causing you panic or anxiety I mean how many times has that happened in your imagined life and it's never turned out to be that bad you know as bad as what you were believing it was going to be. I mean, so there's always there's clues everywhere because there's only this immediiacy. I think the feelings are um I I spoke to someone about this the other week. Um so it seems that these body mind organisms suffer through thoughts and feelings predominantly and I mean here uh the it was thoughts you know that was causing I suffered more with with thoughts um but that's that's gone now you know once it's been seen what you know what you're not what what a thought is. Uh any psychological suffering around that can you know fall away but the feelings in some bodies that seems to be more of a challenge because they can seem to hang around a little bit longer. It's just the story. This this is timeless. This is brand new. So when a an uncomfortable feeling arises, it's just that there's no story that led up to that feeling arising. That's the illusion. So this immediacy that's here has got no characters or stories. But the imagined me character layer he put layers it layers lots and lots of layers of stories on top of this immediacy that's here which are all completely elucory. Um I mean what's actually happening right now is just this timeless immediacy. It's not come from anywhere. No one knows what it is. It's just as it is. However that appears. So if it if it appears as an uncomfortable feeling then that's just what's happening. If any resistance that the imagined me character has towards that uncomfortable feeling arises with more thoughts, then it's just that belief and identification with that me character that's causing the suffering. It's all elucory. The story that appears is not yours. That character that appears that you believe you are, it doesn't belong to you. It belongs to this timeless immediiacy. There's no one here. This this is running the show. This is this is um whatever this is. People call it awareness, consciousness, whatever word you want to use. Whatever this is moves all bodies, creates all thoughts, creates all feelings. It does everything that appears on the screen that does not move. What can seem to appear as the illusion of time and location and me characters. And there is you know definitely I mean here anyway there is a freedom and a liberation and a relaxation when it's Realize that there is no self and that this is all there is. You know, you don't take life as serious anymore. That's what's happened here anyway. Um, it's just like um I mean it's it sounds bad. This it's like um a meaningless game. A play with no purpose. I mean, relatively there's loads of meaning and purpose, you know, when you look into your children's eyes or your lover's eyes or you're on the verge of that success, that next career move. Um, so that's what to me is magical how this can pull off the illusion of meaning and purpose. But when it's been realized by no one that this is a a timeless immediacy, you know, how could there be any meaning or purpose to this? There's no one here to give it meaning or purpose and nothing happened before it and nothing's going to happen next.
So, not that I do give advice. I've always said I don't give advice or teachings because how how could you? Um, you know, there's there's there's loads and loads of people on YouTube um that will give you pointers and teachings, advice. Um, there's only this immediiacy. You can't do anything to get to this. It's it's done already. You know, if if you're listening to someone and you think, "Oh, I'm going to try that. I'm going to I'm going to do that and I think it will it will help me get to this point in the future." That's all an illusion. There's no one to do anything and there's no time. There's nowhere to get to it. It's this already. Uh so the Mi character is just in it's in a loop. It's um it's just in a loop of I came from here and now I'm here and I'm going to get to there. It's that's none of that's real. It's all imagined. It's imagined story time.
Yeah. So everything just appears automatically. on this screen. Whether that's the sound of a car passing by or a dog barking or a spider running across the floor or a memory of you being a sevenyear-old girl or boy that just pops up. A feeling of joy. a wave of depression. It's all like a automatic play. There's no you to control anything that happens or appears. Nothing's actually happening. It's always been that way. Is it is a joke? I mean, you know, I mean, here. So um you know obviously thoughts still arise here of events of my imagined past or thoughts of what I need to do tomorrow or next week or next month. But you know the way it's seen now is that any thought that arises it's got nothing to do with me at all. It's just not my thought. Um there's no me. There's no there's there's no one here. There is no self. That's the illusion. So any thoughts that arise here now um I mean I call it a movement of energy a flicker uh a flicker of movement uh and that's it comes and goes as I said feelings they do seem to hang around a little bit longer but even even like an uncomfortable feeling you'll notice that it arises is and it kind of builds up, has a peak and falls away. Like no one's doing any of that. It's just the flow of life. I mean, you know, admittedly it can feel [ __ ] uncomfortable um or amazing, you know. So, it's the same with uh excitement or joy or, you know, we've all had them moments where you feel really happy just out of nowhere just appears um and again it just arises and it seems to stick around and peaks and then falls away. So, there's no permanent states. the bliss or or there's just no permanent states because it would seem that although I mean that sounds like um a paradox as well because this timeless immediacy is neutral. Um there's no there's nothing here. It's empty. But on the screen, the content, this seems to want to experience itself through all the polar opposites. No pain, pleasure, colors, black, white, sounds, you know, extreme noise, quiet, quietness, busyiness, solitude, happy, sad, up, down, all these all these polar opposites. Um, so it it's as though this unknown aliveness just wants to experience itself in as many ways as it wants as it can as it does through through it would seem like multiple bodies yet they're all appearing in this oneness. It's all it's just one. So that um that awareness that you uh feel like you're sitting in or you feel like is here is not different from anyone else's. It's the same. So there's no free will and there's no one to choose. And um obviously, you know, there's no I'm not denying that choices don't appear in this. They obviously do. Um but what's being shared is that there's no one that makes that choice. Any thoughts that arise of making that decision that you think you need to make will just happen by itself. So you can't actually make a mistake. There's a lot of freedom in that as well. when that's seen clearly, you know, um you might think you've made the right decision or [ __ ] I've made the wrong decision. There's no there's no mistake because there's only ever this immediacy. So any past guilt or regret, game over for that. Any anxiety for the future, game over for that. Yeah, it might still appear, but it's not your guilt. It's just guilt arising. It's not your regret. It's not your anxiety. It's not your feeling. It's not your thought. It's just not you're not. It's just this immediiacy. That's it.
I think I mentioned it on another another video. Uh there seems to be like two realities going on at the same time. You know, it's what's actually happening and then what you believe is happening or what you think is happening. You know what's actually happening is just this appearance. That's it. Any any story that gets laid on top of it is an illusion. That's the imagined story. And it's always been that way. And it seems that I mean here anyway um when when it's realized that this is all there is um the aliveness of it is full on. you know, even just looking at a cloud or a stone on the floor or anything, it just seems to I mean, it's nothing's I mean, absolutely ultimately nothing's real, but the the aliveness, the realness to what is becomes more in your face like in a wonderful way. Um that's what it seems anyway. Um because it because when you identify with the MI character and all the thoughts and the feelings and the stories and what you need to do and what happened in the past, you just you miss it. You miss this wonderment that's here. Whether it's just a grass blowing in the wind.
Yeah, I wanted to say that that was it. A thought popped up here uh earlier. Um, I thought I'd mention mention this. Um, so just because it seems that there's been a clear seeing here of what is, you know, it it doesn't mean that um, you know, Gavin Brooks's daily life is one of one of, you know, enlightenment or being in the now or living in immediacy all the time. You know, it's not like that. That's what I'm saying. There's still a story that's being played by this unknown existence. So, the character it's like it's like the character is being played for you. Um cuz you're not you're not there. You just think that you're playing that character. That's what gets seen through. The illusion is that you believe you are that character. Um but it's not like that. I mean, you know, even even here you know uh stress can arise about something I need to do at work or memories of the past can arrive about [ __ ] that I've done in the past that I regret. Um but it's just it's just so obvious now that it's not mine. is and it's not a it's not like um trying to escape the character and say, "Oh, I never did that because there's no self." I mean, ultimately, you didn't. You've never done anything. Um If your life's really really busy and you have a no self-realization, your life's going to carry on being really really busy. Nothing really changes because the character is always being played by this unknown existence. You don't get to say, "Oh, I've had a no self-realization. I'm going to live a relaxed life now." Who could choose that? You can never ever look at someone and say, "Well, that's a self-realized person." It's impossible. There is no self-realized person. There's no per there's no people here. Just bodies appearing in this timelessness. And there seems to be a story, an imagined story and characters being played. Well, it's got you can't control anything. See, this is what I'm saying. There's so many um advice teachers out there. I I'm not saying there's anything right or wrong with it because, you know, relatively, you know, if you want to try and improve that me character in some way, then that's just what's happening. But what's being shared here is that there's only this immediacy. There isn't anyone here. There's no doer. So, you can't choose to search for a teaching or do a teaching or you can't choose to say, "I don't want to watch any more teaching. I'm not doing no more practices." That's what's being shared here. There there's there's there's something that's running the show and you've got no control over it at all in any way. But it's kind of like um when it's been seen clearly this sounds like a contradiction. you can kind of um it feels optional whether to live in the illusion or be in this immediacy. Now that sounds like this sounds so contradictory that I I can't even I don't even know how to begin to explain this because there's no doer. Um, it's just that in some bodies that illusion can be seen through it seems. And if somebody's not had a clear scene of this and they're completely identified with that me character, then they seem to be stuck in that illusion. There's no escape. Um, they can't just see that this is all there is. And that's what I'm saying. I don't know how to explain it, but it feels optional here now to play the character or not. If that makes sense. It feels optional here now to believe in the thoughts or not. It feels optional here now to believe that the feelings that arise are mine or not. Whereas before when I was identified with that me character, I just felt I took it so personally that it was my feelings, my thoughts, my life needed to control it. So yeah, it seems like um um there's so many paradoxes because this is timeless, but it seems like in the story over time there was a loosening or a thinning away of the control of that Mi character and believing in that character and taking life seriously Because when you when you really break it down, I mean the ego or the me character. Well, where is it? It is just a thought. That's it. Comes and goes. It's not here. It's never been here. So, you've actually never been a mom. You've never been a daughter or a son or a dad. You've never been a brother. You've never been a child. You've never been a man or woman. Because they're all just thoughts that arise now in this immediacy. This is completely neutral. Genderless, ageless, colorless. It can appear as all them things. That's what I mean. It's like nothing is that this nothingness wants to experience itself in every way possible. And that's what people call the fullness of it. I don't know. I don't even explaining it well. Um but yeah, thank you for, you know, for supporting the channel and and being here and um it seems like, you know, the videos are resonating out there, resonating with people out there. So, thank you
So, it's just as it is. This appearance that's here, um, it doesn't need to be a certain way. There is no other way. There's only this immediate. So, there's not another one of this. So, whatever's appearing right now, there's no there's there's never been another one. It's just um you can't compare this to another this because there isn't another this. But the Mi character wants to be another this. You know, they want to earn more money or have more money or be at peace or want to be happier. They want a new partner. They want a new job. They want they want just I want I want me me. It's that loop. Me character is just on a loop. But there is no loop. It's not there. There's no me character. That's the illusion. Where's the loop? Where's the thought loop? Where's the past and the future? It's just all it's just not here. Like this that's here is unaffected by anything. Nothing can touch it like rain, wind, fire, a bomb going off. Nothing can move or touch this because the content on the screen is nothing appearing as whatever it appears as. So it actually doesn't matter what happens. It does not matter what appears. It'll matter to only to you, but you're that's the illusion. There is no you. Um, this doesn't mind what happens because it's neutral, unconditional. It's only you that puts conditions and believes in the polar opposites. But yeah, thank you for watching um supporting the channel. Donations, phone calls, emails, it's much appreciated. And um it's always only ever been this. You'll never know what it is. There are no answers. Seeking for answers is completely futile. Uh in fact, searching or seeking in any way is completely futile. In fact, the see the seeking and the the seeker is the illusion. This is the only reality there is. So any story laid on top of it of seeking or searching again, it's that loop. There is no loop. It's not even happening. Yeah. Thank you for watching. Have a nice day.