4.3 The realizing of that.

You have transcended the illusion of separate individuality. You have awoken the mind’s inherent capacity to experience the transcendental nature of reality. The remaining meditations in this chapter will teach you how to analyse this from the viewpoint of that, until you realise that this is that and only that.

Firstly, utilising your newly awakened transcendental powers of observation, you will meditate on the nature of time. When that is successfully completed, you will analyse, in meditation, the nature of mind and matter. Finally you will discover through meditation that all things are products of mind in its unconditioned, universal, all-embracing form.

Once again, be in no hurry to advance through the meditations. Proceed in a spontaneous, relaxed manner. Meditate on each bold statement for a minimum of one day, and take as long as you need – there is no maximum.

If you have been meditating as instructed, you will now be able to explore the nature of reality with the direct intuitive awareness of mind in its transcendental state. You will begin by exploring the transcendental structure of your mind. As you come to understand the workings of mind through direct intuitive experience, you will, spontaneously and simultaneously, explore the true nature of this.

Every aspect of this is a construction of that, mind in its absolute and uncreated form, limited by the prevailing conditions. Your true nature transcends time, space, karma and all other conditions. Through exploring this from the viewpoint of that, you will overcome the ignorance obscuring direct experience of that.

In reality, every aspect of this is an illusorily objective component of the conditioned thought process of that. This means that these teachings, this book, your mind and body, the chair you sit on, the events of your life and all else, have their roots in that. You are now set on the path to transcending the illusion concealing from you that this is that.

When the dream is broken and you are conscious again of your true nature, this will still unfold as before. Your life will continue on its course; this does not vanish when the illusion is broken. If you have any doubts about the relative reality of this, try sticking a pin gently into your flesh – the resulting unpleasant sensation should convince you that this is a continuous process, lasting for the duration of time.

Despite the continuing everyday reality of your life and eventual death, you will gradually realise the illusorily objective nature of this. These meditations will cleanse your mind of its conditioned perceptions. Once you experience mind in its unconditioned state (or when you experience re-union with God, if you are inclined to religion), you will understand that this is illusory when experienced from the relative and objective perspective of mind in its unenlightened form, and that this is real when experienced from the absolute and subjective perspective of mind in its enlightened form.

As you proceed with the remaining meditations in this book, you must utilise simultaneously one-pointed awareness and the mind’s inherent stillness, which transcends and embraces the thought process. That is to say, on the active level you will one-pointedly meditate on the given object, while simultaneously you will witness the one-pointed thought process with transcendent clarity. Intuition will supply understanding of the meditation, simultaneously expressed as a thought and as a direct transcendent experience of reality.