Post #14: The Unburnt Screen
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| consciousness, awareness, nonduality, spirituality, movie, illusion, observer, detachment, innerpeace, vedanta, perspective, mentalhealth, reality |
We tend to get completely lost in the drama of our lives. When tragedy strikes, we feel destroyed. When chaos ensues, we feel burned. We identify so closely with the "story" of our lives—the ups and downs, the gains and losses—that we forget the medium upon which the story is playing. We behave like an audience member in a movie theater who screams and ducks when a car explodes on screen, forgetting that it is just light projected onto a flat surface.
Consciousness is the screen; your life experiences are the movie. A movie can show a flood, but the screen never gets wet. It can show a blazing fire, but the screen never gets singed. It can show a knife fight, but the screen never bleeds. The screen supports the movie, allows the movie to be seen, and holds the entire story, yet it remains intimately untouched by the content of the story.
To awaken is to shift your identity from the character in the movie to the screen itself. You stop taking the drama so personally. You realize that while pain, sadness, and excitement arise and pass, the background of your awareness remains pristine and damage-free. No matter what trauma or difficulty you have faced, there is a part of you that remains whole, unburnt, and at peace, simply watching the show.
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