Presence

I recently had a realization of how to enter and maintain a blissful awareness. When I first experienced bliss for the first time more than half a year ago, I tried to hold onto it and make it increase. I wanted more of it. But whenever I thought about it increasing, it would either stop where it is or creep slowly away. However, I now know that this is anticipation, which is also separation, so it must be an illusion. It will only amplify if you are stay with full awareness in the present moment.

It's so simple! Any effort to control it or keep it or initiate it will do nothing. It is so simple that we overlook it, which is why we continually suffer. All you have to do is be, without thinking about anything (because any that really had no absolute importance). All of your worries cover up who we are, which is this perfect awareness as bliss itself. We do not need to fight and attain anything- who we are is guaranteed to be everything we would ever want or need. The mind's attempt to create something wonderful and beautiful will never surpass the brilliance of our self.

If I try to think back on a blissful experience, I can't remember what it feels like. Imagination flat out sucks. Imagination is also of separation, because it tries to remember the past or make something new from it as a future idea. Whenever you're imagining something, you're never in the present moment.

Whatever is not present is a lie. If you sense something in the present and you think about it, it is a lie. Only the presence that cannot be thought about is true. It is just empty fullness. And within that presence, nothing can be unpleasant because none of it is a lie. All pain and distractions fall away in this presence, unless they are thought about.

So "how" you become present is this. Feel what is here now, but don't think about it. Just experience whatever is happening in this moment. As long as you stay here, bliss will intensify and amplify. But don't jump ahead of it by thinking about where it could lead! Just stay here and accept this moment with presence and awareness.