Popcorn, Pop and Pure Awareness

I love to go to the movies

I love to go to the movies. For a couple of hours I become completely engrossedin what is happening on the screen. When I step into that theatre I leave my everyday lifebehind. The movie is only a flickering of light and shadow on a screen. But, I getwrapped up in the illusion as if it were real. The flow of thoughts in our minds, from past to future and future to past, createsthe illusion of movement. Watching thought is like watching a movie. Movie film is along strip of individual pictures or frames. In a single second 24 still frames will flash onthe screen. This is faster than our minds can process and it looks like there is actuallymotion on the screen. That is pretty amazing. We see motion where there is none. That isthe illusion that a movie produces. The movie projector works on a simple principle. A bright, white light shinesthrough the film and creates a picture on the screen in the front of the theatre. As theaudience, we sit contentedly watching as the actors work their magic, forgetting that theyare nothing more than light and shadow. We laugh and we cry as if the fantasy were real. Our life is just like that movie. It unfolds thought-by-thought, minute-by minute,year-by-year. We, the audience, get completely absorbed in the drama of our own movie.We worry over the bills, love the new house, watch the children grow up and think aboutour own death. Like a movie, our lives are an illusion, a play of light and shadow. Dontget me wrong. Our lives exist, but not the way we think they do. This mistaken identity isthe cause of great human suffering. Our awareness is like the white light from the movie projector. It is that light ofconsciousness that shines on our lives, letting us know we are alive. It observes as thepeople, places, loves and losses come and go. Our awareness is our most importantpossession. If we lose it we lose everything. The quality of our reflected awarenessdetermines the quality of our lives. Poor quality awareness is like a movie projector witha dim bulb. Dim awareness illumines a tedious world filled with constant struggle. Activities that waste awareness are overworking, over indulging in alcohol, drugsand food, watching long hours of TV, and labeling and judging people, things andsituations. When we squander awareness we eventually get the feeling that something ismissing from our lives. We could have riches, fame and a loving family and still feelincomplete. On the other hand, life becomes fresh and full and vitally alive when we care forour awareness. And now, you have to ask, How do I care for my awareness? That is themost beautiful part of it all. You take care of your awareness by becoming more aware! How simple can that be? You strengthen awareness by using it. Oh, I hear you. You may be asking, How do I use my awareness? Do I haveyour attention? Well, thats the answerpay attention. Pay attention to what you aredoing right now. Pay attention to everything. When you see a bird, dont label it, look atit. Observe its feathers. Watch how the wings move its body through the air. Listenclosely to the noise it makes and the noise will become your song. Now pay attention tothe wind, the rustling of the paper in your hands, the flow of your breath, the beating ofyour heart. Pay attention to everything. In the white light of awareness, step off the screenand become the spectator of your own movie-life. Only then will the illusion of life meltbefore your eyes to be replaced by the rich reality of pure awareness.

Popcorn, Pop and Pure Awareness

By: Dr. Frank Kinslow

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