“The more you cultivate your awareness, the more you will develop the ability not to be disturbed by anything. And inevitably, sooner or later, you will encounter what I call the ‘void.’
Most humans instinctively shy away from it. Even if they get a little close to the void, they panic, they run away.
That’s the very reason why most humans are not capable to practice an objectless meditation like you do when you cultivate your awareness. Because in a real objectless meditation, there will come the moment where you have no perception at all. And even if that moment lasts only a split second, it suffices to let you sense into the abyss of emptiness that you really are.
Without perception, without an object to concentrate on, without a thought to repeat in your mind, without a problem to solve, without any distraction, what remains of you in such a moment? There is nothing left of what you believe to be. And that is frightening – if you are not prepared. […]
When you experience the void, you will lose all orientation. You will lose the feeling of gravity. You will lose all sense of who you are. You have no clue what you are, where you are, or what comes next.
The void is frightening. It threatens to strip away your identity. And the fear of not knowing who you are sits deep in your unconscious. That’s why you invent all kinds of reasons not to go too deeply into cultivating the awareness. […]
And then there are those who went into the void, took a look, ran away out of fear, but then joined the popular chorus that says, ‘Oh, the void, I was there, I must be enlightened. It is so full of potentials. Everything comes from there.’ And that’s true, because:
All the dream worlds of separation are made up to fill the void.
They are born out of fear, ignorance, greed, and an unquenchable thirst for ever more perceptions. In other words:
Glorifying the void brings you nowhere! Quite the contrary.
[…] So, please, come to appreciate what I call the void. It is a passageway in your spiritual evolution that you cannot bypass. You cannot.”
"Why not let go of the illusion called 'I' and experience life for yourself? It seems to require courage, but that too is an illusion."
