When Peace Becomes a Target
Cuando la paz se convierte en un objetivo
A student notices the subtle trap of trying to focus on peace as though it were a separate object, and finds that the sense of "I amness" feels closer to what cannot be separated from.
When Peace Becomes a Target
A student notices the subtle trap of trying to focus on peace as though it were a separate object, and finds that the sense of "I amness" feels closer to what cannot be separated from.
I notice sometimes I get confused. When I hear talk about peace, I suddenly find myself trying to put attention on something, on a "something" called peace, as if I were separate from it and could focus on this thing.
At the same time, lately it's been more useful to refer to it as "I amness," because it feels closer, like something I can't separate from. And the question seems to help: is this I amness dependent in any way on what's appearing? If the content of experience, like the breath, wasn't there, would this still be? Sometimes when I ask that, something happens. I know peace and I amness point to the same thing, but maybe you can comment on this.