Simply Always Awake Seeing Through the Illusion of Time Is Only Half the Battle
Mar 26, 2026
A deep dive into the idea that past and future are just thoughts. Exploration of the illusion of a persistent self and how that sense of perpetuity causes repeated suffering. A look at the freedom and spontaneity that appear when the self-concept dissolves. Invites inward inspection of how appearances arise without a continuing self.
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Seeing Time As Thought Based Illusion
- Time is a thought-based illusion; past and future are never directly experienced.
- The speaker explains seeing time as illusion gives release, but that's only half the work because a sense of a persisting self still reifies experience.
The Illusion Of Perpetuity
- Beyond timelessness, there's an illusion of perpetuity: a sense of a consistent self that moves through time.
- The speaker names this
Freedom Comes From Losing The Persistent Self
- Breaking the illusion of perpetuity yields deep, visceral freedom beyond merely recognizing timelessness.
- When the sense of a self that must preserve or correct itself dissolves, appearances become unchained and spontaneous.