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THE WONDER

OF BEING

Awakenng to an

Intmacy Beyond Words

Je Foster

A combined and ully revised

edition o Je Fosters frst two books,

Life Without A Centre andBeyond Awakening

Non-Duality Press


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Listen to your lie.

See it or the athomless mystery that it is.In the boredom and pain o it

no less than in the excitement and gladness:touch, taste, smell your way to the holy

and hidden heart o it because in the last analysisall moments are key moments,

and lie itsel is grace.

- Fck Bc

When you realise how perect everything isyou will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.

- B


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AUTHORS NOTE

Im c bcm k g p, p xpc p . A xpc, m b , cm g. m b b, pb, b m-b,

cm g.

bk b c cm g. I p pb g beyond mp k,

c gm, xpc b, pc, j, c, ; pb g g c , b

k . I p c b pg m , c c, , p m m pp. I mg .

I k m b , b appears k m cg . A g , bk m m -, m mg k.

A g , , bg.

W m ,

Jef FosterBrighton, England, March 2010


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CONTENTS

BEYOND WORDS ............................................................... 1

POINTING OUT THE OBVIOUS ..................................23

A WALK IN THE RAIN ....................................................45

THE SOURCE ..................................................................... 61

THE END OF THE SEARCH ........................................... 91

THE FIRE OF NOT KNOWING ...................................127

LOVE AND DEATH ........................................................ 151

BEYOND NOTHING AND EVERYTHING ............... 177

NIGHT AND DAY ...........................................................195


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BEYOND WORDS


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As it is, lie has no meaning beyond itsel.

It is always at the point o completion and, simultaneously,as resh as the morning dew at the dawn o creation.

- L Hg


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pc cc, b x.

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bk pg.

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SHARING THIS

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gg!

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k g.

Im c g, b pp Im m mg k.


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bk m cg ccp b p- . I q , c, g p m g ,

k p m g, m p m , gm , Kgm H b, O m .

bk b end kg, -g, fg,

p bg , m p m -. I p g xp mg mp, m j, mp g pm b cg . I p bckm.

p c absolutely radical accep-

tance o what is. A ccpc, g g, byou, . ccpc g, cm, g. ccpc g, .

Already, g p, , cc.

Already, ccp g, c, .

Already, B c, p.

m b xpg.


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YOUR OWN ABSENCE

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k g pk, g pc mc, pp kg . A p ,

m, pp, gmmp p pc c mbcg. I g , mpc, -mc, m m. I b , b bg. I gmp

, b b .

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everything. Y bc c pc p. Ag, m b.

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It is because there is no solid, separate person at the centre olie that lie can appear as it does.

bk j bc, bc c b , pc p-c. Emp m, B H Sm .

At this point the seeking mind says, ats all well and good,but whats in it or me?

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c cc, pp, pmp, pc, p gm, m mm g. A c mp mg b , mg q g, mg lacking -

. c gm - f m c cc. very p p k !

ck m b . N m mc , m ! N g , c, cmp.

bk xcb pbm g g. Lk Z k,

c, p ccp b c g c b . p mgcc m c c b g k kg something.


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Y, bk b g, b , mm bk b g c b m p g p-c c something

b ppm, k m m: , p ppc , Bg.


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STORY OF A NOBODY

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D mmb, j , m mp .

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m m c . I p c, I k p. I b cmb, I b . A I cg gm.

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I escape m p m g gg . I -g p ppc I b fg,

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c p b, I cm b I pk b p m gm. I b gm c ck g g c, I, g m f, .

H, I b

I g m j : another belie.A g p ( I c g) mm cm bg, b I m g, j p m bg m c, c c, m

g c pp b gm.

b p gm j m g : -g!

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ppg g ?

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m m.

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I k m .

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mg b ?

bk mp xp g, cbg b .


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THE EVOLUTION OF THIS BOOK

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g I .

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*

Og, g mc. , m

, b g : g, ,g, c, bckg, -pg everything is okay, everything isalways okay.

W pc p b, : kg, fg, m , g , c-

p pc, c g .

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c Jf F. Jf p , ,b m ppg , m mp . A m...


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FALLING IN LOVE

This is all there is mg k!I k k bk k . I m m. A p k, I

b b m kg c ck I g cp.

Who am I without my seeking?

Is there really anything other than the present appearance oeverything?

q m k .

Y g, m b. g b m kg p, m k, c I m.

O pck p bk m g . x , . m , b . Nb c -c pp. Pp kg m b bcm p pb gb kg. B m: pc g

, g pp xc , I c I p . c m m m , .


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Y , g x pc m -g , c p c, kg m, pp, , g

kg, f g .

Y c k g k g. Y c m b g m. bk b c g, b pg mc g.

mc: intimacy with everything. Y , m b gg g. I bg g. alling in love alling away k, g g p m .

A p k, I m g g

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includes g. , k, that c c mbc . E k j O p k, kg


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. Fg is g-. Sg , is . N m (p, xpc,), b m b cg

bck .

L k, two. A J, Y .

I p k , g b ccp c, k bk m k?


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POINTING OUT

THE OBVIOUS


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You dont need to leave your room.

Remain sitting at your table and listen.Dont even listen, simply wait.

Dont even wait, be quite still and solitary.e world will reely oer itsel to you to be unmasked.

It has no choice. It will roll in ecstasy at your eet.

Fz Kk


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Rg Is breathing happening?

Are sounds appearing?

Are thoughts coming and going?

Are eelings in the body happening?

Could it be that you are already awake?

Could it be that you were never actually asleep?

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W ppg .

Pretty obvious, right?

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B experiencing, j ppg?

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EFFORTLESS COMING AND GOING

Notice: cm g, f. g , g p g, b. Smp pp. pp . Rg , . p .

H g , ?

H present ?

Notice: g b pp. Pp g c. Pp mbg mc. S

pp pp. , c.

Rg g , pp, p g, m, g, b

A mg g fc .

D k b . kg g .

Is there not a sense o a presence that sits behind everything,watching everything?

Is there not something here that is eortlessly aware o soundscoming and going, o eelings in the body coming and going?

Something that is not really a something at all, because its


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not part o that which comes and goes?

Could that something be the no-thing that allows every-

thing to be?

Has it not always been there? Right rom the beginning?


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mg c b cmg gg. mg m cmg gg, c fc, m

pc. mg , -c m .

m cm g. C m b c ?


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INSIDE AND OUTSIDE

I s there really an inside and an outside? Or is that justanother thought, another concept that comes and goes?Nc: m cm g. B gcm g. g cm g. N

. j ppg. I j m b pp. I j cm g .J ppg.

Prior to the story o inside and outside can anything reallybe inside or outside?

b gg. I ppg , ? I , j c g?

Cm bck b gg. I , j b gg? Gg pc, m ? ( p p) b? O bg j pp here?

I b , j gg? W ccp b, k b gg?

W ccp (mp), fb

bg m, cg p m .

Tweet-tweet! Tweet-tweet!


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NON-SEPARATION

Eg m pc, -, cc, bg; c g m f m, b c -g ? S pk b ? D pk-g b gg , mg (m thing)

p m g ?

H c pk b ?Ag, I k: pk b ?

Drop the words or a moment, and notice:

pg m g, cg,g. Pc--cc-bg ( c ) m mx mg g

, , c, . S mc m bc g .

Y , separate m m, m g b, m g . I c, is , is g, is g . A g bc g, g m : mc m. Y m m bc g , , m, , c. W c xpc f g

...

C g g p m b gg? Fm g


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mc? Fm p-g g?

In the nal analysis, you have no way of separating yourself from

life.

S, ? A m? W , mg : , . A g b? N, , mg . A g ?

N, m, m. cm g. Eg .

m b mg m pg m. m b mg m g cm g.A pc p g. A p

p c p. A g g -cm g b .

S not , m, g, g. B b q are ,m, g g.

Non-duality does not just mean not duality. It also includesapparent duality. It is not duality, but it is also duality,because it is everything.

Y are g . A, m m, g, -g, bc p pc g. Y g, b bc g, c b g

c . Ng, g. Eg,g.



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W b b gg ? Y ,bc . B m m, pg m . A m

m, .

b g, b gg. b g, . H m !

Nc, j m g . I amnothing, I am everything. I am nobody. I am somebody. Sel,

no sel. Me, not me. J g. W gg cp?

Fg . Gg presentc, c?

I c -g, mppc, p c cm ?

Y bc pc c b pm g , c g ?

D b m. I b m. Cm bck c ppg, g .


A b g. A p b gg, b gg.

Up g b gg, Z m, I, b, j gg.

N b, I, j gg.

And perhaps not even that.

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