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jac O'Keeffe was raised in rural Ireland. Wanting to know about God she studied theology and music. Graduating in the 1980's, her studies left her disillusioned and a non-believer. Turning her focus to issues of social inequality, she studied adult and community education, and began her career interweaving community development with the arts. In 1997, her life changed dramatically when her sixth sense awakened. A busy practice in healing work developed within a short time, with Jac offering private sessions and residential retreats. She developed and delivered holistic programmes that focused on viewing depression as a spiritual awakening rather than a bio-chemical disorder. Using a variety of methodologies, her work had the primary focus of raising consciousness. Jac continued for seven years as a spiritual teacher, before stopping her work in 2006 and leaving Ireland to deepen her own spiritual practice. Her personal quest led to that which is beyond the mind - a transcendence of dualistic thought. She facilitates spiritual gatherings in question-and-answer format, offering clear pointers to spiritual seekers of truth.
You don't have to be perfect, you don't have to have good health, you don't have to do it before your body dies, it's got nothing to do with anything : it's right now, place your attention behind any stories, any concepts. From there, freedom arises, beauty arises, love arises. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
As long as the 'I' is looking for peace, there will be no peace. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
The freedom you look for is where you look from. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
Suffering is an idea that there is an 'I' that doesn't like what is happening. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
The pull towards Truth has its origin in manifestation, not in grace. The comfort that mind seeks out in the idea of 'grace calling you home' must be dropped. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
There is no conflict between regular life and the theory of non duality. Remain in regular life, let life happen with all of its worldliness and let your attention rest within. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
There is no object which is of a different nature from the subject, and as there is only the subject, how can it be seen as an object? All experience rests on the reality of objects. If you investigate you will find that objects are unreal. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
The idea that you are real is but a thought in consciousness. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
As soon as you notice you are in the story, look at what attracted your attention into the movie that is 'all about you'. What is the juice that gets you back into story? Recognising that hook is more useful even than pulling back to observer. Find out if the juice is good enough and let it all mature so that the juice is not good enough. Then the only thing left is to go within and find out what was always there - Truth. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
From where does the I thought arise? Who is having this original thought? All arises from nothing/absolute. Let it be seen that it is simply a happening in consciousness, that there is nobody having any thought. Know that it is not 'you' having this thought. That's the belief that creates the suffering ability. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
At a certain point it is unatural to believe your thoughts, to feel the weight, the gravity of concepts, it gets more heavy, it gets more dense, because the Silence, the Grace, is pulling you home. The more you're attached to thoughts, the more suffering will increase and get stronger. At some point it will be seen to be unnecessary, and only created by the concept of an 'I' owning something, owning thoughts. And the 'I' actually, only appears to exist the moment a thought is believed to be true. It's not that the 'I' exists and attaches to thoughts, the 'I' only appears to exist when a thought is being believed. It's part of the program. In the space between two thoughts, there's actually no 'I'. But we imagine that there is a continuing 'I' which grabs thoughts... but give a look, t
here no 'I' between thoughts! Here, the stillness prevails, it's much more accessible, it's much more natural than what we imagine. But we want to believe that we exist, and that we are here all the time, in control... but actually, no, between thoughts the natural state prevails. There is a space between thoughts, but it's not noticed because it takes the 'I' to notice. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
At all times be honest with yourself. You cannot live out from a level of awareness to which you have not arrived. ~ Jac O'Keeffe ( for Bakk)
The idea of looking for something, be it a feeling or a state, can only arise when there is dissatisfaction and rejection of what is present. Consider that the desire to be other than you are, to feel differently about yourself or your life, is only a thought distracting you from what is in perfect order, silent and peaceful at a deeper level within you. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
If you can see from the perspective of your observer then you can also see the observer. Therefore you cannot be your observer either. So who sees the observer? Bring your attention to that which is the ultimate seer. Be there. If you can experience it or if you can talk about it as a phenomenon, then your mind is playing tricks on you. Reject all ideas, images, and experiences. Go to what is seeing the most subtle movement within you. There will be a direct experience of nothingness, no words, emptiness. There is not even a sense of you. There is no sense of anything. You are That. If you are still and remain as That, you will know beyond a shadow of a doubt, beyond the tiniest hesitation, that this is undeniably the truth. This cannot be learned. It can only be discovered to be the truth, and that discovery is available to all. This is not a teaching, this is a signpost. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
Why is it so difficult to find words for what you are, for the Ultimate Self? Because words are a product of the mind and the Self is prior and beyond mind. Remove all thoughts, all concepts and there is infinite rest in that which is prior and beyond. Peace is there, silence is there. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
It can become crystal clear that all you thought was real was nothing more than all you thought; the reality quality to it was also a thought. As the river loses itself in its merging with the sea, it no longer knows separation and therefore cannot rise to the thought that it was a river. It is at home. It now is the all that is and no thought arises. So, without thought there cannot be an individual who exists apart in any way. To exist apart IS the thought, it is never the reality. Only the Self is real. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
In the experience of deep sleep, a dreamless state prevails and effectively there is nothing happening. No world exists, there are no images, the movie is not playing. The perceiving aspect is not present, so no observing takes place. Without a perceiver, there is nothing to perceive. Yet in the total absence of experience, you exist. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
As long as the idea that you have something to gain holds credibility for you, then you will seek. Seeking is valid, but it cannot lead you to the treasure of your deepest yearning. All searches are ultimately for the Self, for the home within. While there are many levels of seeking, they all culminate at a point where the activity of searching is recognised as the outcome of a habitual thought and thus seeking ends. One discovers that what you are looking for is precisely where you are looking from. As you abide in the Self and identification with thoughts is lessening, your experience will be that whatever needs to be refined within you will be automatically realigned. This happens by itself without effort by you or interference from you. In this way consciousness takes care of itself. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
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Meditation in the early morning hours can assist in keeping the mind focused inward. For many, this helps sustain your attention on remaining the perceiver of all activities for much of the day. In breaking the habit of gross identification, meditation is a most useful tool. It trains the mind to become singularly focused and keeps attention inward. Meditation in the morning curbs the habit of outward identification and can build an awareness and familiarity in consciousness of the I AM state. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
You don't have to be perfect, you don't have to have good health, you don't have to do it before your body dies, it's got nothing to do with anything : it's right now, place your attention behind any stories, any concepts. From there, freedom arises, beauty arises, love arises. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
As long as the 'I' is looking for peace, there will be no peace. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
The freedom you look for is where you look from. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
Suffering is an idea that there is an 'I' that doesn't like what is happening. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
The pull towards Truth has its origin in manifestation, not in grace. The comfort that mind seeks out in the idea of 'grace calling you home' must be dropped. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
There is no conflict between regular life and the theory of non duality. Remain in regular life, let life happen with all of its worldliness and let your attention rest within. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
There is no object which is of a different nature from the subject, and as there is only the subject, how can it be seen as an object? All experience rests on the reality of objects. If you investigate you will find that objects are unreal. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
The idea that you are real is but a thought in consciousness. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
As soon as you notice you are in the story, look at what attracted your attention into the movie that is 'all about you'. What is the juice that gets you back into story? Recognising that hook is more useful even than pulling back to observer. Find out if the juice is good enough and let it all mature so that the juice is not good enough. Then the only thing left is to go within and find out what was always there - Truth. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
From where does the I thought arise? Who is having this original thought? All arises from nothing/absolute. Let it be seen that it is simply a happening in consciousness, that there is nobody having any thought. Know that it is not 'you' having this thought. That's the belief that creates the suffering ability. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
At a certain point it is unatural to believe your thoughts, to feel the weight, the gravity of concepts, it gets more heavy, it gets more dense, because the Silence, the Grace, is pulling you home. The more you're attached to thoughts, the more suffering will increase and get stronger. At some point it will be seen to be unnecessary, and only created by the concept of an 'I' owning something, owning thoughts. And the 'I' actually, only appears to exist the moment a thought is believed to be true. It's not that the 'I' exists and attaches to thoughts, the 'I' only appears to exist when a thought is being believed. It's part of the program. In the space between two thoughts, there's actually no 'I'. But we imagine that there is a continuing 'I' which grabs thoughts... but give a look, t
here no 'I' between thoughts! Here, the stillness prevails, it's much more accessible, it's much more natural than what we imagine. But we want to believe that we exist, and that we are here all the time, in control... but actually, no, between thoughts the natural state prevails. There is a space between thoughts, but it's not noticed because it takes the 'I' to notice. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
At all times be honest with yourself. You cannot live out from a level of awareness to which you have not arrived. ~ Jac O'Keeffe ( for Bakk)
The idea of looking for something, be it a feeling or a state, can only arise when there is dissatisfaction and rejection of what is present. Consider that the desire to be other than you are, to feel differently about yourself or your life, is only a thought distracting you from what is in perfect order, silent and peaceful at a deeper level within you. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
If you can see from the perspective of your observer then you can also see the observer. Therefore you cannot be your observer either. So who sees the observer? Bring your attention to that which is the ultimate seer. Be there. If you can experience it or if you can talk about it as a phenomenon, then your mind is playing tricks on you. Reject all ideas, images, and experiences. Go to what is seeing the most subtle movement within you. There will be a direct experience of nothingness, no words, emptiness. There is not even a sense of you. There is no sense of anything. You are That. If you are still and remain as That, you will know beyond a shadow of a doubt, beyond the tiniest hesitation, that this is undeniably the truth. This cannot be learned. It can only be discovered to be the truth, and that discovery is available to all. This is not a teaching, this is a signpost. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
Why is it so difficult to find words for what you are, for the Ultimate Self? Because words are a product of the mind and the Self is prior and beyond mind. Remove all thoughts, all concepts and there is infinite rest in that which is prior and beyond. Peace is there, silence is there. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
It can become crystal clear that all you thought was real was nothing more than all you thought; the reality quality to it was also a thought. As the river loses itself in its merging with the sea, it no longer knows separation and therefore cannot rise to the thought that it was a river. It is at home. It now is the all that is and no thought arises. So, without thought there cannot be an individual who exists apart in any way. To exist apart IS the thought, it is never the reality. Only the Self is real. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
In the experience of deep sleep, a dreamless state prevails and effectively there is nothing happening. No world exists, there are no images, the movie is not playing. The perceiving aspect is not present, so no observing takes place. Without a perceiver, there is nothing to perceive. Yet in the total absence of experience, you exist. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
As long as the idea that you have something to gain holds credibility for you, then you will seek. Seeking is valid, but it cannot lead you to the treasure of your deepest yearning. All searches are ultimately for the Self, for the home within. While there are many levels of seeking, they all culminate at a point where the activity of searching is recognised as the outcome of a habitual thought and thus seeking ends. One discovers that what you are looking for is precisely where you are looking from. As you abide in the Self and identification with thoughts is lessening, your experience will be that whatever needs to be refined within you will be automatically realigned. This happens by itself without effort by you or interference from you. In this way consciousness takes care of itself. ~ Jac O'Keeffe
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Meditation in the early morning hours can assist in keeping the mind focused inward. For many, this helps sustain your attention on remaining the perceiver of all activities for much of the day. In breaking the habit of gross identification, meditation is a most useful tool. It trains the mind to become singularly focused and keeps attention inward. Meditation in the morning curbs the habit of outward identification and can build an awareness and familiarity in consciousness of the I AM state. ~ Jac O'Keeffe