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Subject: A Ray Of Light
From: Ray.of.Light@light-mission.org
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2003 05:51:03 GMT
Greetings,
The Whip to the True Student is the Sword Of Truth, as silence would be misconstrued as consent. None Awaken without Discipline, nor will ever Master themselves.
Subject: dealing with life
From: "Ragland, Thomas" <TRagland@UMCOM.ORG>
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 06:45:28 -0600
Like riding down the rapids of life Things come and things go Insecurity Rage Desire Boredom All being passed on the stream of life. Pleasures come and go. Pains come and go. We get what we want and then cast it aside. Building sand castles only to stamp them down. Watching the sunrise on the beach Every day begins as a new day Stop identifying Stop clinging None of it is really you anyway Like riding down the rapids of life Things come and things go Insecurity Rage Desire Boredom All being passed on the stream of life.
Subject: A Ray Of Light
From: Ray.of.Light@light-mission.org
Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2003 05:39:47 GMT
Greetings,
For you to BE Truth, there can be no separation from Truth. Either we ARE Truth or we are NOT Truth.
Subject: Dualistic NonDuality
From: ejLight@light-mission.org (E.J.)
Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2003 06:44:13 GMT
Greetings Community,
Why do many Dualists want to think of themselves as NonDualists ? Offering such rationality as "removing the tension while maintaining the duality is nonduality". As long as there is tension to remove, thus presupposing someone to remove it from and someone to remove it, NonDuality is not even in the picture. Obviously, from the many Dualistic NonDualists, Duality is sensed to be a stumbling block to Awakening so Dualists have to *think* of themselves as NonDualists (albeit Dualistic NonDualists). The obvious question is that if the magnetism is toward NonDuality then why not just BE NonDualistic ? The obvious answer is, like all organized movements have done in twisted their Wise foundations to their liking rather than AS it IS/WAS, the new Dualistic NonDualism movement is doing likewise. Another obvious answer is that Dualists are just trying to Justify/Rationalize Dualism by Veiling it with NonDualism. The wolf in sheep's clothing, so to speak. Perhaps a sign of our times, another of the many signs of Kali Yuga.
The essence of NonDuality can only be Realized AS the Moment, AS the Present at the Present Moment. When there is naught but the Moment, not even ourself Directly Experiencing it. Thus we ARE It. The Dancer IS the Dance, the Poet IS the Poem, the Writer IS what is Written, the Observer IS the Observed, the Dancer is not apart from the Dance, the Poet is not apart of the Poem, the Writer is not apart from what is Written, the Observer is not apart from the Observed.
The Dreamer IS the Dream, and upon waking he is no longer the Dreamer thus no longer the Dream, thus other than the Dreamer thus other than the Dream. Which is which ? One is not the other. Glimpses of one while the other can be most boggling, yet both persist in an ever widening of Life and Awareness and Awakening. Yet there is neither. Only when you stand before the Mirror of Truth and see no Reflection is there NonDuality. Only when there is no distinction between this or that is there NonDuality. So NonDuality is a state of BEing, with nothing to BE and no one to BE it. NonDuality is when Duality is not.
So as the Funeral Pyre of Duality is Lit, Ephemeral Friends, there is left but None. Giving up your Prisoners to the Pythagorean Fire, bringing All to Zero. THAT is NonDuality.
Stir your tea with THAT..... if there is tea to stir and some one to stir it.
Subject: Illusion
From: Ma <MaheshPradeep@dakwala.com>
Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2003 11:05:07 -0700
"All is an Illusion but it is not out there. The world of form is most Real, two objects can not occupy the same space. What is actually not Real is that the world of form is permanent. Nothing is static, All is in a continuous Play of Movement thus an ever anew Unfolding Change. All comes and goes without end so Embrace it with Joy but then let it go. So the Illusion is not the object but rather that it will stay. So form can be found wherever there is a space, unlimited access where there is a vacancy. The wall is not an Illusion but the thought of the wall is. The thought that it is permanent and that we can be attached to it and the Desire of it's permanence and attachment. So the Illusion of permanence is projected and not that any form is an Illusion." -- Sri Swami Yogayuktaatmaa
Subject: "Give Me A Break"
From: ejLight@light-mission.org (E.J.)
Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2003 19:50:05 GMT
Greetings Community,
Why do people need breaks ? Breaks from what ? People *think* they need a break from what they are doing, but when they do take a break from what they are doing they just get further behind causing even more stress. Stress is a Killer. What people need is a break from being a step behind themselves and a step ahead of themselves. Their mind is always in the past so they are always behind themselves, and their mind is always in the future so they are always ahead of themselves. Always distracted by this or that. When you Silence the thoughts you Still the BEing, thus can BE Present. Always Present, everything gets done with no thought about getting it done. You Just Do It. All of life is about *doing*, whether it be labor or study or relaxation. So I would only Point to a Zen foundation that 'when you study, study' and 'when you do whatever you do, do just that' with no thoughts as to doing it or anything else. It is a matter of BEing whatever it is that you are doing. Do not let your mind drift, keep Focussed on whatever it is that you are doing at the Present Moment.
Could you take a break from life ? As life is just continuous doing of some sort. What you can do is take a break from random self-arising thoughts. Silence the mental chatter while you are doing whatever it is that you are doing. When thoughts pop up, notice them and go back to whatever it is you are doing, dwelling on no thoughts. Present AS the Moment at any task always leads eventually to a certain kind of boredom because everything gets done with a lot of extra time on your hands {8-> Try it, you may realize that the whole break idea was a left over April Fools joke {8->
No ?
Subject: RE: Dualistic NonDuality
From: "Ragland, Thomas" <TRagland@UMCOM.ORG>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 06:49:51 -0500
In tarot, there is a spiritual journey represented. The journey begins by trying to be the hierophant, To go out into the dualistic world And discover truth from lies, right from wrong. The journey ends by taking the roll of the fool, To add up to zero all of the positives and negatives. As the hierophant aspiring to be spiritual, The gateway to the heart is blocked. But as the fool returning with nothing left to prove The gateway to the heart is opened.
Subject: People Are Funny
From: ejLight@light-mission.org (E.J.)
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 04:34:15 GMT
Greetings Community,
Just wondering..... What leads one to try to understand that seemingly mystical term *Spirituality* ? Is it a disenchantment with one's already established understanding of Spirituality ? Or a disenchantment with themselves ? Or both ? And why does one *react* to any given interpretation other than the one they have established ? A disenchantment about being wrong ? And why does one Seek if one does not want to Find ? To establish a different Game ? Art Linkletter was right, "People Are Funny". No ?
Subject: Sleep
From: ejLight@light-mission.org (E.J.)
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 17:57:13 GMT
Greetings Community,
There is only one way to rectify the malady of Sleep, and that is to Wake-Up. That is, let go of toxic conditioned ideas and meanings and notions of all sorts. See the defilement, one by one, conditioned idea by conditioned idea, and stop practicing them. Some of them will be easy habits to stop doing, yet others will be deeply rooted and will take much effort to let go. No one ever said Awakening was easy, because if it was everyone would be Awake. Yes, "just go and live" with a qualifier of do not regret the past and do not dream of greener pasters. BE Present. And the only way you can BE Present to be without conditionings. The only Real Moment is the one you are Presently in, so why bother with a past or future that is not Real. What was the past established the Present the same as what is Present will establish the future, so the task is BEing the Present so the future will turn out as is should (conceptually speaking). It is True that another can not Save you, even by Pointing to your Salvation, so it is a Walk you must Walk yourself. We need Pointers but we also need to work on getting rid of conditionings so we can See where the Pointers Point. That is why it is stressed from here that one of the preliminaries of Awakening is to start work on ourself by dropping conditionings. The more conditionings we let go the Clearer we can See where the finger Points.
An obvious conditioned notion to drop is that there are any answers to look for. "Closure", some call it. There is no need for closure because Awakening is an ongoing Unfoldment.
Here is an exercise, that can be practiced with any given attribute of our True Nature. Disregarding the sense orientation that your definition of *kindness* may be, practice that meaning in a universal way with everyone and everything. Perhaps a distorted practice based on your particular definition at this time but it is a start just to experience what it is to BE kindness. Focus your attention on whatever it is that you are doing any given Moment and practice BEing kindness. There is an old joke that floats around about when a peice of machinery or equipment does not work quite right, it is said to hug it or give it a love pat or think loving thoughts about it and treat is as an equal. Everyone chuckles, but it is True that when focussed on BEing kindness everything seems to work much smoother. Kindness is just an example to get into the practice of Presently BEing whatever it is that you are Presently doing. You see, you can not focus on practicing anything other than the Present so the exercise is the practice of Present Moment Presence. Which should be applied to anything you are doing, whether it be washing the car or taking out the trash or playing with the kids or studying for that exam or interviewing for that job or coming home and seeing the wife or girlfriend sitting in an armchair reading a good book. BE where you are and BE what you are doing and BE yourself. With enough conditioned notions dropped you will get to Realize/Recognize/Understand where you are and what you are doing and even "know thyself".
Why not try it ? What is there it lose ?
Live life, give it it's meaning by BEing it. Life is a day by day adventure that may not be at our disposal tomorrow. "Die to yourself each day", it has been said. So BE the day that IS at Present. We can naturally plan for a pleasant tomorrow but what is done right NOW will determine the outcome so NOW is where we must focus our attention. Our day dreaming tends to distract us from seizing the Moment. So BE the Moment and all else will work out all by itself without our projecting this and that into it.
Subject: RE: People Are Funny
From: "Ragland, Thomas" <TRagland@UMCOM.ORG>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 08:57:26 -0500
I think it is a disenchantment with Being defined by labels. It is a quest for the innocence of being real Within the game of playing parts. For will to be free It must break off all of the programming To truly direct Now demands being in control Instead of being told what to think and want and do.
Subject: Re: Ha
From: ejLight@light-mission.org (E.J.)
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 22:23:33 GMT
-> >No one Saves us but ourselves, no one can and no ->one may -- others may Point to the Path, but we ourselves must Walk the ->Way. -> ->MORSEL: If a man points at the moon, an idiot will look at the finger. ->--Sufi wisdom
So..... then..... if one pointed to the finger..... would one look at the moon ? Is that which is contrary, the same ? Or is that which is the same, contrary ? Is all what it seems ?
Subject: RE: People Are Funny
From: "Ragland, Thomas" <TRagland@UMCOM.ORG>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 10:51:18 -0500
If there is no control And no direction Then do you sit still when The light turns green?
There is no doing without control Only mindless reaction. There is no being without direction For to stop moving is to cease to be.
The direction of now must be controlled By the direct experience of what is. Yet that experience is controlled and directed By the one who has finally arrived at now.
Imagine walking meditation Without control, without direction All of the karmas would run over the meditator, And the dogmas would bite at the illusion That standing still has arrived at all.
Subject: RE: People Are Funny
From: Sharlene <sharlene@light-mission.org>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 07:16:27 -0700
> >To truly direct Now demands being in control >Instead of being told what to think and want and do.
There is no control in the now. Control is an illusion as is direction. . There is just doing and just being.
Subject: RE: People Are Funny
From: Sharlene <sharlene@light-mission.org>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 09:40:18 -0700
At 10:51 AM 14/04/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>If there is no control >And no direction >Then do you sit still when >The light turns green?
Do you control the turning of the light to green? Is it the control that steals the moment? Is it the direction that steals the moment?
>There is no doing without control >Only mindless reaction.
And only mindless reaction when one is not focusing on what is within the moment, doing what must be done, instead of concentrating on controlling the moment.
>There is no being without direction >For to stop moving is to cease to be.
there is only being when not dwelling on the direction. One does not think of completion while doing the job. The moment is within the doing of the job.
>The direction of now must be controlled
And who chooses the direction? Is not the direction known only within the moment of now? You can plan on driving to town, but you may not make it to town.
>Yet that experience is controlled and directed >By the one who has finally arrived at now.
The mind may try and control the moment or the experience, and yet, for the one who has arrived, there is no thought or recognition of a direction. There is no goal, there is no path. There is no control.
>Imagine walking meditation >Without control, without direction
Imagine trying to meditate with control and direction. You would constantly be outside the experience trying to direct it.
I'm late, will be back later,
Subject: RE: People Are Funny
From: Bonnie <milks63@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 09:18:09 -0700 (PDT)
Being still arn't all lights green?
Being mindful what is to control?
Can't the direct experience just be?
Who is to arrive? Where is Now?
Imagine? Control? Fear? Grasping?
Who Knows?
Subject: Re: People Are Funny
From: ejLight@light-mission.org (E.J.)
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 21:44:36 GMT
Greetings Tom, you wrote: ->If there is no control ->And no direction ->Then do you sit still when ->The light turns green?
*Roaring Laughter* Seems to be more of a *reflex* to put the peddle to the medal when the light turns green. But the analogy does not really address the control/direction issue. But from the *outside looking in* (conceptually speaking) it would seem that there is some form of control and direction. But AS the Present Moment, that is not the way it is. First, we *learn* that when the light turns green we are supposed to move from the stopped position so as not to get in the way of others who may be behind us. Sort of a curtesy of the road, not to mention obeying traffic laws (which you said you would do when you got a driver's license to be at that stop light in the first place).
->There is no doing without control ->Only mindless reaction. ->There is no being without direction ->For to stop moving is to cease to be.
There is the fallacy of our arrogance, we are conditioned to be *Masters Of Our Destiny*. Yet Whatever-IS simply IS regardless of our likes and dislikes, so there is not much control there. Sleeping, we *judge* what we are going to do at any given Moment as reaction to Whatever-IS (we have to be in control of ourself and our environment). Yet, Awakening, Present that very Moment that Whatever-IS IS, we can only do what needs doing (which is actually the continuous Flow of Whatever-IS that Present Moment) so there is no control or even direction -- it just gets done without even anyone doing it. The basic fallacy of Dualism, there is something that needs to get done and there is someone to choose whether to do it or not. Mindless as in Mindful, yes. For it is through the mysterious working of the so called *monkey mind* that we *react*, so "mindless reaction" is an oxymoron in that Mind-lessness is Mindfulness. BEing, when Directly Experienced AFTER Dualistic notions are let go, is a state of Mindful Timeless Pathless Wayless Eternal Infinite Presence at Present. If you *think* there is some direction or control AS that state, it is suggested that you try it and find out for yourself {8-> Life itself is movement so that is not at question, the indwelling structure of atomic matter. Movement will BE regardless whether one is BEing or not.
->The direction of now must be controlled ->By the direct experience of what is. ->Yet that experience is controlled and directed ->By the one who has finally arrived at now.
Direction implies something to direct and control implies someone to direct it. Dualistically this is so. But NonDualistically there is nothing to direct and no one to control it. Your whole offering is based on Dualistic premiss, thus faulty from the start because there is not Two in NOW. NOW implies Nothing, Zero, not Two. You can not take the goodies from both and combine them to call it something other than what it is, confusion. When building beliefs on sand, regardless of the perfected construction, the beliefs will not stand the shifting sands other than in our mind. When we do not start our discernment out on the right foot it will always undermine our best intentions. You can not hold water in a sieve. The control and direction we contrive is solely the projections of our conditionings, delusions of Dualism, and really have no basis in BEing What-IS.
->Imagine walking meditation ->Without control, without direction ->All of the karmas would run over the meditator, ->And the dogmas would bite at the illusion ->That standing still has arrived at all.
*Roaring Laughter* Dualistically, what you say seems possible. But in True Meditation, walking or full lotus, there is no one meditating. Again, building a belief on a false premiss. IF you really want to see the fallacy in your presentation, Drop the Dualism Stick you keep beating yourself with and BE NonDualistic. Jesus did say that we had to get the Two back to One. THEN you will wonder how you arrived at such *conclusions*. Books and study materials are good reference but when used as a pillow will not mystically seep in and BE a Direct Experience. You have to Walk that Walk yourself. THEN you will Know for sure, and only THEN.
Subject: Re: People Are Funny
From: ejLight@light-mission.org (E.J.)
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 05:50:37 GMT
Greetings Community,
To "know thyself" is to Realize/Recognize What-IS, thus Realize/Recognize What-ISNOT. Seeing the defiled wretch that we have become in the Mirror Of Truth. THEN doing whatever needs done to correct that malady. Ah, but to understand one's *Spiritualness* (Spirituality) is more akin to understanding one's True Nature. And that can not be understood but rather must BE one's state of BEing. BEing one's True Nature is the only way to understand it, and even then it is not a mental understanding. Wisdom is little more than the Clear obvious Realization/Recognition of What-IS/What-ISNOT, a sort of byproduct rather than a goal. Without beginning or end.
Nothing established, as Awakening is an ever anew Eternal Infinite Unfolding Presence AS the Present Moment. Nothing believed or known, as Awakening is just another word for nothing left to let go. No Wings, not Angel nor Parrot. No Hollywood Stars, not Masks nor Makeup nor Script. In fact, no one.
There is no Truth in knowledge, as it is the seeming *known* that Veils Truth. Many Seek knowledge and Fear Truth. The acquisition of knowledge is but a byproduct of an Evolved/Involved body/mind form. If we want to be intelligent we lean something new each day, yet if we want to BE Truth we must forget something we have learned each day (conceptually speaking). Most are to lazy to seek knowledge and too conditioned to seek Truth, thus Sleeping Humanity. Attested to by humanity's modus operandi, which is conflict and war and greed and corruption and hate and crime and all manner of ills. A few, a very few, seek their mental End, as ephemeral as the mind is, and Embrace What-IS Truth/Reality because actually THAT is all there IS.
Subject: RE: People Are Funny
From: "Ragland, Thomas" <TRagland@UMCOM.ORG>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 07:10:36 -0500
It seems to me (more self stick beating, I suppose) That NonDualism only works as a state of mind That all is one and there is no separation.
But I can take my dualism stick and write out a check To help detached situations out there, To make sure I get in to "my" car instead of another's, To eat by putting food into "my" face instead of the trash can.
While dividing everything distracts from the unity of all, It does have the practicality of letting us go to work, And define family and goals and plans and Just perhaps (more self stick beating, I suppose) There are lessons to be learned in the direct experience Of a well lived life.
I can control the event of going to the park And being one with the singing birds and the wind in the trees And that is good, a fleeting nondualist state of mindfulness, But eventually the break is over And I have to go back to my dualistic office And create dualistic programs for binary computers to run.
If you have a way for me to mindfully live out my life On a practical and meaningful basis Without the dualism stick, I would appreciate you instructing me how to accomplish that.
Subject: RE: People Are Funny
From: Sharlene <sharlene@light-mission.org>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 06:26:34 -0700
Hi Tom, >It seems to me (more self stick beating, I suppose)
lol.
>That NonDualism only works as a state of mind
Being one who just had this conversation with another friend of mine. Non dualism is when duality no longer exists.
>That all is one and there is no separation.
Personally I thing that the above statement is over used by many. It's a concept that many speak of and dangle out there in cyber space as some romantic goal to work towards. For me, being one with all, is being able to see myself in everyone I meet. They all mirror a part of me. And the parts that cause me reaction, are the parts within myself that I find distasteful. Everything another does, we are capable of doing and until we can see that we are one in every way, we remain separate through judgement and denial. So far, this is truth as I have experienced it. Tomorrow? who knows?
>But I can take my dualism stick and write out a check >To help detached situations out there, >To make sure I get in to "my" car instead of another's, >To eat by putting food into "my" face instead of the trash can.
Dualism has nothing to do with what is physically or financially yours. If you bought it, it is yours. on loan as we all know cars never last. And neither does faces. Identifying oneself with what they see as "my" is dualism.
>While dividing everything distracts from the unity of all, >It does have the practicality of letting us go to work,
Yes, work, as a job for material wealth , invented by someone as a way of personal financial gain or an ego boost. The old thing of 'if you don't work, you don't eat' It is not people helping people where the gardener does the gardening for exchange of milk from the guy tending the cows. Doing what must be done within the moment, and with no thoughts to gain or power, is truly people helping people. You may pride yourself and your job or intelligence, but the boss takes more pride in what you are doing towards his gain. power and control. A little humility goes along way for peace of mind.
>And define family and goals and plans and
Allowing life to be lived is not setting goals or plans but being at peace where ever you are, or with what you are doing. One day at a time, one moment at a time. Make goals if you want, but don't get angry when life doesn't follow your plan. As for making plans for your family does not allow for free will or free thought. Your children are not your children,they are born through you. Each has their own path to follow.
>There are lessons to be learned in the direct experience >Of a well lived life.
Or life being lived through you.
>But eventually the break is over >And I have to go back to my dualistic office >And create dualistic programs for binary computers to run.
Are the programs also not one with you? Do you not stay within the moment of creation for creation to be done? Do your programs not dance to their own tune?
>If you have a way for me to mindfully live out my life
Allow life to be lived through you.
>On a practical and meaningful basis
Don't let the b----rds get you down. lol
>Without the dualism stick,
just be non dual.
>I would appreciate you instructing me how to accomplish that.
Let it all go. Don't claim anything as yours. Including your mind. Sometimes I think the mind is also on loan, it is not filled with anything other than what we have been taught, How can it be ours when others keep filling it with their stuff. Let knowledge flow through, use it when it is necessary, let the garbage flow. Some things are useful within the moment, they are tools, when the tool no longer fits the moment, let it go.
Don't take the job home with you and don't take home to the job. Be in the moment.
K.I.S.S. Shar just a babbling brook of words this am. lol
Subject: Re: People Are Funny
From: ejLight@light-mission.org (E.J.)
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 17:46:35 GMT
Greetings Tom, you wrote: ->It seems to me (more self stick beating, I suppose) ->That NonDualism only works as a state of mind ->That all is one and there is no separation.
Rather, a state of BEing Dear Friend. Inclusive of all states, mind set only being an element. The *Thousand Things* is only separated by appearance, a Multiplicity, yet a Unity in that All Essence or Substance is the same. When we Realize/Recognize THIS, All these seeming *things* are but multiple Steps in a single Dance. Elements not pieces, aspects not entities unto themselves.
->But I can take my dualism stick and write out a check ->To help detached situations out there,
Writing the check is very much an aspect of 'out there', they go hand in hand. Nothing happens beyond this connection. Everything done is done in connection with everything else, a clue that nothing is separate from anything else. Conditionings make a distinction, thus separate all things, even separate us from ourself, hence friction and conflict and war and greed and corruption and a myriad of ills.
->To make sure I get in to "my" car instead of another's, ->To eat by putting food into "my" face instead of the trash can.
We are conditioned to *possess*, thus *me* and *mine* and *you* and *your's* and *right* and *wrong* and *good* and *bad*, to the point of dispute as to which is which and which is *better*. Always in a constant turmoil of friction and conflict and war and greed and corruption and a myriad of ills. What worth is it to *own* that which is impermanent ? That which is here today and gone tomorrow. A vicious circle of pleasure and pain, relief and stress. Such state of mind is your captor, your prison, your confusion. Is the pleasure to own worth the pain of loss ?
->While dividing everything distracts from the unity of all, ->It does have the practicality of letting us go to work, ->And define family and goals and plans and ->Just perhaps (more self stick beating, I suppose) ->There are lessons to be learned in the direct experience ->Of a well lived life.
Again, is the pleasure of *thinking* we are the *master of our fate* worth the pain of a dead-end ? Is the gamble worth the prize ? Is it the instant gratification of the *thrill of the chance* ? Millions play the lotto but only one wins. Does rationalizing Dualism make it any less painful, any less friction and conflict and war and greed and corruption and a myriad of ills ?
->I can control the event of going to the park ->And being one with the singing birds and the wind in the trees ->And that is good, a fleeting nondualist state of mindfulness, ->But eventually the break is over ->And I have to go back to my dualistic office ->And create dualistic programs for binary computers to run.
Why take a "break" ? Why not BE that NonDual state of BEing continuously ? The office is not Dualistic, it is the Dualistic mind set of the people at the office that is Dualistic. Being totally absorbed in whatever it is that you are doing any given Moment is most NonDualistic, thus be totally absorbed all the time. Even when writing the check for the car payment. You miss the opportunity to get out of the Dualistic mind set by clinging to it. Your natural state is NonDualistic, look at the new born. "Be as little children", innocent of Dualistic affairs.
->If you have a way for me to mindfully live out my life ->On a practical and meaningful basis ->Without the dualism stick, ->I would appreciate you instructing me how to accomplish that.
Granted, cumbersome at first, not being used to it, because all our life we have been conditioned to the mind set of Dualistic thinking and behavior. Not the easiest of habits to break. But so natural, so flowing, so un-disturbing, even enchanting, thus more rewarding (in a non-phenomenal sense). Fraught with the obstacles strung about by Duality. But we are in this Alone, Islands unto ourself so to speak. The Dualistic notion of the *herd*, even as a individual within the herd, is a stumbling block to BEing Present. Identity and identification with this or that is limiting. A certain comradeship to be sure, as the parts are actually the Whole, Gestalt in every way. So too, as the Gestalt Whole is an Island unto itself the element is Alone unto itself. We can not Blame the other for our own shortcoming, yet we are to Blame when we do nothing to Cure the malady. Consent by silence makes robots of men.
BE Present Always in All Ways, Focussed nowhere other that the Present. All that is Dual must be Transmuted to that which is NonDual, "the Two again made One". THIS is the Key to NonDuality.
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect." -- Mark Twain
Subject: RE: People Are Funny
From: Ma <MaheshPradeep@dakwala.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 18:36:56 -0700
"While the mind is centered in the body and consciousness is centered in the mind, awareness is unattached and unshaken. It is lucid, silent, peaceful, alert and unafraid, without desire and fear. Meditate on it as your true being and try to be it in your daily life, and you shall realize it in its fullness. Mind is interested in what happens, while awareness is interested in the mind itself. The child is after the toy, but the mother watches the child, not the toy." - Nisargadatta Maharaj
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