Guest guest Posted April 25, 2001 Report Share Posted April 25, 2001 ----Original Message-----Sarlo [sarlo (AT) globalserve (DOT) net]Thursday, October 14, 1999 5:43 PMNondualitySalonRe: [NondualitySalon] Re: I?"I may not know who i am but i can be sure of one thing, THAT I AM, so i just have to keep asking who i am (or where or why or wha for that matter)." The difficulty is that i am not sure and cannot be sure that i indeed am.My one sure point of reference is that i do not know. This "sure point of reference" may seem pretty insecure but what's wrong with it? I am bolstered in this safe port in the ontological storm by seeing everywhere people claiming to know, their knowing apparently being very attractive to seekers mired in the metaphysical swamps, who want some assurance about something, excuse the mixed metaphors. Their knowing could well be the truth, or at least their truth, so great!, but oftentimes it's not.Looked at from a different point of view, not knowing can be quite positive. It is wonder, awe, mystery. Not knowing is no impediment to acting decisively when that is needed. And the beauty: not knowing is easy and fun and you can do it in your spare time at home._______________ Beautiful, Sarlo! Perhaps it is this fog of "unknowing" that one must intuit clearly and hold onto. It can bring the existential sorrow and universal tears to some. It can bring one to his/her knees as the ontological storms appear to rage on all sides. One has to learn to live with it, I believe, on some paths at least. Gradually and slowly and carefully and mindfully one travels this road which leads nowhere really, because where can any road go. Just to another destination. And then what? Where does one go then? But perhaps this metaphysical loneliness when carried to the extreme allows the surrender to take place. A weary and a tired traveler is ultimately left without a choice. Perhaps it is the preface to recognizing Grace and that Supreme Aloneness that is Whole and One, and THAT I AM.Harsha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2001 Report Share Posted April 25, 2001 , "Harsha \(Dr. Harsh K. Luthar\)" Hi Harsha, Thank you Sarlo and Harsha. Not knowing is 'the Intelligence of Innocence' or the 'Beginner's Mind' that Zen speaks about. Love, James <hluthar@b...> wrote: > ----Original Message----- > Sarlo [sarlo@g...] > Thursday, October 14, 1999 5:43 PM > NondualitySalon > Re: [NondualitySalon] Re: I? > > > "I may not know who i am but i can be sure of one thing, THAT I AM, so i > just have to keep asking who i am (or where or why or wha for that > matter)." The difficulty is that i am not sure and cannot be sure that i > indeed am. > My one sure point of reference is that i do not know. This "sure point of > reference" may seem pretty insecure but what's wrong with it? I am bolstered > in this safe port in the ontological storm by seeing everywhere people > claiming to know, their knowing apparently being very attractive to seekers > mired in the metaphysical swamps, who want some assurance about something, > excuse the mixed metaphors. Their knowing could well be the truth, or at > least their truth, so great!, but oftentimes it's not. > Looked at from a different point of view, not knowing can be quite positive. > It is wonder, awe, mystery. Not knowing is no impediment to acting > decisively when that is needed. And the beauty: not knowing is easy and fun > and you can do it in your spare time at home. > _______________ > Beautiful, Sarlo! Perhaps it is this fog of "unknowing" that one must intuit > clearly and hold onto. It can bring the existential sorrow and universal > tears to some. It can bring one to his/her knees as the ontological storms > appear to rage on all sides. One has to learn to live with it, I believe, on > some paths at least. Gradually and slowly and carefully and mindfully one > travels this road which leads nowhere really, because where can any road go. > Just to another destination. And then what? Where does one go then? But > perhaps this metaphysical loneliness when carried to the extreme allows the > surrender to take place. A weary and a tired traveler is ultimately left > without a choice. Perhaps it is the preface to recognizing Grace and that > Supreme Aloneness that is Whole and One, and THAT I AM. > > Harsha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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