Guest guest Posted May 8, 2001 Report Share Posted May 8, 2001 On Tue, 08 May 2001 09:40:12 Joyce Short wrote: >Jean Klein: Because of the quality of the switch-over there was no doubt >that I could be taken again by duality, and this was confirmed in the days >and weeks that followed. I felt a recitification in my body and in my >brain, as if all the parts had found their right place, their most >comfortable position. You know, I have always had the idea that it feels right because it is the most energetically sound (physics wise) state of both brain and body = motor and sensory cortices. In one way, it's the return to the state of being natural evolution and selection (not spiritual "evolution" which is a human concept) has arrived at as optimum. >Jean Klein: Before, there was a looker looking at something. This was a >moment when there was simply looking without a looker. >Jean Klein: It belongs to the traditional approach, and so that of my >teacher, never to refuse or indulge in the coming up of qualifications, but >simply to ignore, and eventually forget about them. neither to look for >freedom nor avoid non-freedom. The mind simply ceased to play a role except >in a purely functional way. To play in the fields of the lord >Student: Can this non-dual state be described at all? > >Jean Klein: It is love where the mind is dissolved in love. The seeker IS >the sought, and is always so very, very near. Almost like it has to be a disappointment for some after having invested numerous years trying to reach something and then it's closer than your own skin. Thanks for sharing this with us, Joyce. IIRC Bernadette Roberts has described the path from the semi conditioned to the unconditioned state and its spontanous process quite well too. Love, Amanda. --"DOINK !" Get 250 color business cards for FREE! http://businesscards.lycos.com/vp/fastpath/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2001 Report Share Posted May 8, 2001 Hi Amanda, >You know, I have always had the idea that it feels right because it is the >most energetically sound (physics wise) state of both brain and body = >motor and sensory cortices. In one way, it's the return to the state of >being natural evolution and selection (not spiritual "evolution" which is >a human concept) has arrived at as optimum. "Natural evolution" is also a human concept. It's one of our myths. Which doesn't mean it's not so. It's one of our ways of understanding and structuring the world. Love, Dharma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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