Non-dual Police

August 21, 2001

Greg, a fine Vndist follow up story. I think Tony and possibly Dan,

constitutes a sort of rite of passage for non dualists on the net,

and most of us fail the test, at least once. (even the even keeled

and loving Glo has just fallen. {see recent post})

For me Dan is of a much higher caliber of attainment, and that

observation makes him much the more annoying of the two, at least to

me. He ought to know better. But there you are, my own personal

non-dual bete noire. Can there be a non-dual bete noire?

Who's asking?

Oh,no. Slap!

yours in the Vonds,

eric

August 21, 2001

Eric,

That reminds me of a story. What Tony calls VNDists I call the Non-dual

Police, protecting language from any perceived trace of dualism.

The story,

Several years ago, we had a satsang at a friend's home. Lovely group of

people, sitting, talking, reading, eating frozen yogurt. Some of the

attendees were non-dual police officers, avoiding the word "I" (but the

word "you" was fine). They would use terms like "this form," or "this

one"

or "the body/mind." Not only did they avoid the word "I" for themselves,

they wanted to make sure that others didn't use it either. Either that, or

perform self-inquiry after every locution of "I"! So a bit later, well

into the evening, we were speaking about movies. I said that I liked the

beautiful movie "Three Seasons," found it romantic, exquisite. One of the

police officers, a dear friend, said "WHO liked it?" At that point two

things happened. One, I retorted "Who wants to know?" And simultaneously

his girlfriend, not a nondual police officer, slapped him playfully in the

arm, saying "HONEY!! Don't do that!"

Bondlessly yours,

--Greg

At 08:59 PM 8/21/01 -0000, EBlackstead wrote:

>Wim & Friends,

>

>Wim asks:

> How many jnanis/jivanmuktis does it take to replace a light bulb in

>N.America?

>

>Answer:

>Who's asking?

>

>Just one more Vndication,

>Tony, Dan and the Vndist Reduction League

>yours in the bonds,

>eric

August 21, 2001

, Gregory Goode <goode@D...> wrote:

> Eric,

>

> That reminds me of a story. What Tony calls VNDists I call the Non-

dual

> Police, protecting language from any perceived trace of dualism.

Dear Greg,

Your story reminds me of something I started doing since Tony started

using that phrase of verbal nondualism. When ever I see the

word 'vandalism' in the newspaper, I think of

Tony's word 'verbal nondualism,' in his shortened form of vndism. And

from there vandalism turns into vndism. So I guess I could call them

the Non-dual thiefs. Protecting the owner from any perceived traces

of property.

With Love,

Mazie

>

> The story,

>

> Several years ago, we had a satsang at a friend's home. Lovely

group of

> people, sitting, talking, reading, eating frozen yogurt. Some of

the

> attendees were non-dual police officers, avoiding the word "I" (but

the

> word "you" was fine). They would use terms like "this form,"

or "this one"

> or "the body/mind." Not only did they avoid the word "I" for

themselves,

> they wanted to make sure that others didn't use it either. Either

that, or

> perform self-inquiry after every locution of "I"! So a bit later,

well

> into the evening, we were speaking about movies. I said that I

liked the

> beautiful movie "Three Seasons," found it romantic, exquisite. One

of the

> police officers, a dear friend, said "WHO liked it?" At that point

two

> things happened. One, I retorted "Who wants to know?" And

simultaneously

> his girlfriend, not a nondual police officer, slapped him playfully

in the

> arm, saying "HONEY!! Don't do that!"

>

> Bondlessly yours,

>

> --Greg

>

> At 08:59 PM 8/21/01 -0000, EBlackstead@c... wrote:

> >Wim & Friends,

> >

> >Wim asks:

> > How many jnanis/jivanmuktis does it take to replace a light bulb

in

> >N.America?

> >

> >Answer:

> >Who's asking?

> >

> >Just one more Vndication,

> >Tony, Dan and the Vndist Reduction League

>

> >yours in the bonds,

> >eric

August 21, 2001

- EBlackstead (AT) cs (DOT) com

Tuesday, August 21, 2001 6:57 PM

Re:Non-dual Police

Greg & Friends, Greg, a fine Vndist follow up story. I think Tony and

possibly Dan, constitutes a sort of rite of passage for non dualists

on the net, and most of us fail the test, at least once. (even the

even keeled and loving Glo has just fallen. {see recent post})

Oh NO! I've fallen and I can get up!!! LOL

Actually, I have given myself permission to annoy Tony back once for every ten times his

posts annoy me. Being mathematically impaired, sometimes I lose track.

Once I convinced someone that I periodically destroy my list image on

purpose ( for reasons too esoteric to explain briefly), but then you

are far too clever to fall for that one.

Tony must have a backyard full of goats, you think? He gets more than just mine.

Hahaha,

Gloria

For me Dan is of a much higher caliber of attainment, and that

observation makes him much the more annoying of the two, at least to

me. He ought to know better. But there you are, my own personal

non-dual bete noire. Can there be a non-dual bete noire?

Who's asking? Oh,no. Slap! yours in the Vonds, eric

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somewhere. No path goes nowhere. Paths, places, sights, perceptions,

and indeed all experiences arise from and exist in and subside back

into the Space of Awareness. Like waves rising are not different than

the ocean, all things arising from Awareness are of the nature of

Awareness. Awareness does not come and go but is always Present. It

is Home. Home is where the Heart Is. Jnanis know the Heart to be the

Finality of Eternal Being. A true devotee relishes in the Truth of

Self-Knowledge, spontaneously arising from within into It Self.

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August 21, 2001

The Non-dual Police Force is a lot larger than I imagined. They are

definitely in Colorado and in California as well. My friend heard

two people fighting and one actually yelled to the other, "THIS BODY

IS VERY ANGRY AT THAT BODY!"

Aren't we funny creatures?

Somebody's gotta be up there laughing.

I can see the angels above writing "LOL ROFL" in the clouds.

How very dual of me.

-

Gregory Goode

;

Tuesday, August 21, 2001 2:13 PM

Non-dual Police

Eric,That reminds me of a story. What Tony calls VNDists I call the

Non-dualPolice, protecting language from any perceived trace of

dualism.The story,Several years ago, we had a satsang at a friend's

home. Lovely group ofpeople, sitting, talking, reading, eating

frozen yogurt. Some of theattendees were non-dual police officers,

avoiding the word "I" (but theword "you" was fine). They would use

terms like "this form," or "this one"or "the body/mind." Not only

did they avoid the word "I" for themselves,they wanted to make sure

that others didn't use it either. Either that, orperform

self-inquiry after every locution of "I"! So a bit later, wellinto

the evening, we were speaking about movies. I said that I liked

thebeautiful movie "Three Seasons," found it romantic, exquisite.

One of thepolice officers, a dear friend, said "WHO liked it?" At

that point twothings happened. One, I retorted "Who wants to know?"

And simultaneouslyhis girlfriend, not a nondual police officer,

slapped him playfully in thearm, saying "HONEY!! Don't do

that!"Bondlessly yours,--GregAt 08:59 PM 8/21/01 -0000,

EBlackstead (AT) cs (DOT) com wrote:>Wim & Friends,>>Wim asks:> How many

jnanis/jivanmuktis does it take to replace a light bulb in

>N.America?>>Answer:>Who's asking?>>>Just one more Vndication,>Tony,

Dan and the Vndist Reduction League>yours in the

bonds,>eric/join