Guest guest Posted October 26, 2001 Report Share Posted October 26, 2001 We don't have awareness, we are awareness. And awareness is love. When it is wide open, when it is not fixated on some narrow and contrived identity, some narrow craving, argument, irritation, or fear, the nature of awareness is unconditionally affectionate, tender, sensitive, and compassionate. Advaita Vedanta, Christian meditation, the Buddhadharma, Kabbalah, Vipassana, Tibetan Dzogchen, Zen practice, Sufi practice, and all true forms of mysticism, at their very best, are simply doors to this discovery. The radical, unconditional mercy of Jesus, the uncorrupted compassion and understanding of the Buddha - these are just metaphors for your own pure heart, the core of your own being. Yours, mine, everyone's. Your life is Love's life. If you try to take it away, if you try to limit it in an attempt to satisfy some mental or emotional obsession with security or pleasure, you will, in short order, find yourself habitually wandering through any number of hell realms of envy, fear, worry, possessiveness, jealousy, sorrow, stress, frustration, rage, craving, addiction, greediness, competitiveness, pettiness, loneliness, depression, or whatever. If you doubt that in even the slightest way, watch self-centered thinking very closely, and see where it all leads, over and over and over again. How to bring hell to its end? Stop taking mental images and stories about yourself and other people seriously; stop indulging in them as if they are important, as if they might be reliable or useful, as if they actually mean something. Self-centered thinking, all self-centered thinking, is a kind of insanity. It is neither honest nor accurate, and is a constant, hurtful distraction from all that is. Even though there may be secure and familiar sensations of endocrine and nervous system habit, it is a pathological luxury you cannot afford. (If you want to be awake and free, that is.) The irony is that when you let go, when you give it up completely, the peace and security you sought in so many limited and transient forms, is everywhere. The word "enlightened" simply refers to life without a past or a future, life without self-centered fantasy (all of which is made up of nothing but memory). Sex fantasies, romantic fantasies, money fantasies, power fantasies, political fantasies, prestige fantasies, security fantasies, control fantasies - there is no reality, no love, and no freedom in any of them. Stop indulging in that kind of escapist daydreaming, and you will suddenly realize that you are the world, all of it unfolding, moment-by-moment. You are the whole thing, and every sight, every sound, every smell, taste, feeling, thought, experience and circumstance, everything that takes birth, lives out its life, and dies, is you. The idea of separate identity, whether neurotic or grandiose, with all of its competitive and conflicting desires, using people, judging or blaming yourself or other people, none of it makes sense anymore. In fact, the memory of all such activity breaks your heart. What is it like? It's not like anything you could ever imagine or think about. The world is absolutely complete and serene, and you are struck dumb with infinite love and wonder. Words like good, bad, right, wrong, me, mine, you, yours, us, them, beauty, ugliness, loneliness, division, or isolation no longer mean anything at all anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2001 Report Share Posted October 26, 2001 Jan, Scott & Friends, Jan wrote: We don't have awareness, we are awareness. And awareness is love. When it is wide open, when it is not fixated on some narrow and contrived identity, some narrow craving, argument, irritation, or fear, the nature of awareness is unconditionally affectionate, tender, sensitive, and compassionate. Advaita Vedanta, Christian meditation, the Buddhadharma, Kabbalah, Vipassana, Tibetan Dzogchen, Zen practice, Sufi practice, and all true forms of mysticism, at their very best, are simply doors to this discovery. The radical, unconditional mercy of Jesus, the uncorrupted compassion and understanding of the Buddha - these are just metaphors for your own pure heart, the core of your own being. Yours, mine, everyone's. eric again: This may be true, Jan, and I personally believe it. But it is important to remember that it is the act of proving it out in at least one other mind (one's own) that matters. Our Vndist friends so often forget this in their rhetorical "who wants this, or who wants that" questioning of other readers, rather than themselves, on these sites. The value of these truths is only reaffirmed when someone proves them out again in their own individual life. This is the only reason we tolerate such cheeky questioning from the likes of Ramana Maharshi or Nisargadatta Maharaj. yours in the bonds, eric , Jan Sultan <swork@a...> wrote: > > > We don't have awareness, we are awareness. And awareness is love. When it > is wide open, when it is not fixated on some narrow and contrived identity, > some narrow craving, argument, irritation, or fear, the nature of awareness > is unconditionally affectionate, tender, sensitive, and compassionate. > Advaita Vedanta, Christian meditation, the Buddhadharma, Kabbalah, > Vipassana, Tibetan Dzogchen, Zen practice, Sufi practice, and all true > forms of mysticism, at their very best, are simply doors to this discovery. > The radical, unconditional mercy of Jesus, the uncorrupted compassion and > understanding of the Buddha - these are just metaphors for your own pure > heart, the core of your own being. Yours, mine, everyone's. > > Your life is Love's life. If you try to take it away, if you try to limit > it in an attempt to satisfy some mental or emotional obsession with > security or pleasure, you will, in short order, find yourself habitually > wandering through any number of hell realms of envy, fear, worry, > possessiveness, jealousy, sorrow, stress, frustration, rage, craving, > addiction, greediness, competitiveness, pettiness, loneliness, depression, > or whatever. If you doubt that in even the slightest way, watch > self-centered thinking very closely, and see where it all leads, over and > over and over again. > > How to bring hell to its end? Stop taking mental images and stories about > yourself and other people seriously; stop indulging in them as if they are > important, as if they might be reliable or useful, as if they actually mean > something. Self-centered thinking, all self-centered thinking, is a kind of > insanity. It is neither honest nor accurate, and is a constant, hurtful > distraction from all that is. Even though there may be secure and familiar > sensations of endocrine and nervous system habit, it is a pathological > luxury you cannot afford. (If you want to be awake and free, that is.) The > irony is that when you let go, when you give it up completely, the peace > and security you sought in so many limited and transient forms, is everywhere. > > The word "enlightened" simply refers to life without a past or a future, > life without self-centered fantasy (all of which is made up of nothing but > memory). Sex fantasies, romantic fantasies, money fantasies, power > fantasies, political fantasies, prestige fantasies, security fantasies, > control fantasies - there is no reality, no love, and no freedom in any of > them. Stop indulging in that kind of escapist daydreaming, and you will > suddenly realize that you are the world, all of it unfolding, > moment-by-moment. You are the whole thing, and every sight, every sound, > every smell, taste, feeling, thought, experience and circumstance, > everything that takes birth, lives out its life, and dies, is you. The idea > of separate identity, whether neurotic or grandiose, with all of its > competitive and conflicting desires, using people, judging or blaming > yourself or other people, none of it makes sense anymore. In fact, the > memory of all such activity breaks your heart. > > What is it like? It's not like anything you could ever imagine or think > about. The world is absolutely complete and serene, and you are struck dumb > with infinite love and wonder. Words like good, bad, right, wrong, me, > mine, you, yours, us, them, beauty, ugliness, loneliness, division, or > isolation no longer mean anything at all anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 2, 2001 Report Share Posted November 2, 2001 amen & AMEN...now you're preachin'...HALLELUJAH!....talk to me, yes, beloved, sing it to me again....let's all stand up and raise our hands to heaven and sing....Oh, beulah land, sweet beulah land.....^^~~~~~ further up and further in, white wolfe - "Jan Sultan" <swork <sworkalpha Friday, October 26, 2001 3:54 PM You Are the Whole Thing - by Scott Morrison > > > We don't have awareness, we are awareness. And awareness is love. When it > is wide open, when it is not fixated on some narrow and contrived identity, > some narrow craving, argument, irritation, or fear, the nature of awareness > is unconditionally affectionate, tender, sensitive, and compassionate. > Advaita Vedanta, Christian meditation, the Buddhadharma, Kabbalah, > Vipassana, Tibetan Dzogchen, Zen practice, Sufi practice, and all true > forms of mysticism, at their very best, are simply doors to this discovery. > The radical, unconditional mercy of Jesus, the uncorrupted compassion and > understanding of the Buddha - these are just metaphors for your own pure > heart, the core of your own being. Yours, mine, everyone's. > > Your life is Love's life. If you try to take it away, if you try to limit > it in an attempt to satisfy some mental or emotional obsession with > security or pleasure, you will, in short order, find yourself habitually > wandering through any number of hell realms of envy, fear, worry, > possessiveness, jealousy, sorrow, stress, frustration, rage, craving, > addiction, greediness, competitiveness, pettiness, loneliness, depression, > or whatever. If you doubt that in even the slightest way, watch > self-centered thinking very closely, and see where it all leads, over and > over and over again. > > How to bring hell to its end? Stop taking mental images and stories about > yourself and other people seriously; stop indulging in them as if they are > important, as if they might be reliable or useful, as if they actually mean > something. Self-centered thinking, all self-centered thinking, is a kind of > insanity. It is neither honest nor accurate, and is a constant, hurtful > distraction from all that is. Even though there may be secure and familiar > sensations of endocrine and nervous system habit, it is a pathological > luxury you cannot afford. (If you want to be awake and free, that is.) The > irony is that when you let go, when you give it up completely, the peace > and security you sought in so many limited and transient forms, is everywhere. > > The word "enlightened" simply refers to life without a past or a future, > life without self-centered fantasy (all of which is made up of nothing but > memory). Sex fantasies, romantic fantasies, money fantasies, power > fantasies, political fantasies, prestige fantasies, security fantasies, > control fantasies - there is no reality, no love, and no freedom in any of > them. Stop indulging in that kind of escapist daydreaming, and you will > suddenly realize that you are the world, all of it unfolding, > moment-by-moment. You are the whole thing, and every sight, every sound, > every smell, taste, feeling, thought, experience and circumstance, > everything that takes birth, lives out its life, and dies, is you. The idea > of separate identity, whether neurotic or grandiose, with all of its > competitive and conflicting desires, using people, judging or blaming > yourself or other people, none of it makes sense anymore. In fact, the > memory of all such activity breaks your heart. > > What is it like? It's not like anything you could ever imagine or think > about. The world is absolutely complete and serene, and you are struck dumb > with infinite love and wonder. Words like good, bad, right, wrong, me, > mine, you, yours, us, them, beauty, ugliness, loneliness, division, or > isolation no longer mean anything at all anymore. > > > > /join > > > > > > All paths go 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. Welcome all to a. > > > > Your use of is subject to > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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