Guest guest Posted December 7, 2001 Report Share Posted December 7, 2001 Hi All, Lately, I've been thinking a lot about my conditioning and how the philosophy of nonduality has become the lens through which I see the world. No matter how much I may believe that this path holds the truth, as long as I make nonduality a path and a practice, it obscures the truth. Presence is not a path, a practice, a philosophy, or even a concept. It's that which I am, before I start trying to do, be, or become. This doesn't negate practice, but is that which is present before, during, and after practice. And, of course, to even say these words is to appear to present a philosophy. Such is the inevitable effect of putting silence into words. Namaste, Julie This is from: http://www.dailyzen.com Because you grasp labels and slogans, You are hindered by Those labels and slogans, Both those used in Ordinary life and those Considered sacred. Thus they obstruct your Perception of objective truth, And you cannot understand clearly. - Linji (d.867) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2001 Report Share Posted December 7, 2001 I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. J. Krishnamurti August 2, 1929 Ommen, Holland Thank you, Julie. On Fri, 07 Dec 2001 12:42:07 -0800 Julie Isaac <jei writes: > Hi All, > > Lately, I've been thinking a lot about my conditioning and how the > philosophy of nonduality has become the lens through which I see the > world. > No matter how much I may believe that this path holds the truth, as > long as > I make nonduality a path and a practice, it obscures the truth. > Presence is > not a path, a practice, a philosophy, or even a concept. It's that > which I > am, before I start trying to do, be, or become. This doesn't negate > practice, but is that which is present before, during, and after > practice. > And, of course, to even say these words is to appear to present a > philosophy. Such is the inevitable effect of putting silence into > words. > > Namaste, > Julie > > > This is from: > http://www.dailyzen.com > > Because you grasp labels and slogans, > You are hindered by > Those labels and slogans, > Both those used in > Ordinary life and those > Considered sacred. > Thus they obstruct your > Perception of objective truth, > And you cannot understand clearly. > > - Linji (d.867) > > > > > http://come.to/realization http://www.atman.net/realization http://www.users.uniserve.com/~samuel/brucemrg.htm http://www.users.uniserve.com/~samuel/brucsong.htm ______________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2001 Report Share Posted December 7, 2001 I agree with you, Julie. And, to say these words gives the impression that there is something to be communicated, and someone who needs to know about this. Yet, here is a world of wars, manipulations, and hostility. How has this situation arisen in the midst of "nonduality"? So, there is something to say. And yet ... and yet ... Namaste, Dan > Hi All, > > Lately, I've been thinking a lot about my conditioning and how the > philosophy of nonduality has become the lens through which I see the world. > No matter how much I may believe that this path holds the truth, as long as > I make nonduality a path and a practice, it obscures the truth. Presence is > not a path, a practice, a philosophy, or even a concept. It's that which I > am, before I start trying to do, be, or become. This doesn't negate > practice, but is that which is present before, during, and after practice. > And, of course, to even say these words is to appear to present a > philosophy. Such is the inevitable effect of putting silence into words. > > Namaste, > Julie > > > This is from: > http://www.dailyzen.com > > Because you grasp labels and slogans, > You are hindered by > Those labels and slogans, > Both those used in > Ordinary life and those > Considered sacred. > Thus they obstruct your > Perception of objective truth, > And you cannot understand clearly. > > - Linji (d.867) > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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