Dreams and Kicking Teachers

[Guest guest]

All this kicking can lead to bruises. Awareness, as a term or

condition should not be so easily dismissed.

Word games aside, nothing can be communicated about the states of

existence, by anyone or any teacher without that precondition. At

some point we all must acknowledge that there are both wise and

foolish individuals, and simply dismissing "awareness" as a trap or

foible of those who have not entered into the purest state of

non-duality is both likely to suggest that the writer so stating this

has fallen for the trap of hubris, as well as patronizing those who

might sincerely be attempting to come to greater understanding of the

nature of reality.

To sublimimate it all by saying "All is all" or that "awareness is a

trap" misses the essential nature of causality and conversation.

Someone says something and someone else replies. Agreement or

disagreement is optional...but at no time in my recent memory or

experience, has the state of non-duality been so overpowering that

neither the person beginning the conversation, nor those who

reply(replied) had opted for a state of silence because the

non-duality thing was just so obvious and intrinsic to their

existence.

Sure, I have no argument with you on the premise of non-duality as an

ongoing super-reality beneath our illusory existence(s); but really,

even that being noted--all of us engage in the functions of eating,

sleeping, working, talking, learning, etc. Since we do, despite the

ongoing super-reality, then this existence of learning and developing

must have a purpose.

If it must have a purpose---then it seems reasonable to suggest that

learning (since it seems intrinsic to our existence) must be one of

the prime objectives. If folks pose questions and seek to arrive at

deeper levels of cognizance in so doing, Dan, then I think it would

be a lovely thing if you would be supportive, rather than mock those

attempts.

All of us fall into various mind traps and illusions of

existence...because, by definition, we are all existing as creatures

of flesh, blood, mind, body and spirit. Sure, we're all just perfect

and dandy on some vast cosmic scale...we're all on the journey to

Samadhiville, but some of us are just getting glimses, some of us

have seen a lot, and will see more...and none of us has the Perfect

Apple of the Sun, or else if we did, we could just Grok that

knowingness and experience to all others and we would all enter into

the perfect non-duality state without effort, instantly and with no

tickets requiring validation.

So, I say all this in good humor...not meant to be petty or

picky...but folks out there might get the idea that you were

suggesting that they were in "error" and that you, naturally were

above all that sort of humaness.

Love,

Blessings,

Zenbob

(Working on losing 25 pounds of his illusional, but overweight self this summer!)