Fwd: Making fun of Advaita

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THE ABIDING FORMULA - The injunction to answer all questions with

"Don't go into your STORY, just abide in the SELF." Any question that

can't be simply anwered with this formula is dismissed as intellectual

mind stuff or mere involvement in one's personal story (MAYA).

Everything is very simple, and it you don't think so, you are just

caught up in the mind!

THE SILENCE COMPETITION - Contest to see who can stay silent longer

than the other. The person who speaks first still has a personal

story they are caught up in, and are therefore no longer abiding in

the Self. THE VULCAN COMPLEX - The importance of keeping your voice

tone very soft and even. Never show emotion or passion. Whoever

shows a trace of care or concern for anything is still attached and

caught up in more personal Story. THE PAPAJI PEDESTAL - It is

admitted that all beings are in reality the Self, and not their

personal identity. On the level of the Self, we are all the same and

all equal. The Self is not thought to have any unique qualities

differing from one person to the other. The particular body and

personality of the individual is considered incidental.

Paradoxically, the bodymind individual of Papaji is very special and

worthy of great admiration and devotion (but just don't call it

devotion). As George Orwell said, "We are all equal, but some are

more equal than others". RED LIGHT GREEN LIGHT - This is the

contradiction of advising that we don't need to have a teacher and we

don't need to come to Satsang. All we need is to stop everything and

just remain in Silence and Abide in the Self. There is nothing to

"get" at Satsang. At the same time one is encouraged to support the

teacher and the Satsang. DISSAPPEARING PERSONALITY TRICK - Now you

see it, now you don't. This is the amazing ability of the Advaitan to

have their personality absorbed in the Self at any convenient moment.

When this occurrs, they remain aloof and impersonal. Don't invite

them to dinner when this is occurring. And definately don't ask them

anything personal. "Who is hungry?".

These can apply at times to both the teachers and students of the

Papaji lineage of Advaita. All of this is to be taken with a grain of

salt. It is just enjoyable to make fun of things. You could say that

there is a dark side to everything, including the formal

Enlightenment paths. Show me the person who doesn't have a shadow,

and I will show you a person who doesn't stand in the sun very often.

 

LoveAlways -- Mazie & b

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