like a dog knawing on chair legs

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Bondage and liberation are opposites. Samsara and nirvana are opposites. Tat

tvam asi (Thou art That) means +you+ are beyond all pairs of opposites. How

can cold be experienced? Because of the experience of heat. Every experience

is based on opposites like beautiful/ugly, high/low etc. When it is seen

that experience is always about a pair of opposites and it becomes a bit

like "the same old song", one might ask, "who is the experiencer"?

 

There are many roads to find this out. The classical roads are a joy, when

compared to "the same old song, or worldly life as usual". An analogy is a

dog, gnawing on the legs of chairs. When it has gotten hold of juicy bones,

it will forget gnawing on the legs of chairs completely (or just discard

it).

 

The classical roads often are called 'roads to liberation'. When liberation

has been 'attained', it becomes obvious that there never was bondage nor

liberation, samsara nor nirvana. One's real nature has no opposites - how

can opposites be perceived, other than from a 'position' without opposites?

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Getting rid of dualism is like undressing in order to know one is born

naked.

Striving for eternal truth is like a fish in the ocean searching for wet

water.

Nothing leads to the Absolute, nothing leads from the Absolute and nothing

can change that.

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I find this woman? very interesting. this is from;

http://www.nonduality.com/jb.htm

 

who would have thought i'd be here in hawaii surfing and yet not on the

ocean?

 

shawn

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, shawn <shawn@w...> wrote:

> I find this woman? very interesting. this is from;

> http://www.nonduality.com/jb.htm

 

 

 

)))) well, surprise, Dear Shawn, that "woman" is none other than our

own Dear Jan! Here's an interesting bit from his site:

 

"There is a prize (for celibacy). It is called Self-realization and

starts with I AM. What is required is a desire for Truth and the

resolve to accept the consequences. With this prize, you are "at

home" irrespective of time and location. There is even a bonus called

liberation in a living body. Some call it unconditional Bliss (not

dependent of the fate of the body). So what are you waiting for? "

 

Sheesh --

i guess those guys back at the seminary were right after all!

 

LoveAlways,

 

b