Guest guest Posted September 21, 2003 Report Share Posted September 21, 2003 > Habitually conditioned to avoid fear and insecurity, most people > compulsively cling to what is familiar, even if it is very painful > and confusing. I have witnessed countless people turn away from the > experience and revelation of freedom because in that freedom there > is nowhere to hide and nothing to hold onto. As they begin to awaken > to a freedom that is profound, many turn back to a familiar > condition of struggle and confusion in an unconscious effort to > avoid stepping completely into the ungraspable and indefinable > mystery of liberation. Why? Because in that mystery there is > absolutely nothing for the personal ego to attain or define itself > by. > > This is not the liberation that most people envision when they start > out. Consciously or unconsciously most people envision a freedom > that they can attain and possess. So many who glimpse the > enlightened condition tell me that it is so much bigger than they > ever could have imagined. To realize that freedom is not something > that you possess, but something that possesses you, is often > experienced as shocking, frightening, and unbelievably liberating. > It is a revelation that swallows up the dream of a separate you and > reveals Self to be a limitless expanse. What I am describing is the > experience of Self void of any sense of selfhood, a timeless and > uncaused condition which is constantly birthing manifest existence > into form. > > To have a glimpse of this profound freedom requires very little, but > to live it requires the destruction of every concept of self you > have ever held or will ever hold. This freedom is a flame that burns > the need to struggle to ash and reveals the Self to be all there is. > > from The Impact of Awakening: Excerpts from the Teachings of Adyashanti J_Krishnamurti love, Karta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 Karta, Thank you for posting this here. I remember one Advaita teacher I read about in a website said "I am You. You are reading this because You wanted to help You, so I appear as different from You but I am not, I am You." That came to my mind immediately when I read this excerpt you posted. I had exactly this type of reaction in the face of some very profound experiences. Love, Frederico - satkartar5 Sunday, September 21, 2003 12:33 AM The Impact of Awakening > Habitually conditioned to avoid fear and insecurity, most people > compulsively cling to what is familiar, even if it is very painful > and confusing. I have witnessed countless people turn away from the > experience and revelation of freedom because in that freedom there > is nowhere to hide and nothing to hold onto. As they begin to awaken > to a freedom that is profound, many turn back to a familiar > condition of struggle and confusion in an unconscious effort to > avoid stepping completely into the ungraspable and indefinable > mystery of liberation. Why? Because in that mystery there is > absolutely nothing for the personal ego to attain or define itself > by.> > This is not the liberation that most people envision when they start > out. Consciously or unconsciously most people envision a freedom > that they can attain and possess. So many who glimpse the > enlightened condition tell me that it is so much bigger than they > ever could have imagined. To realize that freedom is not something > that you possess, but something that possesses you, is often > experienced as shocking, frightening, and unbelievably liberating. > It is a revelation that swallows up the dream of a separate you and > reveals Self to be a limitless expanse. What I am describing is the > experience of Self void of any sense of selfhood, a timeless and > uncaused condition which is constantly birthing manifest existence > into form.> > To have a glimpse of this profound freedom requires very little, but > to live it requires the destruction of every concept of self you > have ever held or will ever hold. This freedom is a flame that burns > the need to struggle to ash and reveals the Self to be all there is.> > from The Impact of Awakening: Excerpts from the Teachings of AdyashantiJ_Krishnamurti love, Karta/join "Love itself is the actual form of God."Sri RamanaIn "Letters from Sri Ramanasramam" by Suri Nagamma Your use of is subject to the Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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