Guest guest Posted July 16, 2005 Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 "That's the remarkable thing, isn't it? Enlightenment is ruthlessly intelligent. Peace doesn't get involved in any of the details -- one's historical, moral, religious, spiritual, racial, political, educational, or social background and so on. Not one iota. Wisdom cares nothing about these things. Freedom only knows of this one eternally present moment. That makes it all very, very simple -- no need to complicate it. With no historical or future entaglements, there is just this one immediate choice: Are you completely willing TO BE that which you say you love and revere, no matter what the circumstances? No pause, no hesitation, no deliberation. If you say yes and proceed to speak or think or act in a way that contradicts it, then it begs the question, are you serious about this? This simple question, "The way you are living this instant, does it work?" is profoundly useful. If it isn't working, then what will it take? If we are not wisdom, if we are not freedom, if we are not serenity this very instant, then what good is any of this? If we are, then in our very being here, we offer the most precious and joyful gift in the world to everyone around us. Infinitely more than thousands of philosophies or religions, or millions of words. It's that simple. from openmindopenheart dialogues Scott Morrison Words to My Beloveds, Anna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 16, 2005 Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 Anna, that's quite beautiful....thanks for sharing it. Love AllWays, Jim, "Anna Ruiz" <nli10u@c...> wrote: > > "That's the remarkable thing, isn't it? Enlightenment is ruthlessly intelligent. Peace > doesn't get involved in any of the details -- one's historical, moral, religious, spiritual, > racial, political, educational, or social background and so on. Not one iota. Wisdom > cares nothing about these things. Freedom only knows of this one eternally present > moment. That makes it all very, very simple -- no need to complicate it. With no > historical or future entaglements, there is just this one immediate choice: Are you > completely willing TO BE that which you say you love and revere, no matter what the > circumstances? No pause, no hesitation, no deliberation. If you say yes and proceed to > speak or think or act in a way that contradicts it, then it begs the question, are you > serious about this? This simple question, "The way you are living this instant, does it > work?" is profoundly useful. If it isn't working, then what will it take? > > If we are not wisdom, if we are not freedom, if we are not serenity this very instant, > then what good is any of this? If we are, then in our very being here, we offer the most > precious and joyful gift in the world to everyone around us. Infinitely more than > thousands of philosophies or religions, or millions of words. It's that simple. > > > from openmindopenheart dialogues Scott Morrison > > > > Words to My Beloveds, > Anna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2005 Report Share Posted July 17, 2005 Excuse my ignorance, but what has this got to do with Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi? Thank you... kutasthah , "Anna Ruiz" <nli10u@c...> wrote: > > "That's the remarkable thing, isn't it? Enlightenment is ruthlessly intelligent. Peace > doesn't get involved in any of the details -- one's historical, moral, religious, spiritual, > racial, political, educational, or social background and so on. Not one iota. Wisdom > cares nothing about these things. Freedom only knows of this one eternally present > moment. That makes it all very, very simple -- no need to complicate it. With no > historical or future entaglements, there is just this one immediate choice: Are you > completely willing TO BE that which you say you love and revere, no matter what the > circumstances? No pause, no hesitation, no deliberation. If you say yes and proceed to > speak or think or act in a way that contradicts it, then it begs the question, are you > serious about this? This simple question, "The way you are living this instant, does it > work?" is profoundly useful. If it isn't working, then what will it take? > > If we are not wisdom, if we are not freedom, if we are not serenity this very instant, > then what good is any of this? If we are, then in our very being here, we offer the most > precious and joyful gift in the world to everyone around us. Infinitely more than > thousands of philosophies or religions, or millions of words. It's that simple. > > > from openmindopenheart dialogues Scott Morrison > > > > Words to My Beloveds, > Anna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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