Guest guest Posted November 14, 1999 Report Share Posted November 14, 1999 Dear f. maiello, Your letter shows a great deal of understanding. I too have been communicating with someone recently who is going through a great deal of pain (perhaps even the same person). I especially liked what you said about moksha being a 'non-event'. Nothing really happens. If you watch a cloud slowly dissipating in the sky, there is no "dividing line" between when the cloud is visible and when the cloud is gone. It simply fades away. Such is moksha, and it will often appear when the person is least aware of it, and nothing is changed. Only, circumstances are known to be nothing but a tiny drop of water against the backdrop of the cosmic ocean, and "life circumstances" cease to be disturbing and can no longer cause misery or suffering. This does not prevent emotions such as anger, etc. but these emotions will usually come and go almost instantly. There may be anger, and then the anger is gone in five minutes. The concept of a "grudge" does not exist at all in moksha. There is no clinging at all anymore, everything in maya is known to be temporary. We are all the players in a play. We are acting out our parts. It is not serious, just as a play or a movie is not serious. When it is over, we "get up and walk away." And at last we can love without fear, give without needing something in return, know the heart of compassion. The paradox is that in knowing we are Brahman, we become more human. In giving up individuality, we become real individuals, not the phony set of defense mechanisms and walls and barriers and divisiveness and egotism that make up the "average person." There is a body here; there is a mind here. Neither of them are I. There is no identification with these. They exist temporarily, and will pass away with the passing of clock time. The body has needs according to its nature, such as food, riddance of waste, etc. The mind has needs according to its nature, such as to think and analyze, etc. But these things exist entirely independent of the reality. Hari OM, Tim At 10:50 AM 11/14/99 -0500, you wrote: >"f. maiello" <egodust > >hariH OM! > >recently i had two people on two consecutive >days approach me for advice on an identical >crisis they were ach having. the response >below, may be of help to anyone experiencing >such approach to the egoic 'endgame' crisis. > >shaanthiprem ----- "Truth is One; Sages call It by various names." Visit "The Core" Website at http://coresite.cjb.net - Music, Poetry, Writings on Nondual Spiritual Topics. Tim's other pages are at http://core.vdirect.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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