Guest guest Posted December 12, 1999 Report Share Posted December 12, 1999 below i have pasted the quote of sri.n.mhj. i was referring to: Seeker If both dream and escape from dream are imaginings, what is the way out? Maharaj There is no need of a way out! Don't you see that a way out is also part of the dream? All you have to do is to see the dream as dream. Seeker If I start the practice of dismissing everything as a dream, where will it lead me? Maharaj Wherever it leads you, it will be a dream. The very idea of going beyond the dream is illusory. Why go anywhere? Just realize that you are dreaming a dream you call the world, and stop looking for ways out. The dream is not your problem. Your problem is that you like one part of the dream and not another. When you have seen the dream as a dream, you have done all that needs be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 12, 1999 Report Share Posted December 12, 1999 :-) Hi Devendra. Thankyou for finding Nisargadatta's quote & sharing. He has quite a flavour all unto Himself. He makes me smile. Devendra Vyas wrote: > "Devendra Vyas" <dev_vyas74 > > below i have pasted the quote of sri.n.mhj. i was referring to: > > Seeker > > If both dream and escape from dream are imaginings, what is the way out? > > Maharaj > > There is no need of a way out! Don't you see that a way out is also part of > the dream? All you have to do is to see the dream as dream. He is so firm isn't He? He makes me laugh! > Seeker > > If I start the practice of dismissing everything as a dream, where will it > lead me? > > Maharaj > > Wherever it leads you, it will be a dream. The very idea of going beyond the > dream is illusory. Why go anywhere? This reminds me of the no activity within activity phrase from the Bhagavad Gita Verse 18 Chapter 4. I will share Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's translation ~ maybe others have another version to share ~ "He who in action sees inaction and in inaction sees action is wise among men. He is united, he has accomplished all actions." MMY 'In action sees inaction': this means that while the mind is engaged with the senses & through them in the process of action, it is anchored to the silence of the inner Being. This anchorage provides the experience of silence in the midst of all activity. For the man who 'in action sees inaction', the permeation of the whole field of action by the non-active ever silent Being is a living reality. Action for him does not overshadow the state of inaction, or Being, that underlies it. He lives the ever silent Being that permeates all activities of senses, mind & body; he sees silence in activity & activity in silence. Here is a teaching which enables a man to enrich the liberation attained by theknowledge that 'it is the gunas which act upon the gunas'. It connects the active world of the three gunas with the silence of Being, & thus, on the level of silence, establishes the co-existence of the ephemeral & the eternal. It confirms the ultimate teaching of the Upanishads : 'purnamadah, purnamidam' ~ this manifested world of activity is full (purna), That life of absolute Being is full.' ~*~ Silence within sound ~ sound within silence. Knowing both & marrying the two as one. Such a paradox. Bye now, Love, Colette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 12, 1999 Report Share Posted December 12, 1999 This is really beautiful. Thanks Devendra-ji. > > Devendra Vyas [sMTP:dev_vyas74] > Sunday, December 12, 1999 11:43 PM > advaitin > colette/sri.n.mhj. quote > > "Devendra Vyas" <dev_vyas74 > > below i have pasted the quote of sri.n.mhj. i was referring to: > > > Seeker > > If both dream and escape from dream are imaginings, what is the way out? > > Maharaj > > There is no need of a way out! Don't you see that a way out is also part > of > the dream? All you have to do is to see the dream as dream. > > Seeker > > If I start the practice of dismissing everything as a dream, where will it > > lead me? > > Maharaj > > Wherever it leads you, it will be a dream. The very idea of going beyond > the > dream is illusory. Why go anywhere? Just realize that you are dreaming a > dream you call the world, and stop looking for ways out. The dream is not > your problem. Your problem is that you like one part of the dream and not > another. When you have seen the dream as a dream, you have done all that > needs be done. > > > Discussion of the True Meaning of Sankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy > focusing on non-duality between mind and matter. Searchable List Archives > are available at: http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ Contact Email > Address: advaitins > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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