Guest guest Posted February 15, 2000 Report Share Posted February 15, 2000 What unmitigated, unadulterated nonsense, what profuse and muggy muddle! what confusion and carping crap! what murk! what befuddlement! What shrinking mean spirited objectivity and how sad. But, on email terribly difficult to know whether you are serious and so Im assuming this is ironey and I do see the humor of it all and this is not the ravings of a mountebank. But, hey, lighten up -yer a young laddy with a heavy head - put down Maharshi and go have some fun - the rest of us will manage the path with out yer pointing finger jabbing and poking us along. Wa! Guru - J > That's good advice, in general. Of course, there's no overflowing surplus > of living, well-known " realized masters " right now, especially ones living > next door or in the neighborhood. The ones who *are* recognized these days > are basically engaged in a popularity contest, a sort of imitation of > Hollywood. Recognition seems to depend on quantity of disciples, or number > of books sold, and perhaps declaring oneself to be an Avatar or Maitreya > (amazing how many of *those* there are). The world is filled with > self-declared Jesus Christs - Ananda Mayi, Mother Meera, Meher Baba, > Maitreya... the list goes on and on. > >>I once heard the greatest Dzogchen teacher of the Nyingma >>lineage say with great conviction that he " knew nothing. " > > Gee, really? Pardon the sarcasm, but your addiction to Dzogchen is > laughable. As I see it, you have not learned to trust yourself, so you are > turned entirely outward, and seek truth not within yourself, but in > external teachings, especially in old, dead scriptures from long past. > Just the situation as seen from here. > > There is a living, breathing reality... and it is you. It is not in > scriptures or in teachings, it is you. Drop Dzogchen and find the master > " within " yourself. That is the only master there is. > >>as for me - Im really interested in what others practice and the fruits of >>that practice - although perhaps Im in the wrong chat group. J > > Perhaps, because I believe you're really only interested in hearing about > things as they relate to Dzogchen. > > The only truth to be known is in silence, in solitude, in aloneness, in > direct " inner " experience. All else is a lie. > > Zen masters like to say that the Buddha uttered millions of lies... can you > believe that? They will also burn a statue of Buddha on a cold night to > keep warm. They know they are Buddhas, and the historical Buddha has been > dead thousands of years. > > With Love, > > Tim > > ----- > Sum Ergo Sum > > 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 > > --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- > > FREE ADVICE FROM REAL PEOPLE! Xpertsite has thousands of experts who > are willing to answer your questions for FREE. Go to Xpertsite today > and put your mind to rest. > <a href= " http://clickme./ad/XpersiteCPC " >Click Here</a> > > ------ > > ..........INFORMATION ABOUT THIS LIST.......... > > Email addresses: > Post message: Realization > Un: Realization- > Our web address: http://www.realization.org > > By sending a message to this list, you are giving > permission to have it reproduced as a letter on > http://www.realization.org > ................................................ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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