Guest guest Posted September 29, 2001 Report Share Posted September 29, 2001 Hi Sandeep -- Enjoying your frolics with Adya, and with the kind shepherd dude, who didn't want any wolves around ... (I guess two wolves would be one too many for him :-) My impression after hearing Adya speak once: He's a nice, friendly, cheerful kind of fellow, who trained in Zen, and who mostly speaks in ways that fit with traditional Zen teaching. He makes it clear he is " there " , that he's got no sense of clinging to self or Self, and talks about how realizing needs to be expressed as balanced ways of relating and participation in the world. There seems to be more than a hint of criticism of teachers who, unlike him, don't have balanced relationships, or who don't participate enough in the world. He's fairly young and was followed around by rather young people who seem to like his " satsangs " , and like the socialness of the occasion, and who try to catch every word he says, as if he's " there " where they hope to be. He has retreats to help them get it. I guess it's the old shell game of the one who is there and the ones trying to get there, with all kinds of helpful hints posted, like a bouquet that the bride throws to the happy throng of seekers. What a fun game, to follow around one who is " there " and who will help me to be " there " . I guess, reading below, all I have to do is just be still :-) Sounds familiar, somehow, like someone has said that somewhere before :-) Of course, that's all there ever has been, or ever will be. Where do these apparitions go, when apparitions fade away? Love, Dan --- Sandeep Chatterjee <sandeepc wrote: > > Hi Jan, > > Ah well. > > The dude Adya seems to be following me. > Just now, in another List, I was trying to decipher > what was being actually peddled by Adyashanti and > got howls of protest as to how I could question, > that beauty, that bliss, that serenity, that > stillness, etc etc. > > Maybe it's time for me to get thrown of another > List, eh Judi? > > Some conceptual deciphering, (evidently a crime > being committed, called deconstruction)....... > > - > Jan Sultan > sworkalpha > Saturday, September 29, 2001 05:21 PM > Adyashanti: Be still, > stillness, silent emptiness > > > Adyashanti on stillness, silent emptyness & > stoping the mind. > -------------- > Just stop and be still. > > San: > > To whom is A addressing this to? > > -------- > Listen to your Mail messages from any phone. http://phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 29, 2001 Report Share Posted September 29, 2001 d b wrote: > > > I guess, reading below, > all I have to do is just be still :-) > ********* Yeah, I thought that was pretty funny myself. :-) And for our next trick..... :-) lol -- Happy Days, Judi http://www.users.uniserve.com/~samuel/judi-1.htm TheEndOfTheRopeRanch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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