Hear- Hear! From Moller's List

[Guest guest]

Hello Moller,

 

Many thanks for your last post.

 

As usual you are very incisive and, dare I say it, a touch

controversial.

 

I must admit that I feel some doubt about where you are coming from

sometimes. Do

you possibly have a negative slant on some traditional teachings

(possibly

unconsciously) or do you really believe they are fundamentally flawed.

 

 

 

(M) Your observation is quite correct. My own enquiries into the vast

pool of traditional

teachings have brought me to the understanding that most of them are

fatally flawed as

far as being valuable instruments for teaching. They are all long on

descriptions of the

?truth?, yet fall rather short when it comes to offering detailed and

really valuable insight

into the processes and practices necessary for the removal of that which

obscures our

realisation of the reality they point to. I find the psychological

insights of these teachings

rather naive and basic and the forms of practice offered to us very

confusing and

limiting. In fact, I would go as far as to say that I have not come upon

one single

traditional ?approach? which to my understanding can stand on its own

relative to

offering a complete ?path? leading to freedom and the simplicity of the

living moment.

All the traditions come with too much baggage and most of the guru?s and

teachers

who teach from these traditional perspectives generally repeat all the

slogans and catch

phrases like a series of mantras.

 

 

 

In view of this I was forced by the mere intensity of my own impulse

towards truth and

understanding to abandon ALL paths and traditions and to selectively

take from what

they have to offer where it seemed appropriate to do so along my own

personal

struggle. In my own case I was greatly assisted by the teachings of J.

Krishnamurti, Zen,

Dzogchen and Da free John (Adi Da), and in the latter part of my enquiry

U.G.

Krishnamurti. In none of these could I find a complete teaching. But the

insights these

teachings brought to me seemed to have met most of my own particular

forms of

enquiry to the point where I no longer read or study for the purpose of

instruction. I find

my own understanding being to some measureable degree different from

these

teachings and my experience is simply an expression of how Life finds

itself in the

context of this particular individual person.

 

 

 

My own process is unfolding according to its own insight and it is these

insights I share

with the members of this group. I have no loyalty to any teacher,

tradition or teaching. I

have great thankfulness for the help I was offered by the teachers and

teachings

mentioned above. Mostly I am profoundly greatful to Life for showing me

that there may

indeed be a way out of the human dilemma of suffering, confusion and

bewilderment.

This I will continue to share as long as there those who care to listen

and hear me. And,

yes, because my own understanding and insights do not necessarily follow

any

particular lineage or tradition, they may well appear to be

controversial at times. I never

try to be controversial for controversial sake. The issues I am trying

to communicate on

are for me far too serious to allow for such non-sense. But please allow

me to say what I

have to say, and to be profoundly critical of all processes, not least

my own.

 

 

 

I think a clear distinction has to be drawn between that which makes us

feel good and

that which may be instrumental for the awakening of truth as non-dual

present reality. In

the first instance we seek, and inevitably find, that with which we feel

comfortable. We

mistake the psychological impulse towards searching for zones of comfort

with the

spiritual path. The true spiritual path cares little for that with which

we may feel

comfortable. It cares less for psychological security. The true path

leads to freedom

from exactly this impulse for psychological comfort and security, and

unless we are

sensitised (and have become sensitive) to this conflict of interest in

our enquiries, the

dominant force of our psychological being searching (and finding)

comfort and security

will control and condition our enquiry. So until, and unless we come to

the clear insight

that this impulse and its fulfillment is the very essence of insecurity

and human suffering,

we will remain caught up in the lesser aspect of our being, even while

we believe we

are profoundly concerned with freedom and truth.

 

 

 

If the traditions, our teachers and Guru?s or one?s spiritual path make

one feel good all

the time, make one feel one has finally got hold of something beautiful

and envigorating

(THE TRUTH), then it may be time to consider what I have been trying to

point to above.

The spiritual path should of necessity be a profoundly disturbing

activity to absolutely

ALL we hold as dear and good and holy. If it does not disturb and

re-look at all the

issues of one?s life, we have either not understood the teaching, or we

are not

practicing it with enough passion and commitment or one has a teacher

who is missing

the mark. And of course, the teaching itself may be flawed. And the only

true measure

we have to discern for ourselves whether we are fooling ourselves is to

develop clear

insight into the difference between ultimately looking for security, and

ultimately not

caring where our path may take us - the open enquiry itself being

sufficient unto itself.

And only if the latter is true of us, will we have established the

correct attitude towards

our enquiry into the possibility of freedom and human dignity.

 

 

 

Love for now.

 

Moller.

[Guest guest]

Dear Moller,

 

I like your insights. Of course the guru/teacher and teaching is within.

The question is: How do we awaken the teacher within? There is a new video

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of the Circulation of Light.

You address the major question for many of us about the old patriarchal

teachings. There is a new breed of us seekers: We need to know how to

awaken That which within us. This DVD silent video does it. To find it go

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