Guest guest Posted April 22, 2003 Report Share Posted April 22, 2003 Hi Karta -- People tend to gravitate toward the familiar. They repeat what is familiar, because they know how to deal with it. Breaking from the familiar isn't easy, because there is a pull to the past, the known, thought-forms taken as reality. There are many ways that life breaks people from the known and familiar, in spite of their protests. This is, indeed, the essence of what life is, in terms of awareness. There can be teaching tools to provide new learning, new techniques, new information, new methods, and new practices. But, these then become familiar. So, whether or not one is involved with a method of teaching, there is the tendency toward the familiar and known. Ultimately, one considers death. With all the different events that constitute breaking-away from the familiar, death is the breaking away entirely from the familiar. That is why people generally aren't able to take in what death is. They project onto death their fantasies and wishes, their spiritual dreams, their dreams for continuity. The " teaching tool " for *understanding* is life as is, including whatever experiences constitute your life, and most decidedly, death. To claim you are promoting a teaching tool, how to use that tool, and so forth, becomes an investment in continuity. But the truth of death breaks you from any continuity. So, there isn't any " teaching tool " involved, just the truth of the situation of life as it is. To say there isn't any teaching tool doesn't mean at all anything like: you are perfect as you are, accept everything as it is and you'll be happy, don't do anything because nothing needs to be done. It's more like this: no avoidance is possible, you are confronted with every aspect of your attempt to continue, which is an attempt to escape the truth that is ... It is most demanding. It requires openness, honesty, nonavoidance, the relinquishment of answers, truisms, beliefs. The life one has been living is, essentially, a lie -- because it is based on continuing the idea of the past -- and thus is an avoidance of the truth that is ... So, what is slapping me in the face is far beyond a teaching tool -- Peace, Dan Realization , " satkartar7 " <mi_nok> wrote: > I except, that today Realization can > be void of holy dogmas and I think > that is why Dan likes the 'dirrect > approach' > > I hope, that he and Judi will come up > with a useful " teaching-tool " one day > > *understanding* YES indeed > > here are some of faulty consistencies > which when will not be posted; I'll > not have to correct Judi anymore: > > 1.every yoga or meditator is after > 'a high' and they are wrong > > 2. meditators are just masturbating themselves > > 3. vigilance means 'doing'... > > 4. who practices any sadhana wants > to be saved, or is after an experience > > analoges referring to " faggots in pink > tutus etc " > > awareness, Karta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2003 Report Share Posted April 22, 2003 Hi Dan, " dan330033 " <dan330033> wrote: > Hi Karta -- > > People tend to gravitate toward the familiar. > > They repeat what is familiar, because they know > how to deal with it. > > Breaking from the familiar isn't easy, because > there is a pull to the past, the known, > thought-forms taken as reality. > > There are many ways that life breaks people > from the known and familiar, in spite > of their protests. This is, indeed, > the essence of what life is, in terms > of awareness. > > There can be teaching tools to provide new > learning, new techniques, new information, > new methods, and new practices. But, these > then become familiar. > > So, whether or not one is involved with a method > of teaching, there is the tendency toward the > familiar and known. > > Ultimately, one considers death. > > With all the different events that > constitute breaking-away from the > familiar, death is the breaking > away entirely from the familiar. > > That is why people generally aren't > able to take in what death is. > > They project onto death their fantasies > and wishes, their spiritual dreams, > their dreams for continuity. > > The " teaching tool " for *understanding* > is life as is, including whatever > experiences constitute your life, > and most decidedly, death. > > To claim you are promoting a teaching tool, > how to use that tool, and so forth, becomes > an investment in continuity. > > But the truth of death breaks you from any continuity. > > So, there isn't any " teaching tool " involved, just > the truth of the situation of life as it is. > > To say there isn't any teaching tool doesn't mean at > all anything like: you are perfect as you are, > accept everything as it is and you'll be happy, > don't do anything because nothing needs to be done. > > It's more like this: no avoidance is possible, you > are confronted with every aspect of your attempt > to continue, which is an attempt to escape the truth > that is ... > > It is most demanding. It requires openness, honesty, > nonavoidance, the relinquishment of answers, truisms, > beliefs. > > The life one has been living is, essentially, a lie -- > because it is based on continuing the idea of the > past -- and thus is an avoidance of the truth that is ... and than the sun again rises and there begins an other day [banana fish] I thought, that ms Sargent Pepper uses a drilling-tool to wake up the Ranch ...must be my english again peace, Karta > > So, what is slapping me in the face is far beyond > a teaching tool -- > > Peace, > Dan > > Realization , " satkartar7 " <mi_nok> wrote: > > I except, that today Realization can > > be void of holy dogmas and I think > > that is why Dan likes the 'dirrect > > approach' > > > > I hope, that he and Judi will come up > > with a useful " teaching-tool " one day > > > > *understanding* YES indeed > > > > here are some of faulty consistencies > > which when will not be posted; I'll > > not have to correct Judi anymore: > > > > 1.every yoga or meditator is after > > 'a high' and they are wrong > > > > 2. meditators are just masturbating themselves > > > > 3. vigilance means 'doing'... > > > > 4. who practices any sadhana wants > > to be saved, or is after an experience > > > > analoges referring to " faggots in pink > > tutus etc " > > > > awareness, Karta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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