Guest guest Posted March 19, 2001 Report Share Posted March 19, 2001 Nisargadatta, " Melody " <melody@s...> wrote: > I see 'vegging out', riding the rollar coaster > ride of 'relationships', alcohol and drug > use, corporate ladder climbing, etc. as very much the > same kind of earnest 'doingness' as going to therapy, > sitting 'zazen', or sitting at the feet of a Master. Agreed. But I would suggest that it's just this kind of earnest 'doing' that seems to prevent any kind of 'deeper' experience. The seeking is the 'problem', because there is nothing to find that isn't already here/now. Nisargadatta did not recommend earnest doing, he recommended earnest *Being*. His entire recommendation was to spend as much time as possible simply remaining with the 'touch of Beingness' or I AMness... and that's all. > All are expressions of seeking ....seeking ways of > stepping out of the world as they experience > it..... Aren't these things mentioned " the world as people experience it? " What ordinary experience reflects " stepping away from ordinary experience? " > a way of 'being' and suffering not. Certainly nobody wants to suffer. But that's not something I consider " under debate, " it seems most clearly obvious, and I would think to every living thing it is obvious. But the ways that people try to avoid suffering (resistance) usually just creates more of it. Namaste, Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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