Guest guest Posted March 29, 2001 Report Share Posted March 29, 2001 Dear Dan, Nisargadatta, Daniel Berkow <berkowd@u...> wrote: > All explanations are temporary, and > are formulations adequate to temporarily > soothe the one who seeks an explanation. > When one who seeks an explanation > isn't asserted, then no explanation is > required. Absolutely... this beauty has been seen and is. Some put names like " Cloud of Unknowing, " " Beyond the mind " and such but there are no names, no forms, no descriptions for 'this'. > Mystery opens to what is beyond mystery, > the most profound mystery, in which there > isn't someone who can say " I am mystified " ;-) Most profound and mysterious, and at the same time most ordinary. If language didn't require it... why even think of " I " ever again? > The bottom line is that the " Timeless One " > is not only unsplit, it includes all possible > possibilities as its unsplit nature, as it > is infinity. This includes the possibility > of " experiencing reality as if split " , which > is to say, " subject and object, such that > form is observed and experienced " . Namaste... > This world of experience > necessitates the sensation of time passing, > without which memory couldn't function, > and without which there couldn't be > perception/experience of/as form. It does, and yet form is not " I " unless perceived as such. It's interesting to note the strong focus Hinduism puts on " I am not the body, " especially in the beginning. Of course this asserts both the body and the " I, " but it supposedly acts as an aid to the breaking of identification of form with the sense of " I. " Perhaps there's 'something to it', it's an age-old inquiry. Love, Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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