Paul-Illusory -- Is It?

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Hi Paul,

 

Yes... bliss (which is the Self) is indeed the furnace.

Once 'ignited' and burning spontaneously, it can burn down an entire

universe of so-called 'ignorance'.

 

Let it burn! :-).

 

Another way to state things about the dreams is, you are not in

control of events, you do things without being able to help it and

events appear before you without your conscious volition... the

illusion of a " doer " isn't there (at least in " my dreams " it appears

this way).

 

Volcanic Peace,

 

Tim

 

Nisargadatta, " Paul Cote " <pjcote@l...> wrote:

> As far as the sense of self-consciousness, I thought so, but better

> pay more attention tonight! I distinctly remember when I was

really

> trying to avoid sin and these beauties used to come into my dreams

> and I didn't want to sin and I would wake up. I also recall

getting

> into jams and being pretty much in despair and waking up and being

> glad it was not true. I don't know though, will pay more attention

> if I can...

>

> As far as my own self consciousness since doing yoga, it is a lot

> less. It even seems gone sometimes, and then something will happen

> to show me how un-surrendered I really am. I recognize the unity

of

> reality, that all is God, and then in prayer, thank God for the

> suffering. I see the apparent " other " as God. Underlying this

> suffering is deep bliss. I believe this is the furnace...

>

> Enter the Furnace

>

> Our Master spoke one day to a nobleman about mystical truth. He

> said, " in the state you have attained, you have become gold; now

you

> must transform even more of yourself into gold; you have to come to

a

> time when you will enter into the furnace, begin to boil, and offer

> yourself up for hammering on the anvil of mortification by the

blows

> of the Coiner, so you can become a ring worthy of Solomon or an

> earring that could adorn an Emperor. Most of the seekers you see

are

> just imitators; they will become authentic when they dare to enter

> the hearth of love, and when they endure on the anvil of patience

the

> blows of misery and suffer impossible situations; then, after many

> ordeals, they will find purity, and become the mirror of God. "

>

> Aflaki Andrew Harvey, Shambhala, The Teachings of Rumi

>

> and...

>

> For Love, Like for a Furnace

>

> My Soul's a furnace; it's happy with fire.

> It's enough for a furnace to be the house of fire.

> For love, like for a furnace,

> There's always something to burn--

> If you don't see this,

> You're not a furnace.

>

> Mathnawi, Andrew Harvey, Shambhala, The Teachings of Rumi

>

> So, it seems to me we have to burn up all of our samskaras in the

> Love of God...

>

> Hey, I wouldn't mind a short cut either... but I don't think there

is

> one.... Maybe there are differing realizations? I believe I

better

> not stop until there is no one left to do anything... and that is

> when I am in Love.

>

>

> Paul