Guest guest Posted May 1, 2002 Report Share Posted May 1, 2002 Gregory Goode wrote: > > You're right Judy, I was talking about the peace that is awareness. > And there is an Extra Added Bonus too, which is the increase of the > regular kind of conditioned peace. With the kind of inquiry Jim is > talking about, even this everyday peace tends to increase. This peace > is a direct counterpart to anger, but tends to happen more on balance, > as anger happens less. > ***** Yes, like a Timex, it's the gift that keeps on giving. > I think it's a great teaching. It is pitched to a level which many > people are attuned to, and carves up the world of experience in > intuitive ways. There are other teachings that are consistent in ways > where this one is not consistent. But which would a person rather > have, consistency and suffering, or peace? > **** I'm not familiar with Jean Klein, except through Jim Dreaver, and we're on the same page so to speak. I think with teaching you have to be willing to get in the dirt which a lot of teachers will not do. They keep their " distance " up there on the " satsang cushion " if you know what I mean, which is really is of no help, except perhaps to a very few. In other words, if you want to teach someone how to swim, the best way is to get in the water with them. Judi > Love, > > --Greg > > At 02:51 PM 4/30/02 -0700, Judi Rhodes wrote: > > Dan wrote: > > Judi -- > > I like what he said about a feeling of deep peace, > he writes in a nice, poetic way. > > ******** Yes, Greg's such a sweetheart. > > But why would a feeling of deep peace be any more > real than a feeling of anger? > > ****** I believe he was speaking of the peace that is > awareness, > understanding, not " peace " that is dependent on conditions. > > Each occurs from me and of me ... each are my doing ... > > ***** Yes, but that's relative peace. > > A person's not just an appearance -- he/she's > a doing. > > ******* Yep, an activity. > > The persons appearing, and the objects appearing > to the persons, are equally my doing. > > ******** Absolutely. > > The awareness to which an object appears is > also my doing. > > ******* No doer, only awareness. > > Who is doing awareness involves no activity, > and isn't a subject or an object -- > each of which requires the other ... > > *** No one is doing awareness, it just is. > > -- Dan > -- > Happy Days, > Judi > > http://www.users.uniserve.com/~samuel/judi-1.htm > TheEndOfTheRopeRanch > http://www.livingston.net/allison/sacred01.htm > > Rev. Helen Hiwater, D.D. ... > " Straighten up and bow down! There's nooooo way around it! " > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2002 Report Share Posted May 1, 2002 snip > They keep their " distance " up there on the " satsang cushion " if you know > what I mean, which is really is of no help, except perhaps to a very > few. In other words, if you want to teach someone how to swim, the best > way is to get in the water with them. > > Judi Yup, that's where the energy is. -- Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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