Guest guest Posted June 1, 2002 Report Share Posted June 1, 2002 Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj's Conversations-- " Learn to look without imagination, to listen without distortion: that is all. ~~~~Stop attributing names and shapes~~~ to the essentially nameless and formless, realize that every mode of perception is subjective, that what is seen or heard, touched or smelled, felt or thought, expected or imagined, is in the mind and not in reality, and you will experience peace and freedom from fear. " SNM ------------------------------ This is a description My Natural State, and Yours too. This can not be learned. This is not something " you " can do, or stop doing. This is simply a description of Your Natural State upon Waking Up from the hypnotic condition of believing yourself to be something you are not. El .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 2, 2002 Report Share Posted June 2, 2002 Yes, namaste, El and SNM -- I am not a self-conceptualizing being going through a perceptual experience of which I make meaning. That this fiction could be taken to be true only means that it is possible to imagine a center where none is. Everything isn't formless, like a white blob of light. So, I take the statement about formlessness like this: what is named is conventional and by consensus, what is true isn't named. -- Dan > > " Learn to look without imagination, to listen without distortion: > that is all. > > ~~~~Stop attributing names and shapes~~~ > to the essentially nameless and formless, > > realize that every mode of perception is subjective, > that what is seen or heard, touched or smelled, felt or thought, > expected or imagined, is in the mind and not in reality, > > and you will experience peace and freedom from fear. " > > SNM > > ------------------------------ > > This is a description My Natural State, and Yours too. > > This can not be learned. > > This is not something " you " can do, or stop doing. > > This is simply a description of Your Natural State upon Waking > Up from the hypnotic condition of believing yourself to be > something you are not. > > El > > > > . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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