nondual mass at your local church/temple

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how to do nondual worship at your local church/temple:

 

1. during the mass, repeat three times, " how great is Self's glory. "

 

2. ask the priest pass the wine glass and sing, " i am the wine

drinker and the wine and the cupbearer. "

 

3. if a devotional seeker asks you if you think you're god, say, " i

was the maker of my own Self. " when the stunned seeker comments to

the others that this delusional fellow imagines he's above the laws

of god, look at the heavens and pray, " Your obedience to me is

greater than my obedience to You. "

 

4. sit at the cardinal's chair and say, " i am the throne and the

footstool. "

 

5. tell the cardinal that, " i saw the vatican and the pope

prostrating to me. "

 

6. if the cardinal asks you if this consciousness that you speak of

is greater than the tablets of ten commandmends, say " i am the well-

preserved tablet. "

 

7. finally chant the following: " i came forth from i-am-ness as a

snake from its skin. then i looked and saw that seeker and god are

one. "

 

ps. the above quotes (not the crazy church story) are from an

influential sufi called beyazid bestami (also spelled as bayazid

bastami) who lived in the 9th century. bestami wrote nothing but many

of his sayings have been preserved. an interesting historical

footnote: bestami's teacher was abu ali al-sindi who spoke no arabic

and was most probably a nondual hindu sage. the name " sindi " was

given to people beyond the indus river. in bestami islamic and indian

mysticism blends into an unusual combination.