Guest guest Posted September 26, 2002 Report Share Posted September 26, 2002 Why is this so hard? I don't find myself abiding in it as much as I find that I haven't been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 27, 2002 Report Share Posted September 27, 2002 > Shawn [shawnregan] > Why is this so hard? I don't find myself abiding in it as much as I > find that I haven't been. So what. You can keep going back. And don't let it be an effort. Let it be interesting. Indulge your curiousity. Where *is* all this stuff arising from? -Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 27, 2002 Report Share Posted September 27, 2002 Nisargadatta, " Shawn " <shawnregan> wrote: > Why is this so hard? I don't find myself abiding in it as much as I > find that I haven't been. When you find yourself abiding in it, or not abiding in it, you're not finding anything. You can't find yourself abiding in it. That is abiding in it. -- Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 27, 2002 Report Share Posted September 27, 2002 Hi Shawn, May I ask, what are you exactly doing when you abide? --- Shawn <shawnregan wrote: > Why is this so hard? I don't find myself abiding in > it as much as I > find that I haven't been. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 29, 2002 Report Share Posted September 29, 2002 We think and feel as though we are a human being longing for a spiritual experience. Truth is, we are a spriritual being who has 'mistakingly' assumed ownership of a series of human experiences. Stop the ownership. Stop the ownership does not mean thinking 'i am' 'i am' 'i am', banging head-first into walls. It means reduce the object of perception, reduce object of thought to where only the Self remains. Then rise up and perform action without the burden of ownership. From the Bhagavad Gita - - " Established in Being, perform action. " This 'being established' is not on the level of thinking, but on the level of 'being'. This is perhaps the only accomplishment easier done than said. L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 29, 2002 Report Share Posted September 29, 2002 > This is perhaps the only accomplishment easier done than said. Wit indeed! Minor comment: I prefer " expand object of thought " to " reduce object of thought " . Extremely lucid overall. Two thumbs and 8 fingers up! -Bill trem23 [inmadison] Saturday, September 28, 2002 8:26 PM Nisargadatta Re: Staying with " I Am " We think and feel as though we are a human being longing for a spiritual experience. Truth is, we are a spriritual being who has 'mistakingly' assumed ownership of a series of human experiences. Stop the ownership. Stop the ownership does not mean thinking 'i am' 'i am' 'i am', banging head-first into walls. It means reduce the object of perception, reduce object of thought to where only the Self remains. Then rise up and perform action without the burden of ownership. From the Bhagavad Gita - - " Established in Being, perform action. " This 'being established' is not on the level of thinking, but on the level of 'being'. This is perhaps the only accomplishment easier done than said. L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2002 Report Share Posted September 30, 2002 Thanks Bill: Short, practical, reminder of why this 'search' began and continues. JohnNisargadatta, " Bill Rishel " <plexus@x> wrote: > > Shawn [shawnregan] > > Why is this so hard? I don't find myself abiding in it as much as I > > find that I haven't been. > So what. > You can keep going back. > > And don't let it be an effort. Let it be interesting. > Indulge your curiousity. > > Where *is* all this stuff arising from? > > -Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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