Guest guest Posted November 12, 2002 Report Share Posted November 12, 2002 Once you clearly understand that there is nowhere to go and nothing to achieve, then you have arrived. That's when you begin to see the perfection of the eternal present moment and the 'what is'. Any thought or image of some paradise Island, for example, only takes you away from the perfect here and now. There was a time when I day dreamed about far away, exotic, exciting places [and visited some of them]. Now these places seem forlorn and alien to me. I am only comfortable in the here and now. [And it matters not where that 'here and now' is or what is going on there!] In the here and now I belong, in the here and now I AM. Elsewhere I am in limbo, trapped in the labyrinth of the mind! Jan Sultan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 12, 2002 Report Share Posted November 12, 2002 Yes, very good advise Sultan, but go a step further, there is certainly nowhere to go and nothing to do, but also there is no you, and no here and now either.A millisecond after your body dies it will be as if nothing happened. And nothing is happening now either, that's the perfect freedom of it. As SNM used to say, " All this is a big fraud. The son of a barren human. So anyone saving to send that son to college, should buy some booze and throw a big party. Pete --- Jan Sultan <swork wrote: > Once you clearly understand that there is nowhere to > go and nothing to > achieve, then you have arrived. That's when you > begin to see the perfection > of the eternal present moment and the 'what is'. Any > thought or image of > some paradise Island, for example, only takes you > away from the perfect > here and now. > > There was a time when I day dreamed about far away, > exotic, exciting places > [and visited some of them]. Now these places seem > forlorn and alien to me. > I am only comfortable in the here and now. [And it > matters not where that > 'here and now' is or what is going on there!] In the > here and now I belong, > in the here and now I AM. Elsewhere I am in limbo, > trapped in the labyrinth > of the mind! > > Jan Sultan > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 12, 2002 Report Share Posted November 12, 2002 Yaw'l While all this Nothing Talk is True from Advaita, we must still partake in the Grand Illusion, either for the joy or pain of it; either to drink heavily or sip from it; its up to us. Larry Nisargadatta, pete seesaw <seesaw1us> wrote: > > Yes, very good advise Sultan, but go a step further, > there is certainly nowhere to go and nothing to do, > but also there is no you, and no here and now > either.A millisecond after your body dies it will be > as if nothing happened. And nothing is happening now > either, that's the perfect freedom of it. > As SNM used to say, " All this is a big fraud. The son > of a barren human. So anyone saving to send that son > to college, should buy some booze and throw a big > party. > > Pete > --- Jan Sultan <swork@m...> wrote: > > Once you clearly understand that there is nowhere to > > go and nothing to > > achieve, then you have arrived. That's when you > > begin to see the perfection > > of the eternal present moment and the 'what is'. Any > > thought or image of > > some paradise Island, for example, only takes you > > away from the perfect > > here and now. > > > > There was a time when I day dreamed about far away, > > exotic, exciting places > > [and visited some of them]. Now these places seem > > forlorn and alien to me. > > I am only comfortable in the here and now. [And it > > matters not where that > > 'here and now' is or what is going on there!] In the > > here and now I belong, > > in the here and now I AM. Elsewhere I am in limbo, > > trapped in the labyrinth > > of the mind! > > > > Jan Sultan > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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