Guest guest Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 In a message dated 9/10/2003 7:17:25 AM Pacific Standard Time, Nisargadatta writes: It is in the not-seeing that the seeing is seen. It is in the not-knowing that the knowing is known. It is in the not-being that being is.-Bill9-10-03 Excellent, Bill. And these translate as complete rest. And rest is not what most want. They want seeking (which is fleeing from rest) They want mental activity and the gathering of knowledge (which is fleeing from rest) They fear rest as something that will swallow them and never spit them out again. Yet rest is not final, nothing is final. There is no finality anywhere, not even in death. Activity and rest coexist quite happily, mate- and voila, here we are. As a crude person might puy it: fucked into existence! ) Pete Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 reminds me of a poem at the beginning of Chogyom Trungpa's book The Myth of Freedom... if you've yet to see his works, he's quite point blank about cutting thru COMPLETLY all the escape routes on the way to now, and now and now.... he doesn't nessecarrilly thrash advaita vedanta, but uses it as a good example insofar as an easy way out by way of convincing oneself that 'there is no other', 'all concepts are unreal therefore and therefore' and so on and so fourth... beautiful man, he is, iffin' you got an inkling to check him outPedsie2 wrote: In a message dated 9/10/2003 7:17:25 AM Pacific Standard Time, Nisargadatta writes: It is in the not-seeing that the seeing is seen. It is in the not-knowing that the knowing is known. It is in the not-being that being is.-Bill9-10-03 Excellent, Bill. And these translate as complete rest. And rest is not what most want. They want seeking (which is fleeing from rest) They want mental activity and the gathering of knowledge (which is fleeing from rest) They fear rest as something that will swallow them and never spit them out again. Yet rest is not final, nothing is final. There is no finality anywhere, not even in death. Activity and rest coexist quite happily, mate- and voila, here we are. As a crude person might puy it: fucked into existence! ) Pete Pete**If you do not wish to receive individual emails, to change your subscription, sign in with your ID and go to Edit My Groups: /mygroups?edit=1Under the Message Delivery option, choose "No Email" for the Nisargadatta group and click on Save Changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2003 Report Share Posted September 11, 2003 As a crude person might puy it: fucked into existence! ) ROTFLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Which you might be tempted to say if you *were* a crude person! What a riot you are! =Bill Pedsie2 [Pedsie2]Wednesday, September 10, 2003 8:24 AMNisargadatta Cc: AdvaitaToZen Subject: Bill's three Nots In a message dated 9/10/2003 7:17:25 AM Pacific Standard Time, Nisargadatta writes: It is in the not-seeing that the seeing is seen. It is in the not-knowing that the knowing is known. It is in the not-being that being is.-Bill9-10-03 Excellent, Bill. And these translate as complete rest. And rest is not what most want. They want seeking (which is fleeing from rest) They want mental activity and the gathering of knowledge (which is fleeing from rest) They fear rest as something that will swallow them and never spit them out again. Yet rest is not final, nothing is final. There is no finality anywhere, not even in death. Activity and rest coexist quite happily, mate- and voila, here we are. As a crude person might puy it: fucked into existence! ) Pete Pete**If you do not wish to receive individual emails, to change your subscription, sign in with your ID and go to Edit My Groups: /mygroups?edit=1Under the Message Delivery option, choose "No Email" for the Nisargadatta group and click on Save Changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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