Guest guest Posted November 15, 2003 Report Share Posted November 15, 2003 .. Could it be nothing assuming it is something, is caught up in looking for something in nothing ..... to follow? .. Nisargadatta , " eric paroissien " <vertvetiver@a...> wrote: > Nisargadatta , " Elizabeth Wells " > <el_wells_2004> wrote: > > > > > > > > > /\/\/\ " I " /\/\/\ > > > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 000000000000000000000000 > > > > To meditate on this, > > or not to mediate on this, > > is ~~~~~ doing ~~~~~~~ . > > > > Doesn't Reamesh preach > > ~~~~~ non-doing ~~~~~~ ? > > > > 000000000000000000000000 > > > > > > > /\/\/\don't/\/\/\ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <><><><<><><><><><><><> > > > > > > Is all this true? > /\/\/\quite/\/\/\ > > > > > > > > > To say yes or no to that question is > > > ~~~~~ doing~~~~~ . > > > > > > > > > Doesn't Ramesh preaches > /\/\/\follow you/\/\/\ > > > ~~~~~ non-doing ~~~~~ ? > > > > > > <><><><><><><><><><><><> > > > /\/\/\dear/\/\/\ > > > > > > > > > > > Nisargadatta , " Era " <satkarta7@j...> > > > wrote: > > > > Ramesh S. Balsekar > > > > > > > > 1 > > > > > > > > The universe is uncaused, like a net of jewels in which each > > is > > > only > > > > the reflection of all the others in a fantastic interrelated > > > harmony > > > > without end. > > > > > > > > 2 > > > > > > > > Self-Realization is effortless. What you are trying to find is > > what > > > > you already are. > > > > > > > > 3 > > > > > > > > Enlightenment is total emptiness of mind. There is nothing > > you > > > can > > > > do to get it. Any effort you make can only be an obstruction to > > it. > > > > > > > > 5 > > > > > > > > If you but cease from useless conceptualizing, you will be > > what > > > you > > > > are and what you have always been. > > > > > > > > 6 > > > > > > > > Seeing truly is not merely a change in the direction of seeing, > > > but > > > > a change it its very center, in which the seer himself > > > disappears. > > > > > > > > 10 > > > > > > > > The only ultimate understanding is that nothing is, not even > > he > > > who > > > > understands. > > > > > > > > 14 > > > > > > > > For enlightenment to happen the perceiver must turn right > > > around and > > > > wake up to the fact that he is face to face with his own nature > > - > > > > that HE IS IT. The spiritual seeker ultimately finds that he > was > > > > already at the destination, that he himself IS what he had > > been > > > > seeking and he was in fact already home. > > > > > > > > 17 > > > > > > > > Concepts can at best only serve to negate one another, as > > one > > > thorn > > > > is used to remove another, and then be thrown away. Only in > > > deep > > > > silence do we leave concepts behind. Words and language > > > deal only > > > > with concepts, and cannot approach Reality. > > > > > > > > 18 > > > > > > > > Between pure Awareness and Awareness reflected as > > > consciousness > > > > there is a gap which the mind cannot cross. The reflection of > > > the > > > > sun in a drop of dew is not the sun itself. > > > > > > > > 22 > > > > > > > > Ceasing to conceptualize means ceasing to perceive > > > objectively, > > > > which means perceiving non-objectively. It is to see the > > > universe > > > > without choice or judgement and without getting into > > > subject-object > > > > relationship. What happens then? Nothing, except that you > > are > > > what > > > > you were before you were born: everything. > > > > > > > > 24 > > > > > > > > When the apparent but illusory identity called a person has > > > > disappeared into the awareness of total potentiality that it is > > > and > > > > has always been, this is called enlightenment. > > > > > > > > 25 > > > > > > > > Manifestation may adopt any number of forms but the > > > substratum of > > > > all the myriad forms is Consciousness, without which there > > > cannot be > > > > anything whatsoever. > > > > > > > > 28 > > > > > > > > Nothing can have any meaning, or even any existence, except > > > in terms > > > > of something else. > > > > > > > > 29 > > > > > > > > The man of wisdom is devoid of ego even though he may > > > appear to use > > > > it. His vacant or fasting mind is neither doing anything nor > not > > > > doing anything. He is outside of volition, neither this nor > that. > > > He > > > > is everything and nothing. > > > > > > > > 30 > > > > > > > > Your doubts will never be totally destroyed until perception > > has > > > > gone beyond mere phenomenality, and such perception is > > not > > > a matter > > > > of will but of Grace. > > > > > > > > 33 > > > > > > > > Only that which was prior to the appearance of this body- > > > > consciousness is your true identity. That is Reality. It is > here > > > and > > > > now, and there is no question of anyone being able to reach > > for > > > it > > > > or grasp it. > > > > > > > > 34 > > > > > > > > The same Consciousness prevails at rest as the Absolute > > and > > > in > > > > motion as duality. When the sense of " me " disappears > > > completely, > > > > duality vanishes in ecstasy. > > > > > > > > 36 > > > > > > > > To any conceptual problem there cannot be any valid answer > > > except to > > > > see the problem in perspective as an empty thought, and that > > > there > > > > is no such thing as a " problem " which is other than merely > > > > conceptual. > > > > > > > > 37 > > > > > > > > An experience is never factual but only conceptual. Whatever > > > an > > > > experience may be, it is nonetheless only a happening in > > > > consciousness. > > > > > > > > 40 > > > > > > > > The manifest phenomenal aspect of what we are and the > > > unmanifest > > > > noumenal Absolute are not different. Phenomena are what > > we > > > appear to > > > > be. Noumenon is what we ARE. > > > > > > > > 41 > > > > > > > > The essential basis of self-realization is the total rejection > of > > > > the individual as an independent entity, whether it comes > > about > > > as a > > > > spontaneous understanding or through an utter surrender of > > > one's > > > > individual existence. > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > ----- > > > > > > > > > > > > Check out Consciousness Strikes, a website for Ramesh > > > Balsekar by > > > > his disciple Shirish Murthy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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