Guest guest Posted July 5, 2004 Report Share Posted July 5, 2004 There are two futures: (1) The future you think about, and (2) the real future. The real future (2) is forever separated from you. The other future (1) is an extrapolation from your memories and thus does not contain anything new. Day after day, moment after moment, ask yourself: this future I take to be so real as to making me anxious and nervous, what is it? Ask yourself: " When will I experience this future? " The answer will be: " I will experience this future in the future " . But can you ever BE in the future? No. So how can you possibly experience the future? You can't! What are you afraid of? The answer is that you are afraid of a spook in your mind, a chimera called the future. This is what I believe is one of the differences between a sage and an ordinary person. The sage has no future, while the ordinary person has a future. Look at all TV commercials; their message: the future is sooooo important! Look at all politics: the future is sooooo important. Look at the education system, the wellfare system, the health care system, the financial systems of the world, the religious systems of the world - they all give the same message to the poor ego: the future is sooooo important. You and the future will forever be separated. How important is an illusion? Still living in a cage, are you? ;-) At this moment everything, _everything_ is taken care of. Then you say, " but I have to plan for the future " , then I say, " please go ahead, plan all you want, who's stopping you? " If you think you need to plan for the future, then you need to plan for the future. If you think that thinking about planning for the future is not needed, then thinking about planning for the future is not needed. :-) No one can ever do anything wrong. Not you. Not me. Ever. See? :-) /AL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2004 Report Share Posted July 5, 2004 Iam currently " In the " " Future " --- Continuing the Discussion abt the " Future " .Here is a convsation between a Master /Disciple : --- Disciple : Master , WHat is the Future ?? Unneccesary Worry. Disciple : Master , WHat is the Past ?? Unneccesary Burden. Disciple : Master , WHat is the Present ?? After some moments of Silence .. Says .. Eternal Joy Love, Murali, anders_lindman [anders_lindman] Monday, July 05, 2004 11:59 PM Nisargadatta Two futures There are two futures: (1) The future you think about, and (2) the real future. The real future (2) is forever separated from you. The other future (1) is an extrapolation from your memories and thus does not contain anything new. Day after day, moment after moment, ask yourself: this future I take to be so real as to making me anxious and nervous, what is it? Ask yourself: " When will I experience this future? " The answer will be: " I will experience this future in the future " . But can you ever BE in the future? No. So how can you possibly experience the future? You can't! What are you afraid of? The answer is that you are afraid of a spook in your mind, a chimera called the future. This is what I believe is one of the differences between a sage and an ordinary person. The sage has no future, while the ordinary person has a future. Look at all TV commercials; their message: the future is sooooo important! Look at all politics: the future is sooooo important. Look at the education system, the wellfare system, the health care system, the financial systems of the world, the religious systems of the world - they all give the same message to the poor ego: the future is sooooo important. You and the future will forever be separated. How important is an illusion? Still living in a cage, are you? ;-) At this moment everything, _everything_ is taken care of. Then you say, " but I have to plan for the future " , then I say, " please go ahead, plan all you want, who's stopping you? " If you think you need to plan for the future, then you need to plan for the future. If you think that thinking about planning for the future is not needed, then thinking about planning for the future is not needed. :-) No one can ever do anything wrong. Not you. Not me. Ever. See? :-) /AL ** 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=1 Under 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 July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 Nisargadatta , " Ramanath, Murali H \(MED\) " <Murali.Ramanath@g...> wrote: > Iam currently " In the " " Future " --- Continuing the Discussion abt the " Future " .Here is a convsation between a Master /Disciple : > --- > Disciple : Master , WHat is the Future ?? > Unneccesary Worry. > > Disciple : Master , WHat is the Past ?? > Unneccesary Burden. > > Disciple : Master , WHat is the Present ?? > After some moments of Silence .. Says .. Eternal Joy > > Love, > Murali, Maybe the future is a _necessary_ worry, and the past a _necessary_ burden until something deeper than the thinking mind is experienced. /AL > > > > > > anders_lindman [anders_lindman] > Monday, July 05, 2004 11:59 PM > Nisargadatta > Two futures > > > There are two futures: (1) The future you think about, and (2) the > real future. The real future (2) is forever separated from you. The > other future (1) is an extrapolation from your memories and thus does > not contain anything new. > > Day after day, moment after moment, ask yourself: this future I take > to be so real as to making me anxious and nervous, what is it? Ask > yourself: " When will I experience this future? " The answer will > be: " I will experience this future in the future " . But can you ever > BE in the future? No. So how can you possibly experience the future? > You can't! What are you afraid of? The answer is that you are afraid > of a spook in your mind, a chimera called the future. > > This is what I believe is one of the differences between a sage and > an ordinary person. The sage has no future, while the ordinary person > has a future. > > Look at all TV commercials; their message: the future is sooooo > important! Look at all politics: the future is sooooo important. Look > at the education system, the wellfare system, the health care system, > the financial systems of the world, the religious systems of the > world - they all give the same message to the poor ego: the future is > sooooo important. > > You and the future will forever be separated. How important is an > illusion? Still living in a cage, are you? ;-) > > At this moment everything, _everything_ is taken care of. Then you > say, " but I have to plan for the future " , then I say, " please go > ahead, plan all you want, who's stopping you? " If you think you need > to plan for the future, then you need to plan for the future. If you > think that thinking about planning for the future is not needed, then > thinking about planning for the future is not needed. :-) > > No one can ever do anything wrong. Not you. Not me. Ever. See? :-) > > /AL > > > > ** > > 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=1 > > Under 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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