Guest guest Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Nisargadatta , " Shawn " <shawnregan> wrote: > > Nisargadatta , " dan330033 " <berkowd@u...> > wrote: > > > > Nisargadatta , " Shawn " <shawnregan> > wrote: > > > > > > > How can you be absolutely sure your body will die when you > have > > > not > > > > experienced that yourself??? What many sages say may be true: > the > > > > world is in you, not you in the world. Maybe the human body is > > > > indestructible and only a shape-shifting package of > information > > in > > > an > > > > infinite timeless matrix of awareness. Scientists say that the > > > body is > > > > made out of atoms, but also that atoms are neither particles > nor > > > > waves. See the confusion? Observation creates reality. Who is > the > > > > observer? > > > > > > Anders, > > > > > > I had a slight shift into that state yesterday. I had the best > day > > > on about a month and my mind was much more free than my > condition > > > has allowed for a while. It's amazing how one doesn't know that > one > > > is in a restrictuve box until the box is removed (perhaps for a > > > bigger box) then the remembrance of the larger box comes and one > is > > > sad and happy at the same time for knowing what was lost which > now > > > is found but for how long. > > > > > > Shawn > > > > You only know the truth when you're not moving into a state, > > nor out of a state. > > > > There's nothing to grasp here. > > > > Not because anything is negated, but because negation and > > affirmation can't be applied. > > > > -- Dan > > Dan, > > Glad to see another familiar name from last year. I remember your > words were always penetrating, when I could grasp them at least. > > I agree with what you say. If we watch our mind we can see that our > actions, internal dialog, etc. are ego driven. What is at the other > end the " nothing " the impersonal. You seem to be guiding us to the > impersonal by negating the personal. > > Shawn Shawn -- What's not so easy to watch is what you aren't able to watch. What already is so, will never be felt, known, or experienced. So, the personal is only an attempt to hold something, and never actually is the case. I can't guide you to this, which you never are not. -- Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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