Guest guest Posted January 7, 2005 Report Share Posted January 7, 2005 Searching is the act of mentally using a map to find a goal. What we want symbolically is a complete map so that the goal will be reached by the largest degree of certainty possible...........but even with a complete map.............things can go wrong........on the way..........to our..........goal. How about looking in another direction. What other direction? Can a map be used to find the present moment? Yes, we can use an inverted map that instead of leading away from this moment always points back to it. Anytime we search for something using this map it will always lead us back to this moment. When you start using this map you will perhaps get annoyed: " this shit doesn't lead anywhere! " Then after a while you may find that the map will lead you out of the fragmented thinking mind and into a direct and more clear perception of the five senses including the sensations in your body. Eventually you may find another kind of goal...........a new kind of treasure.............shining........from the bottom.........of your heart. /AL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2005 Report Share Posted January 7, 2005 Nisargadatta , " anders_lindman " <anders_lindman> wrote: > > Searching is the act of mentally using a map to find a goal. > > What we want symbolically is a complete map so that the goal will be > reached by the largest degree of certainty possible...........but even > with a complete map.............things can go wrong........on the > way..........to our..........goal. > > How about looking in another direction. What other direction? > > Can a map be used to find the present moment? > > Yes, we can use an inverted map that instead of leading away from this > moment always points back to it. > > Anytime we search for something using this map it will always lead us > back to this moment. > > When you start using this map you will perhaps get annoyed: " this shit > doesn't lead anywhere! " Then after a while you may find that the map > will lead you out of the fragmented thinking mind and into a direct > and more clear perception of the five senses including the sensations > in your body. Eventually you may find another kind of goal...........a > new kind of treasure.............shining........from the > bottom.........of your heart. > > /AL Where do we find this map of the present moment? And do we really need it? We only need the map as long we are not in balance, as long as we are in disharmony. How to find this map? Where is it? The map of the present moment is in you. It is the holy grail of alchemy. The name of the map is: fear. It is right there, in your face. You can feel it inside you and yes even all around you... Use this map as a tool of transformation. Turn the map itself into divine gold. That's the secret of alchemy. :-) /AL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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