Guest guest Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 Nisargadatta , " toombaru2004 " <cptc@w...> wrote: > > Nisargadatta , Insight <insight@s...> wrote: > > J: Very nice, Stefan. > > Post more often? > > > > > > > Indeed. > > > t. P: Yes, he is coming alone nicely! Soon you'll be able to give him the.......... nod, Toom. > > ------------------- > > > > Hi, > > > > may I throw in my 2 cents. When I remember correctly how the dialog > > started, it was an advice not to trust second hand knowledge too much. > > And even Nisargadattas words are second hand knowledge, Lewis has > > said. > > > > Yes, and even: what else can knowledge be than second hand? Once I > > " know " something it has already been experienced. And then the > > recognizing of the known is again an experience. And what I think I > > know today might reveal itself as a mirage tomorrow. It is all always > > in a flow. > > > > When I read a book, a posting, hear someone speak... how can this > > receiving be anything else than my experience. Where did those words > > come from? What is the source? Searching for the cause of any word is > > like searching for the cause of language itself. > > > > One gives to the next, and so on... a trans-fering (tra-dition). So > > the music of Mozart became possible, the words of Nisargadatta were > > possible. In the words, in the music... all is woven into it that ever > > has been said and sung. And it is flowing on, never ending. > > > > Sitting together with the master is surely still another caliber of > > experience, and Nisargadattas words have always happened in such a > > situation. > > > > But when those words, those sounds reach me - they become my > > experience, fresh like the morning dew or cold like an icy morning > > wind. When I feel that those words, this music... carry something of > > that which cannot be sung, cannot be said... this is again my > > experience and my wonder. A finger is pointing to the moon. Should I > > look at the finger? The moon is my experience and even the moon is > > merely a reflection. > > > > Love > > Stefan > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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