Guest guest Posted March 24, 2005 Report Share Posted March 24, 2005 " Emanuele De Benedetti " <e.debenedetti Re: Re: Lewis/ Andrew Re: Awareness P: Ah Marifa! That's exactly so. That is home. If you are there, welcome home, beloved, and thanks for those words. Pete. Marifa wrote: I now experience my identity, which is the nature of everything, as a crystal black absence. I feel myself, my existence, as the immensity of presence, absolutely dense and infinitely deep. Yet this immensity and density feels totally light and weightless, completely devoid of any sensation. It is so empty it is total absence, It is nothing, but at the same time it is dense presence. To describe it exactly, it is radiant black crystalline dense absence.... ......I am like the clear crystalline presence, a crystal black reality. The blackness is total, absolute. This gives the experience a sense of mystery and magic, a majestic beauty and splendor. The sense of depth is stupendous and inseparable from a magnificient peacefullness. The peace is itself the presence, which is complete stillness of mind and consciousness. Total transparency, complete purity, and absolute absence of obstruction. The feeling is an indescribable intimacy.... ......I am the silent vast black presence, and all phenomena merely appear in me. They appear in me as the arising of perception. Perception is appearance, which is my luminosity.... from A.H. Almaas' Luminous Night's Journey Marifa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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