Guest guest Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 Nisargadatta , " kenj02001 " <kenj02001> wrote: > > Nisargadatta , " garyfalk1943 " <falkgw@h...> > wrote: > > > > Nisargadatta , " anders_lindman " > > <anders_lindman> wrote: > > > > > > If we want to have true faith we cannot pretend to have it. But > we > > can > > > sort of experiment with the idea that the thinking mind is not > the > > > highest state for humanity. I look at my own thinking and can > see > > that > > > it is very limited. My " beliefs " crumble second by second. My > > thinking > > > cannot give me a solid platform. This is very easy to see by > > observing > > > the fact that when something good happens in my life it has > seldom > > > come as a result of my rational thinking. In fact, my thinking > is > > most > > > of the time some kind of worrying. Having seen the incompetence > of > > my > > > own thinking I can turn to faith. Not true faith perhaps, but > some > > > sort of hoping that there must be some higher intelligence than > my > > > conditioned thinking mind. People, including myself, often feel > not > > > good enough, and maybe that is a very accurate observation! > > > > > > " ...stop trying to create a good world for yourself.........stop > > > trying to create _a_ world........which you will say is > > > heaven............but it's not going to feel like > > > heaven............Give up!.........abandon the idea that you can > > > create anything for yourself..............What you can do is to > > give > > > up the phony illusion of being a creator.........and then > creation > > can > > > come to you....... " -- Vernon Howard > > > > > > al. > > > > al, I hadn't seen Vernon Howard's name pop up anywhere in years, > > until you started quoting him. > > > > I credit Vernon Howard's " Mystic Path to Cosmic Power " with saving > > my life. Literally. > > > > I was absolutely at the end of my rope about 20 years ago, when I > > saw a copy of that book at the home of a customer of mine who I > used > > to chauffer around NYC. > > > > I said to the guy, " that book looks interesting, " and he > said, " Take > > it. I bought it for my wife but she isn't interested in that stuff > > anyway. " > > > > And the rest, as they say, is History. > > > > Jai Vernon! Jai Guru! Jai Ma! > > ** You're being fooled by a memory that seems to contain > a 'self' to which something happened. No substantiality > there--to any of that. Just an attempt to invent something, > some-one, some place and time. > > Ken>> Ken, You're being fooled by whatever it is that's telling you that you have even the slightest inkling about whatever it is you're trying to say. In other words, you are totally full of shit, substantial or otherwise. Love, Mr. E. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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