Guest guest Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 The teacher and the student sat facing each other. A small praying box on the table kept chanting softly in Chinese. The room was in semidarkness, it smelled of incense. The top of the teacher’s bald head gleamed warmly with the flickering of candles. He regarded the student with gentle, but amused eyes. T: Did you bring sixty dollars in cash as I told you? S: Yes, but it seems kind of high for just an hour. How many sessions will I need? T: Only one. No one ever returns. S: Why? Are you a fake? T: I tell them only the truth, if they see it as the truth, they need not come back. If they don’t like what they hear, they don’t come back either. Most people, don’t want truth, they want hope, they enjoy the search, love the struggle to achieve, to acquire knowledge and freedom. S: Why should I struggle for knowledge and freedom? T: You can’t help it. S: why? T: No reason. That’s how you are? S: Would knowing the truth make me immortal? T: No. Death is home. You must return. You want to return. S: On the contrary, I fear death. T: I know. That fear is there to prevent your desire to die from overwhelming you. The conflict between your programming not to die, and your deep hidden death wish, is what you call fear. S: Is death that good then? T: It’s beyond good. It’s perfect. S: How does it feel? T: It doesn’t feel like anything, and there is no one there even to notice that. No time, no universe, no presence, nor absence of anything. That is why it’s called perfection. S: What is the purpose of life then? T: The purpose of life is death. S: So life is not eternal? T: No S: Is death eternal, then? T: Obviously not. S: I see nothing obvious about it. T: “You†are alive now. If it happened once, it could happen again. S: So, I‘ll be reborn? T: Not ‘you,’ exactly, the “I feeling will be reborn.†S: What is eternal then? T: Not a thing. S: So what’s Truth? T: I just told you. S: Is that it? T: Yes. S: What a crock! I won’t be back! T: I told you so! Here is my card. Tell your friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 LOL!!! Where'd you get that story? That's funny...... Nisargadatta , Pedsie2@a... wrote: > The teacher and the student sat facing each other. A > small praying box on the table kept chanting softly in > Chinese. The room was in semidarkness, it smelled of > incense. The top of the teacher’s bald head gleamed > warmly with the flickering of candles. He regarded the > student with gentle, but amused eyes. > > T: Did you bring sixty dollars in cash as I told you? > > S: Yes, but it seems kind of high for just an hour. > How many sessions will I need? > > T: Only one. No one ever returns. > > S: Why? Are you a fake? > > T: I tell them only the truth, if they see it as the truth, > they need not come back. If they don’t like what they > hear, they don’t come back either. Most people, don’t > want truth, they want hope, they enjoy the search, > love the struggle to achieve, to acquire knowledge and > freedom. > > S: Why should I struggle for knowledge and freedom? > > T: You can’t help it. > > S: why? > > T: No reason. That’s how you are? > > S: Would knowing the truth make me immortal? > > T: No. Death is home. You must return. You want to return. > > S: On the contrary, I fear death. > > T: I know. That fear is there to prevent your desire to die > from overwhelming you. The conflict between your > programming not to die, and your deep hidden death > wish, is what you call fear. > > S: Is death that good then? > > T: It’s beyond good. It’s perfect. > > S: How does it feel? > > T: It doesn’t feel like anything, and there is no one there even to > notice that. No time, no universe, no presence, nor > absence of anything. That is why it’s called perfection. > > S: What is the purpose of life then? > > T: The purpose of life is death. > > S: So life is not eternal? > > T: No > > S: Is death eternal, then? > > T: Obviously not. > > S: I see nothing obvious about it. > > T: “You†are alive now. If it happened > once, it could happen again. > > S: So, I‘ll be reborn? > > T: Not ‘you,’ exactly, the “I feeling > will be reborn.†> > S: What is eternal then? > > T: Not a thing. > > S: So what’s Truth? > > T: I just told you. > > S: Is that it? > > T: Yes. > > S: What a crock! I won’t be back! > > T: I told you so! Here is my card. Tell your friends. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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