Guest guest Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 OM Fuzzie I am not the imaginary doer called Gene Poole. Unless he speaks the same language of LOVE and then we are one and the SAME. LOVE gp Nisargadatta , " fuzzie_wuz " <fuzzie_wuz> wrote: > Nisargadatta , " Gene Polotas " <semmin@e...> wrote: > > Life, maya, is exactly like a movie. That is the message of the > > Gita's " no doer. " Is this a coincidence? No, they are > > both pure unmitigated fiction. > > Compared to the Reality of Dreamless-sleep, Samadhi, life or maya is > > pure unmitigated fiction. Any word other than " fiction " for life, > > maya, makes the word Reality, Samadhi, even less meaningful than it > > has to be. > > > > The Reality or Samadhi of Dreamless-sleep is like an ocean of such > > unfathomable JOY that it makes the universe into not even an > > imaginary drop. > > > > Unlike thousands of years ago, we today have physics, and movies, > > that tells us the exact same story as does the Gita and Vedas. > > If " you " understand how dreams ( and movies) work then you know > > everything there is to know about Advaita. It is that simple. > > > > As far as questions and answers: it is all just a play of words. > > =-= > > The answers to questions are so simple that anyone can not only > > answer their own questions but laugh at the same time. > > Pretend you are in a dream and then you ask these questions, in your > > dream. > > In a dream you are the dreamer, the dreaming and everything in the > > dream. (Advaita 101) > > You ask the questions and so you want someone in your dream to answer > > them. But in a dream you are that someone – so go ahead and > > answer the questions as this someone. > > If you can understand how a dream works then for the first time in > > your life you can understand how absurd it is to ask questions so > > that you can then look for answers. > > > > It is so absurd that it is the Supreme Comedy called maya, life, > > living. It is absurd because the answer can make no difference. The > > answer can literally be anything because it can make no difference > > because the mind is what it thinks. The mind is what it thinks > > regardless of its questions and answers. (The mind is just thoughts > > over which there is no control -- just like the movie-characters on > > the movie screen have no control over their thoughts/actions. There > > can be no control of thoughts because " control " is just a > > thought. ) > > When it comes to asking questions, think of the child that responds > > to each answer it gets with always the same question: WHY? > > > > We, imaginary-doers, keep doing the same: How can we have particles > > in physics, for example, when there are no anti-particles? How can > > we have time and space when physics keep telling us there is no > > time? .... etc. Why does the universe expand as fast as the > > thoughts that keep creating, expanding, it? Does the mind make up > > the universe as it keeps thinking? > > -=- > > This JOKE of questions and answers is not new. Sages around the Indus > > River in India woke up to the futility of questions needing answers > > over five-thousand years about. > > These sages used meditation to study their thoughts. In this study > > some of them woke up to the way the mind worked: The mind is > > everything it thinks. These sages realized that the mind is always > > dreaming that it is awake. > > They could not explain this to egos, however, and so for egos, who > > could not understand the way their mind worked, these sages came up > > with the notion of a guru. > > Egos however could not understand this guru and so these sages came > > up with two different gurus. The inside guru and the outside guru. > > The ego, however, cannot understand the inner guru so it, the ego, > > has to project this inner-guru to the outside so that it, the mind, > > can then hopefully understand it, the outside-guru, and its > > answers. But in Reality all these gurus and intellects and experts > > are just the mind asking questions so that it can keep maya > > entertaining with the answers that can make no difference because the > > mind is what it thinks... regardless of gurus be they inner or > > outer, and their answers and questions. > > > > Questions and answers are just a play of words the movie called maya > > needs to be entertaining. > > Take the words " you " ask and answer seriously – in the > > fiction called maya -- and you turn life into the karma that maya > > needs to be entertaining, JOY. > > > > Take life to be a dream and it turns into the JOY called maya. When > > you take life to be a dream you are totally free and untouchable, > > just like Krishna, Buddha and Jesus; and then there are no more > > questions, only the JOY called maya. > > > > This JOY is the Self enjoying its entertainment – just like if it > > were a movie. > > > > the Supreme Joke, gp > > > Dear Gene: > > Keep them cards and letters coming. I like your style. > > fuzzie > > P.S. You're not related to " Gene Poole " are you? He's a guy I've seen > over on Sarlo's list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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