Guest guest Posted May 14, 2005 Report Share Posted May 14, 2005 Nisargadatta , " devianandi " <polansky@m...> wrote: > Nisargadatta , " Gene Polotas " <semmin@e...> > wrote: > > Nisargadatta , " devianandi " <polansky@m...> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Why ask why? There is no one to be awakened or to > be > > > > > liberated. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > fuzzie > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > up with the attitude? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > fuzzie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > devi: no, but i have been reading I Am That for about > two > > > years > > > > > on and > > > > > > > off for pleasure....and he does not say there is no one > to > > > be > > > > > awakened > > > > > > > or to be liberated.....he encourages people to > realize..... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > he says he realized.....when he was 38..... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > my guru wrote a commentary on patanjilies yoga sutras > thats > > > all > > > > > about > > > > > > > how to get realized... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > who is he writing to? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > i could point to some many teachings that say exactly > the > > > > > opposite of > > > > > > > what your saying... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > so, whats up with telling people that there is no one to > be > > > > > awakened > > > > > > > or liberated.... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > obviously thats your experience and it sound nice but > > > > > > > > > > > > > > realization....is a fact > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Then, realize it and cut loose the " holier than thou " > > > bullshit. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't care how many books you've read. Anybody can read > > > books > > > > and > > > > > > parrot back what others have thought. All religious > fanatics > > > do > > > > > that, > > > > > > whether Hindu, Muslim, Christian or whatever. They all > > > disagree > > > > > with > > > > > > each other because they all point to their own respective > > > texts > > > > and > > > > > > then start putting the other down and go to war and all > that > > > > > insanity. > > > > > > > > > > > > Put your holy books and teachings and your other crutches > > down > > > and > > > > > > find out for yourself. Don't feed on the dregs of other > > > people's > > > > > > thoughts. Realize for yourself. Stand alone. Realization > is > > > > > realizing > > > > > > there's no you to realize anything. > > > > > > > > > > > > " In Reality there is neither guru nor disciple, neither > > theory > > > nor > > > > > > practice, neither ignorance nor realization. " > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Sri Nisragadatta Maharaj > > > > > > > > > > > > fuzzie > > > > > > > > > > devi: your not to bright for someone who is enlightened > > > > > > > > only a bigger fool calls a lessor fool stupid > > > > > > > > -- Buddha > > > > > > good thing i'm not a fool, fool > > > > finally you got it right. beyond your wildest dreams I am the > biggest > > fool ... so big that only a an even bigger fool could realize > just > > how big a fool I REALLY AM. > > > > this fool I AM and your not > > devi: great....as i was saying...you're not to bright is it " to bright " or too bright? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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