Guest guest Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 Dearest Josie - IT is just that " your " words scream at " me " that you are the SAME LOVE that I AM and ALL IS. -gp Nisargadatta , " blueoceantiger " <jkane@d...> wrote: > Nisargadatta , " Gene Polotas " <semmin@e...> > wrote: > > Nisargadatta , " blueoceantiger " <jkane@d...> > > wrote: > > > Nisargadatta , " sunyani9 " <sunyani9> > > wrote: > > > > To all the souls that visit this site do you have peace within > > your > > > > house ,your vehicle that carrys your soul? > > > > > > > > If so, how did you arrive at that wonder of wonders? > > > > > > > > You have peaceful day! > > > > And if challenges come to steal your peace and fail,then you > > > truelly > > > > have it. > > > > > > > > Sunyani > > > > > > > > > thanks for the question, sunyani. > > > > > > i don't really follow the metaphor of having a house > > > that holds peace. what i have found is that peace > > > simply is always present, as present as the silence > > > that permeates everything no matter what is arising. > > > honestly, it has not been my experience of peace being > > > something i can own or hold. if anything, having people > > > attribute feeling peace around me, believing i had to > > > create it and chasing experience of peace kept me from > > > seeing it is always here. when i began to get that it > > > is so empty, clear, beyond concepts, it also struck me > > > that it is the same peace that anyone sees/knows. it > > > simply is. with many stories and descriptions around > > > where perceptions have personalized it. > > > > > > as to how i became aware of this, it seems there have > > > been many variations on a theme of surrender, of > > > just stopping, and not trying to avoid or change what > > > is here. and in that, a stillness becomes felt as > > > more real than anything that can appear to threaten > > > peace. through a willingness to really be present, > > > i've discovered there is, that which can never be > > > touched by what appears. for me, this enters what is > > > wordless, yet, peace is real. > > > > > > --josie-- > > >=================================== > > > > Thanks Josie for writing better than I can. > > > > Your words are, or point to, the same harmony and Joy that you > call > > Peace. These words take us far beyond the words we call gods, and > > their saints. > > > > These words are saying that YOU are not the mind and body. Or, > these > > words come from YOU, this Peace, and not the mind and its body > called > > Josie. > > > > This Peace is not only real but it is the only thing that is > > " real " because it is the timeless NOW. Everything else is > > the noise or disturbance of NOW called karma, time, thoughts, > and > > words, like gods and saints. > > > > The gods and their words cannot know this Peace because they are > also > > a disturbance of NOW, the noise we call thoughts, words, karma, > > time – the mind. > > > > But if the gods knew this Peace they would be breaking down doors > to > > give YOU their souls to get it. > > > > And to give them this Peace YOU would have to convince them that > > THEY ARE what they think you have but in fact YOU ARE, NOW. > > > > -- thoughts for NOW > > gene: > > you write absolutely fine your self. > i have come to see that we all write > as we are and truly need not be any > way otherwise. whether correcting or > believing that others must shift what > they are saying, believing one is a > student, another a teacher, or that > one is simply sharing, it is all good. > each speaks from where they are, no > one more perfectly or less than another. > > resonance or preferences do not include > or exclude truth. but anything i say > " not you " to, separates a part of myself. > when truly opening to see -that of course, > this is where " you " are right now, where > " i " am right now-, any struggle dissolves. > there is no need for it to be different, > and in letting go of " it is more or less " , > " should or shouldn't " , the greatest peace > of all is allowed, welcomed. equanimity. > > nothing " other " to strive for. just to > simply be here as is. with each other, > with our selves, our self. > > --josie-- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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