Guest guest Posted October 4, 2005 Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ " When all the false self-identifications are thrown away, what remains is all-embracing love. " ~Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Era .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 5, 2005 Report Share Posted October 5, 2005 clay wrote: >and this all-encompassing love can only exist >when we see all beings equally - as One...with >absolutely NO distinction > >make sense? >clay When all false self-identification is gone And only all-embracing love remains Then there is nobody left. Nobody to see. Nothing to be seen. Nobody to love. Nothing to be loved. What remains is what has been always there. All-encompassing love. S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 5, 2005 Report Share Posted October 5, 2005 Nisargadatta , " Stefan " <s.petersilge@o...> wrote: > clay wrote: > >and this all-encompassing love can only exist > >when we see all beings equally - as One...with > >absolutely NO distinction > > > >make sense? > >clay > > When all false self-identification is gone > And only all-embracing love remains > Then there is nobody left. > Nobody to see. > Nothing to be seen. > Nobody to love. > Nothing to be loved. > What remains is what has been always there. > All-encompassing love. > > S. agreed. nobody to love, nothing to be loved. which makes quotes like this one seem to me to be a sort of spiritual 'sucker' punch for seekers - who will likely believe that their current (dualistic) belief of what love is becomes all-encompassing. that was the point of my first response to Era's posting. clay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 5, 2005 Report Share Posted October 5, 2005 Nisargadatta , " Clay " <clay.spencer@v...> wrote: >nobody to love, >nothing to be loved. > >which makes quotes like this one >seem to me to be a sort of >spiritual 'sucker' punch for >seekers - who will likely believe >that their current (dualistic) >belief of what love is becomes >all-encompassing. > >that was the point of my first >response to Era's posting. > >clay I know my friend. And this love does not care What is believed Nor does it care about Dua -nondua or any other -listic ways or states Seeked or not seeked Which are all invented Constructs made by matter Believed by matter Which is itself made of One love Greettings Stefan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 5, 2005 Report Share Posted October 5, 2005 Nisargadatta , " Stefan " <s.petersilge@o...> wrote: > Nisargadatta , " Clay " <clay.spencer@v...> wrote: > > >nobody to love, > >nothing to be loved. > > > >which makes quotes like this one > >seem to me to be a sort of > >spiritual 'sucker' punch for > >seekers - who will likely believe > >that their current (dualistic) > >belief of what love is becomes > >all-encompassing. > > > >that was the point of my first > >response to Era's posting. > > > >clay > > I know my friend. > > And this love does not care > What is believed > > Nor does it care about > Dua -nondua or any other > -listic ways or states > Seeked or not seeked > Which are all invented > Constructs made by matter > Believed by matter > Which is itself made of > > One love > > Greettings > Stefan yes, 'one love' pretty much sums it all up. clay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 5, 2005 Report Share Posted October 5, 2005 > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > > > > > " When all the false self-identifications are thrown away, what > > > remains > > > is all-embracing love. " > > > > > > ~Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > > > > > > Era > > > > > > > > > > > > . > > > > > > yes, but this 'love' is very different than > > > our dualistic view of love, including as it > > > does those we 'hate' in our dualistic view. > > > > > > > > > I'm not sure, that 'hate' is right. > > > > Arjuna did not 'hate' the enemy. > > > > Jesus, who attacked the merchants at the temple felt no hate > either. > > > > I'm attacking what I preceive to be attcked wihout feeling any > hate, or remorse. > > > > Attack happens. Hate is a dark feeling. > > > era, > yes, you are right. > > note that I didn't say the all-encompassing love > includes 'hate', just that > it included those people whom we 'hate' in the > dualistic world. > > the all encompassing love does not distinguish > between those whom we love (in duality) and those > whom we hate (in duality). > > and this all-encompassing love can only exist > when we see all beings equally - as One...with > absolutely NO distinction > > make sense? Yes, Ramana was like that. Nisargadatta 'beat' his moron disciples. I see no distinction between their love. > clay > > > > > > > > > > > > > > this love is without the 'desires' and 'attachments' > > > for/to those we 'love' in the dualistic world. > > > > > > this love knows not 'passion' for one above all others. > > > > > > this love includes your mother and your sibling. > > > this love includes the rapist and the victim. > > > this love includes the murderer and the nun. > > > > > > yes, this love is nothing like our dualistic view of love. > > > > > > enjoy, > > > clay > > > > love, Era > > > > > > . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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