Guest guest Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 > There is a silence of the mind, an absence > > of noise. This silence is not hard to get, the > > mind can loll itself into silence with a mantra, > > or concentration on an object such as breath. > > This silence is easily shattered by noise, > > thought, or outward distractions. > > > > That silence is dead. A live silence, one that > > can not be broken, but swallows the whole > > world, is not brought about, but > > descends unsought on a still mind. It's space, > > emptiness, being itself, it is what was > > before birth, it is what will be after death. > > Since it never was, it will always be. > > > > Pete > > ...this your words....indead....sounds like a " dead silence " .... > > Regards > Marc > > P: All words are dead, dude, but words is all > you got, and you use plenty of them. > Matter of fact, you can open your own > private verbal mortuary. ) you are so much attached to death....? hope that you will get out of this your favorite concept P: I'm not attached to death, I'm death, and so are you, you just have not realized yet. Too bad that people fear death, because in fearing it, they fear self-knowledge. " You " are that incomprehensible absence of anything which can be known that you call death. But the knowingness you call life is only a temporary eddy in that unknowable. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 I am awareness, neither the presence of objectivity NOR the absence of objectivity; what in which both appear and disappear, this I am. love Nisargadatta , Pete S <pedsie4@e...> wrote: > > > There is a silence of the mind, an absence > > > of noise. This silence is not hard to get, the > > > mind can loll itself into silence with a mantra, > > > or concentration on an object such as breath. > > > This silence is easily shattered by noise, > > > thought, or outward distractions. > > > > > > That silence is dead. A live silence, one that > > > can not be broken, but swallows the whole > > > world, is not brought about, but > > > descends unsought on a still mind. It's space, > > > emptiness, being itself, it is what was > > > before birth, it is what will be after death. > > > Since it never was, it will always be. > > > > > > Pete > > > > ...this your words....indead....sounds like a " dead silence " .... > > > > Regards > > Marc > > > > P: All words are dead, dude, but words is all > > you got, and you use plenty of them. > > Matter of fact, you can open your own > > private verbal mortuary. ) > > > you are so much attached to death....? > > hope that you will get out of this your favorite concept > > > > P: I'm not attached to death, I'm death, > and so are you, you just have not realized yet. > Too bad that people fear death, because in fearing > it, they fear self-knowledge. " You " are that > incomprehensible absence of anything which can be > known that you call death. But the knowingness you > call life is only a temporary eddy in that unknowable. > > Pete > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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