Guest guest Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Imagine, if you will, that you owned a magical piece of land, which had been cursed by a Green Peace genii. And this piece of ground wouldn't tolerate any house. You could build on it, and everything would look normal as long as you keep on working, but the minute you stop building, everything will vanish, as if by magic. So the only solution is to keep on building without respite, and making the edifice taller and taller, but knowing that it's an exercise in futility, because all will vanish as soon as you stop. Many would think no one would want such piece of land, but we all stand on one, It's our basic ground. A ground on which, we are constantly trying to build a separate self. A self which vanish the moment we stop adding thoughts, memories, emotions and activities to it. Most try to ignore this vanishing act. They fear the insight that the house is just a mental house of cards. They pretend the house is really there, and that the 'absence of house' they feel when stopping, it is not what they really are. But, that is exactly, the Basic Ground, that basic pervasive absence of all you can know. And if you don't like it, keep busy, keep thinking, keep building, but know, it's a case of, " you and I, building castles in the sky. " Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 yes, the " absence of the house " is still a subtle object which appears in awareness, is still the play consciousness. Even the absence is perceived by this that i am, which never changes, never goes anywhere. Obviously, as you say, if consciousness is ignorant of itself it will continue to build objects of any kind to identify itself with, but even the most ignorant, at the moment of death, will come to the recognition of the self. and...it is NOT necessary to wait for the death of this body or this ghost called ego! the green peace genii love Nisargadatta , Pete S <pedsie4@e...> wrote: > > Imagine, if you will, that you owned a magical > piece of land, which had been cursed by a > Green Peace genii. And this piece of ground > wouldn't tolerate any house. You could build on > it, and everything would look normal as long as > you keep on working, but the minute you stop > building, everything will vanish, as if by magic. > > So the only solution is to keep on building without > respite, and making the edifice taller and taller, but > knowing that it's an exercise in futility, because all > will vanish as soon as you stop. > > Many would think no one would want such piece > of land, but we all stand on one, It's our basic > ground. A ground on which, we are constantly > trying to build a separate self. A self which vanish > the moment we stop adding thoughts, memories, > emotions and activities to it. Most try to ignore > this vanishing act. They fear the insight that the house > is just a mental house of cards. They pretend the > house is really there, and that the 'absence of house' > they feel when stopping, it is not what they really are. > > But, that is exactly, the Basic Ground, that basic > pervasive absence of all you can know. And if you > don't like it, keep busy, keep thinking, keep building, > but know, it's a case of, " you and I, building castles in > the sky. " > > Pete > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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