Guest guest Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 This is a story about the Lesson of the Candle. Pehaps you will read it before you meditate. The lesson of the candle. The wax of the candle is like our own body. The wick of the candle is like our nervous system, and brain. The visible flame of the candle is like the realm of mind. The heat energy of the candle is like our thoughts. Working together, the candle gives light and heat. When you meditate, your sense of self moves from the heat, to the light, to the wick, to the wax, and finally, to the empty space in which the candle exists. The successful journey concludes with the meditator coming back into the ordinary state of mind and thinking, but is still aware of his/her inward journey moving from the heat of thinking, into the emptyness that surrounds the candle, and is producing the candle; his/her own life. by, Larry Epston www.epston.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 In a message dated 12/31/2005 1:04:21 AM Pacific Standard Time, bigwaaba writes: > all along the process you are nothing, the lesson is for noone, noone > has ever listened to it. now the teacher has got a problem, being the > pupil absent! > there is only one, one candle...one life. noone is living, > separately, as a person, only love pulsating, dancing like the flame, > for no reason at all. are you going to enjoy with me this mystery? L.E: This is only discovered at the halfway point, which is like the large end of a telescope. But one doesn't stay there, although you may if you choose. The second part is to integrate back into individuality, the small end of the telescope and continue to live as a person who has a simultaneous awareness of what you are talking about, the large view of things, no one, no where, one life. It’s not a mystery to me, and I will enjoy it with you, my own living self. Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 all along the process you are nothing, the lesson is for noone, noone has ever listened to it. now the teacher has got a problem, being the pupil absent! there is only one, one candle...one life. noone is living, separately, as a person, only love pulsating, dancing like the flame, for no reason at all. are you going to enjoy with me this mystery? Nisargadatta , epston@a... wrote: > > This is a story about the Lesson of the Candle. > Pehaps you will read it before you meditate. > > The lesson of the candle. > > The wax of the candle is like our own body. > The wick of the candle is like our nervous system, and brain. > The visible flame of the candle is like the realm of mind. > The heat energy of the candle is like our thoughts. > Working together, the candle gives light and heat. > > When you meditate, your sense of self moves > from the heat, to the light, to the wick, to the wax, > and finally, to the empty space in which the candle exists. > The successful journey concludes with the meditator coming back into > the ordinary state of mind and thinking, but is still aware of his/her inward > journey moving from the heat of thinking, into the emptyness that surrounds > the candle, and is producing the candle; his/her own life. > > by, > > Larry Epston > www.epston.com > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 Good stuff. I like this. " Silver " Nisargadatta , epston@a... wrote: > > This is a story about the Lesson of the Candle. > Pehaps you will read it before you meditate. > > The lesson of the candle. > > The wax of the candle is like our own body. > The wick of the candle is like our nervous system, and brain. > The visible flame of the candle is like the realm of mind. > The heat energy of the candle is like our thoughts. > Working together, the candle gives light and heat. > > When you meditate, your sense of self moves > from the heat, to the light, to the wick, to the wax, > and finally, to the empty space in which the candle exists. > The successful journey concludes with the meditator coming back into > the ordinary state of mind and thinking, but is still aware of his/her inward > journey moving from the heat of thinking, into the emptyness that surrounds > the candle, and is producing the candle; his/her own life. > > by, > > Larry Epston > www.epston.com > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 Nisargadatta , epston@a... wrote: > > In a message dated 12/31/2005 1:04:21 AM Pacific Standard Time, > bigwaaba writes: > > > all along the process you are nothing, the lesson is for noone, noone > > has ever listened to it. now the teacher has got a problem, being the > > pupil absent! > > there is only one, one candle...one life. noone is living, > > separately, as a person, only love pulsating, dancing like the flame, > > for no reason at all. are you going to enjoy with me this mystery? > > L.E: This is only discovered at the halfway point, which is like the large > end of a telescope. But one doesn't stay there, although you may if you > choose. The second part is to integrate back into individuality, the small end of > the telescope and continue to live as a person who has a simultaneous > awareness of what you are talking about, the large view of things, no one, no where, > one life. It’s not a mystery to me, and I will enjoy it with you, my own > living self. > > > Larry the all effort is to try to integrate life force, which is love itself, into an individuality, into a person. this is the all effort of education, social and religious. We can go on trying, just for the joy to fail! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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