Guest guest Posted February 11, 2006 Report Share Posted February 11, 2006 Nisargadatta , " Anna Ruiz " <nli10u wrote: > > > - > billrishel > Nisargadatta > Saturday, February 11, 2006 3:40 AM > Infinity and zero-distance are collapsed (((Re: Self > > > M: > to wake up from dream....is to be oneSelf.... > to be oneSelf....is to know the Self > to know the Self...is to give up oneself > >>>>>> > > Very lucid! > > To be oneself is to give up oneself. > > But to " know " the Self is not knowing in the > ordinary sense, such as knowing one's mother. > Such knowing is what is left when all knowing > has been removed. > > When all possible forms of knowing have been > dissolved, vaporized, eliminated, when the > landscape of consciousness is emptied of all > the precious mental trinkets, then what > remains is the landscape itself. > > The dim apperception of the landscape itself > is the beginning of such a knowing. > > But it never ends because the landscape still > has *some* qualities, and as those qualities > come to be seen as transient they too melt > away. > > So it comes to seen that it is always the > " background " that is the Self. > > But that phase passes too, as eventually any > sense of background/foreground dissolves. > > And perhaps then it can begin to be seen that > what simply *is* is what is known, a knowing that > is not a knowing *of* anything, but a knowing > that is simply *itself* as a knowingness. > > But such a knowingness cares not what anything > is called. The term " Self " has no special > signficance. The term " to know " has no special > signficance. That which is utterly empty and > utterly full has no need, and no sense of any > seeking. > > But if a term were to be used for that > knowingness, could there be a better term than > What Is? > > Notice that in the brightness of What Is > knowing and known are one. There is no > separation. In What Is all is moving and all > is utterly still. All is utterly profound and > transcendent, and yet immediate and present. > Infinity and zero-distance are collapsed here, > Now, in What Is. > > > > Bill Well said Bill thank you > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2006 Report Share Posted February 11, 2006 - bigwaaba Nisargadatta Saturday, February 11, 2006 5:40 AM Infinity and zero-distance are collapsed (((Re: Self Nisargadatta , " Anna Ruiz " <nli10u wrote: > > > - > billrishel > Nisargadatta > Saturday, February 11, 2006 3:40 AM > Infinity and zero-distance are collapsed (((Re: Self > > > M: > to wake up from dream....is to be oneSelf.... > to be oneSelf....is to know the Self > to know the Self...is to give up oneself > >>>>>> > > Very lucid! > > To be oneself is to give up oneself. > > But to " know " the Self is not knowing in the > ordinary sense, such as knowing one's mother. > Such knowing is what is left when all knowing > has been removed. > > When all possible forms of knowing have been > dissolved, vaporized, eliminated, when the > landscape of consciousness is emptied of all > the precious mental trinkets, then what > remains is the landscape itself. > > The dim apperception of the landscape itself > is the beginning of such a knowing. > > But it never ends because the landscape still > has *some* qualities, and as those qualities > come to be seen as transient they too melt > away. > > So it comes to seen that it is always the > " background " that is the Self. > > But that phase passes too, as eventually any > sense of background/foreground dissolves. > > And perhaps then it can begin to be seen that > what simply *is* is what is known, a knowing that > is not a knowing *of* anything, but a knowing > that is simply *itself* as a knowingness. > > But such a knowingness cares not what anything > is called. The term " Self " has no special > signficance. The term " to know " has no special > signficance. That which is utterly empty and > utterly full has no need, and no sense of any > seeking. > > But if a term were to be used for that > knowingness, could there be a better term than > What Is? > > Notice that in the brightness of What Is > knowing and known are one. There is no > separation. In What Is all is moving and all > is utterly still. All is utterly profound and > transcendent, and yet immediate and present. > Infinity and zero-distance are collapsed here, > Now, in What Is. > > > > Bill Well said Bill thank you amen!! > ** If you do not wish to receive individual emails, to change your subscription, sign in with your ID and go to Edit My Groups: /mygroups?edit=1 Under the Message Delivery option, choose " No Email " for the Nisargadatta group and click on Save Changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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