Guest guest Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 Nisargadatta , ADHHUB wrote: > > > In the beginning it may seem that " one " is seeking > Peace. In the end it is Peace that realizes itself > as the one true nature, and all the chaotic wandering > comes to an end. > Bill > > > > > In the beginning, one conceptualizes dualistic peace because that's the only > peace known by the mind; the experience of peace against the backdrop of > non-peace. This is how it must be. One cannot experience one polarity of a > duality only. > > Anyone who has had an experience of bliss, love, joy, oneness, knows this to > be so. Such experiences are dualistic and must inevitably be followed by it's > experiential polarity. The kids start screaming, the wife nags, the boss > yells and all you want to do is go home and meditate and get back into that > state and you want to stay there forever, but this can never happen. The road to > heaven exists but by the grace of hell. This is the nature of experience in > the relative illusion. > > Peace is ultimately not a state to be achieved nor is it an experience of > anything because it is not something apart from what you are. When it is noticed > that love, joy, peace is the very essence of what you are, the experiential > backdrop falls away and it ceases to be a dualistic experience. It is known > that there is no such thing as non-peace and there is no experience that can > change the essence of what you know yourself to be. > > (Just rambling to my Self) > > Phil > > Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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