Guest guest Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Nisargadatta , ADHHUB wrote: > > > In a message dated 3/8/2006 7:43:33 AM Pacific Standard Time, > Nisargadatta writes: > > Wed, 08 Mar 2006 14:36:16 -0000 > " lissbon2002 " <lissbon2002 > Silly ego game #3 (((Re: IPercpetion Without Thinking > > > > Hi Bill, > > Convictions, opinions, thought-images all together with emotional > responses triggered by them, create an imaginary world, which could > be called illusory, although it causes a lot of real suffering, > conflicts, wars. > As long as you suffer because of it, calling it an illusion is > simply another illusory escape. As long as the ego dynamic operates, > calling it an illusion is a lie. Really seeing that it´s an ilusion, > is the end of the ego. > Ego, trying to escape suffering has found many ways, among which a > ways of belief that it isn´t real. This belief makes for a double > illusion. The activity of the ego takes place now and can be > observed now. Don´t call it real, don´t call it unreal, simply watch > it. If you deny and ignore it, it will remain underneath covered by > a belief in it´s illusory nature. > You only know that something was an illusion when it is gone, never > before. If you think you know it before, it´s simply the expression > of a belief which you cling to in order not to deal with the > discomfort which it brings. > Here´s something from K, whom you like I think: > > > " > The Cultivation of Detachment > > There is only attachment; there is no such thing as detachment. The > mind invents detachment as a reaction to the pain of attachment. > When you react to attachment by becoming " detached, " you are > attached to something else. So that whole process is one of > attachment. You are attached to your wife or your husband, to your > children, to ideas, to tradition, to authority, and so on; and your > reaction to that attachment is detachment. The cultivation of > detachment is the outcome of sorrow, pain. You want to escape from > the pain of attachment, and your escape is to find something to > which you think you can be attached. So there is only attachment, > and it is a stupid mind that cultivates detachment. All the books > say, " Be detached, " but what is the truth of the matter? If you > observe your own mind, you will see an extraordinary thing†" that > through cultivating detachment, your mind is becoming attached to > something else. " > > The Book of Life - March 8 > > Greetings, > > Len > > > > > Yessss! And that's the truth! Well said, including your words, Len. > > Phil I´m affraid though that true followers of Nisargadatta won´t be happy to hear that ;-) Len Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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