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 ************* There we go. The Truth in a nutshell and Life goes on. That's why I say live life to it's fullest in whatever way makes you happy. Forget trying to detach yourself from it. It's futile. Know it all to be an illusion and then move on. Enjoy it! " Silver " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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