You are Nothing

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Why do we store up flattery and insult, hurt and affection.

Without this accumulation of experiences and their responses, we are

not; we are nothing if we have no name, no attachment, no belief. It

is the fear of being nothing that compels us to accumulate; and it is

this very fear, whether conscious or unconscious, that, in spite of

our accumulative activities, brings about our disintegration and

destruction. If we can be aware of the truth of this fear, then it is

the truth that liberates us from it, and not our purposeful

determination to be free,

You are nothing. You may have your name and title, your property

and bank account, you may have power and be famous; but in spite of

all these safeguards, you are as nothing. You may be totally unaware

of this emptiness, this nothingness, or you may simply not want to be

aware of it; but it is there, do what you will to avoid it. You may

try to escape from it in devious ways, through personal or collective

violence, through individual or collective worship, through knowledge

or amusement; but whether you are asleep or awake, it is always

there. You can come upon your relationship to this nothingness and

its fear only by being choicelessly aware of the escapes. You are not

related to it as a separate, individual entity; you are not the

observer watching it; without you, the thinker, the observer, it is

not. You and nothingness are one; you and nothingness are a joint

phenomenon, not two separate processes. If you, the thinker, are

afraid of it and approach it as something contrary and opposed to

you, then any action you may take towards it must inevitably lead to

illusion and so to further conflict and misery. When there is the

discovery, the experiencing of that nothingness as you, then fear -

which exists only when the thinker is separate from his thoughts and

so tries to establish a relationship with them - completely drops

away. Only then is it possible for the mind to be still; and in this

tranquillity, truth comes into being.

 

J.K. Commentaries on Living, Part 1

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--- Werner Woehr <wwoehr a écrit :

 

 

 

Why do we store up flattery and insult, hurt and

affection.

Without this accumulation of experiences and their

responses, we are

not; we are nothing if we have no name, no attachment,

no belief. It

is the fear of being nothing that compels us to

accumulate; and it is

this very fear, whether conscious or unconscious,

that, in spite of

our accumulative activities, brings about our

disintegration and

destruction. If we can be aware of the truth of this

fear, then it is

the truth that liberates us from it, and not our

purposeful

determination to be free,

You are nothing. You may have your name and

title, your property

and bank account, you may have power and be famous;

but in spite of

all these safeguards, you are as nothing. You may be

totally unaware

of this emptiness, this nothingness, or you may simply

not want to be

aware of it; but it is there, do what you will to

avoid it. You may

try to escape from it in devious ways, through

personal or collective

violence, through individual or collective worship,

through knowledge

or amusement; but whether you are asleep or awake, it

is always

there. You can come upon your relationship to this

nothingness and

its fear only by being choicelessly aware of the

escapes. You are not

related to it as a separate, individual entity; you

are not the

observer watching it; without you, the thinker, the

observer, it is

not. You and nothingness are one; you and nothingness

are a joint

phenomenon, not two separate processes. If you, the

thinker, are

afraid of it and approach it as something contrary and

opposed to

you, then any action you may take towards it must

inevitably lead to

illusion and so to further conflict and misery. When

there is the

discovery, the experiencing of that nothingness as

you, then fear -

which exists only when the thinker is separate from

his thoughts and

so tries to establish a relationship with them -

completely drops

away. Only then is it possible for the mind to be

still; and in this

tranquillity, truth comes into being.

 

J.K. Commentaries on Living, Part 1

 

 

Aaahaaa, sweet!

On this very dry and lovely note, am going to bed.

Thank-you Werner.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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