Would you 'consciously' create suffering for yourself

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Except for a mind that's muddled in anger and regret over the past,

resistance doesn't come about as a means of changing the past, but as a means of

changing the present and the future.

 

Also, as long as it is believed that it's desirable to change the present

circumstances, and it's believed that this can be done, the resistance has

already occurred; the striving has already begun. Since the struggle already

exists in the present, the logical mentation that the actions of change can be

performed and the struggle need not be a part of the process, is ineffective.

The struggle didn't arise as a logical conclusion and cannot be dispelled with

logic. It arose out of the perception of need and the conviction and belief

that fulfillment is a worthy goal. Suffering is never rationally chosen, and

cannot be rationally dispelled by choosing not to suffer. This is just more of

the same resistance that created the suffering in the first place.

 

Phil

 

 

 

In a message dated 3/14/2006 9:14:18 PM Pacific Standard Time,

Nisargadatta writes:

 

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 02:32:58 -0000

" Arvind " <adithya_comming

Re: Would you 'consciously' create suffering for yourself?

/ Len

 

[...]

 

> > > What do you do when you cannot

get what you want?

 

 

> > I check...

> > If I can " want " ... exactly what I

have " got " !

 

 

> I wonder, aren´t you subtly forcing

yourself to want what you got to

> avoid the discomfort of not having

what you want?

 

 

That's a question of 'perspective'!

 

 

Aren't you subtly forcing yourself in

'resistance' and resultant

'unhappiness' by saying that you don't

want THAT which is already the case...

 

on THAT which you really can have No

Choice...

 

on that which can not be any other

way - because, it has already

happened - because, it is already the

case?

 

 

Aren't you subtly forcing yourself in

'resistance' and resultant

'unhappiness' by saying that what you

want 'in now' is Not the reality of now

but, that 'which is Not in Now' [a picture

that you had made in your mind in past]?

 

Even you know that 'what has happened'

is already the case and can't change in

now - so what use is creating " suffering "

by 'wanting' that which you too know is

'impossible'?

 

Does it serve any " real " purpose other

than creating " suffering " ?

 

Would you 'consciously' create suffering

for yourself?

 

 

....

 

 

My 'want' was the 'past'...

In past, I had imagined/dreamt/

thought/wanted/desired things...

 

That " thinking " , that " dreaming " , that

" imagining " , that " desiring " had

happened... in the 'past'!

 

The reality is Now!

 

 

I realize the Reality...

 

and, then I ask:

 

" what do I want now??? " !

 

 

Fretting about 'what didn't happen'

and creating inner unhappiness is

rarely what I want 'in now'!

 

The reality that which has already

happened doesn't change because of me

being unhappy about it - this inner

resistance and unhappiness doesn't do

anything other than hurt me inside!

 

Is that what I " really " want Now?

 

The answer most often is - No!

 

If I still want to strive, act or take

any steps that I find appropriate - I

can do it! But, doing so doesn't

require me to 'fight', 'argue' or

'resist' that which is already the case!

 

 

My 'want' was 'past'...

 

The Reality is " now " ...

 

 

What do I want now?

 

Do I want to 'suffer' because the

present reality is different than what

I had imagined in past? Does it change

'what is already the case'? If not, why

would I do it?

 

If I still want to " dream " ... I can

always dream a new one... but, it

doesn't require me to " suffer " ... it

doesn't require me to argue with that

which is already the case