Guest guest Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Nisargadatta , OConnor Patricia <gdtige wrote: > > > > ----- Message d'origine ---- > De : billrishel <illusyn > À : Nisargadatta > Envoyé le : Mardi, 4 Avril 2006, 2h30mn 20s > Objet : Re: Leaving no residue/unconditional attention > > Nisargadatta , OConnor Patricia <gdtige@> wrote: > > > > > > --- billrishel <illusyn@> a écrit : > > > > > > > > " " It occurred to me that simply > > observing (i.e. not *doing* anything) what is > > uncomforable is *very* important " " > > > > Why?? > > What happens when you don`t react? > > > > Patricia > > ~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > I don't know... > > > > if there is reaction, then there is just > > observation of *that*... > > > > so by " simply observing " I don't mean any > > *resisting* of doing... > > > > > > I mean simply observing *whatever arises*... > > > > Bill > > > > look harder! > > there's not really anything I can do... > > not even " look harder " ... > > choiceless awareness is just that -- > > no choice! > Bill > .............................................................. > > > " there's not really anything I can do... " > > I love that sentence, that window is open.. > nothing one can do once surrendering to the Heart, > this is the only true " action " we were born to take. yes... beautifully said > Now, what is happening that you do not do. What are the consequences. > I pick one : the ability to truly stay put in quietude. > > > > Patricia The thing about doing is that it happens. The confusion about doing is the assumption that " I " do it. If we get angry we might think, " Ooop! There all my 'nonduality' went out the window! " But no, it is that when the behavior is especially intense the tendancy to identify is much greater. It is not that there is a cessation in " doing " . It is that there is a cessation in *indentification* with doing. Perhaps sitting in quietude, but eventually getting something to eat, doing work, interactions with others, all of it. Does that seem to contradict the statement, " There really is nothing I can do " ? If so, read it this way: " There is really no doing that I can identify with as 'me' doing it. " Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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