Guest guest Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 Nisargadatta , Adithya K <adithya_comming wrote: > > > The teacher had told me, if you want > something, first you must fully > understand... what THAT which you want > IS! > > If joy is what you want... first, pay > FULL attention and find out what JOY > really is... see it, observe it, > > examine it... do it when you are very > joyous... > > > If happiness is what you want, first > find out what happiness really is... > > If pain is what you would rather avoid > first understand what Pain really IS! > > > > As I had completed my last project > with great success, I was feeling > extremely joyous... > > I tried to observe and find out... > what this *joy* really was... > > I looked within... > > and, all I found was... P E A C E... > > > There were Only some *movement* on the > surface but, underneath it was just > Peace!!! > > > ... > > I started observing it more and more... > > in the moments of great celebrations, > in the moments of complaining, > > in the moment of glory, in the moment > of agony... > > when I looked within... all I found > was... P E A C E... > > > The movement [no matter how furious, > frenetic or gentle it seemed]... > seemed to be only on the Surface! > > > And, more frequently than not... this > *movement* was fuelled and sustained by > some *thought*... So then what you had wanted was on the surface, wasn't it? And your wanting it was on the surface too. Desire and fulfillment just a smoke ring in the vastness. So nice to get off that loop and take it all in! Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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