Guest guest Posted April 17, 2006 Report Share Posted April 17, 2006 > There is no such thing as 'spiritual attainment.' > What looks like spiritual attainment is actually the failure of > the one who would attain. > > ~Robin Dale > " Noticing What You Already Know " Beginning... ....is the beginning of thinking... End... ....is the end of thinking... *God*, enlightenment, realization, Attainment... Suffering, Bondage, [mental] Pain... One, Many... Perfection, imperfection... [spiritual] Journey and *Desitination*... ....belongs to the *thinking*! > > Check your mind, > Be on your guard, > Pull yourself out, > As an elephant from mud. > Dhammapada > To Be Aware is to... ....to be little *frugal* in thinking... If you were able to use *thinking* as if it was something extremely *valuable*, *potent*, *expensive* and... *powerful*! If you were able to think knowing that *every* *thought*... cost you a Great Deal... *cost* that is paid in taking you away from the natural effortless Ease... *cost* that is incurred when it goes on to create pain, conditioning, vassana and conflict... If you were as *vigilant* in creating and using *thoughts*... as you are in using a match box to create *Fire****... You will discover that... Not only there is no [real] bondage, suffering, pain, enlightenment, realization, God, birth and death... there is also No [separate] you that could attain any of these! All these are merely Word-Play! Buddha is no other than a *name* for your non-conceptual Reality... ....but, Buddha that you *know* and *think* is None other than... a mere Word-Play! --- ***that is to use *thinking* only when *necessary*... and, then too... use it with *care*... and, use it only as much as necessary and useful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 17, 2006 Report Share Posted April 17, 2006 [...] > > Check your mind, > > Be on your guard, > > Pull yourself out, > > As an elephant from mud. > > Dhammapada > > > > > To Be Aware is to... > > ...to be little *frugal* in thinking... > > > If you were able to use *thinking* as > if it was something extremely > *valuable*, *potent*, *expensive* > and... *powerful*! > > > If you were able to think knowing that > *every* *thought*... cost you a Great Deal... > > *cost* that is paid in taking you away > from the natural effortless Ease... > > *cost* that is incurred when it goes on > to create pain, conditioning, vassana and > conflict... > > > > If you were as *vigilant* in creating > and using *thoughts*... > > as you are in using a match box to > create *Fire****... > > > You will discover that... > > Not only there is no [real] bondage, > suffering, pain, enlightenment, > realization, God, birth and death... > > there is also No [separate] you that > could attain any of these! > > > All these are merely Word-Play! > the Real Buddha is no other than your non-conceptual Reality... ....but, the Buddha that you *know* and *think* about... is None other than... a mere Word-Play! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 17, 2006 Report Share Posted April 17, 2006 > [...] > > > > Check your mind, > > > Be on your guard, > > > Pull yourself out, > > > As an elephant from mud. > > > Dhammapada > > > > > > > > > To Be Aware is to... > > > > ...to be little *frugal* in thinking... > > > > If you treated *thinking* as something extremely *valuable*, *potent*, *expensive* and... *powerful*! If you used *thinking* knowing that *every* *thought*... can cost you a Great Deal... > > > > *cost* that is paid in taking you away > > from the natural effortless Ease... > > > > *cost* that is incurred when it goes on > > to create pain, conditioning, vassana and > > conflict... > > > > > > > > If you were as *vigilant* in creating > > and using *thoughts*... > > > > as you are in using a match box to > > create *Fire****... .... Just for 3 days... before every thought imagine that if it would *COST* you real money to have this thought... would you still insist on *having* it??? Imagine... what you would be *buying* by spending that money to have this thought... Then, proceed to have only those thoughts that you find really necessary, useful and *worth having*! and, just in three days... you will notice something Very New... Something that is... Not Conceptual... Something that you can NOT know [...in words]... Something that is essentially you... yet is devoid of any notion of me and you... .... > > > > > > You will discover that... > > > > Not only there is no [real] bondage, > > suffering, pain, enlightenment, > > realization, God, birth and death... > > > > there is also No [separate] you that > > could attain any of these! > > > > > > All these are merely Word-Play! > > > > the Real Buddha is no other than your non-conceptual Reality... ....but, the Buddha that you think, know and talk about... is nothing other than... a mere Word-Play! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 17, 2006 Report Share Posted April 17, 2006 Though I have written clouds to the shining sun, I have fallen into my reflection, the waning moon and I, eternal Beloveds. {Just This} Namaste, Ana Nisargadatta , " Arvind " <adithya_comming wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > > Check your mind, > > > > Be on your guard, > > > > Pull yourself out, > > > > As an elephant from mud. > > > > Dhammapada > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Be Aware is to... > > > > > > ...to be little *frugal* in thinking... > > > > > > > > > If you treated *thinking* as > something extremely > *valuable*, *potent*, *expensive* > and... *powerful*! > > > If you used *thinking* knowing that > *every* *thought*... can cost you a Great Deal... > > > > > > > *cost* that is paid in taking you away > > > from the natural effortless Ease... > > > > > > *cost* that is incurred when it goes on > > > to create pain, conditioning, vassana and > > > conflict... > > > > > > > > > > > > If you were as *vigilant* in creating > > > and using *thoughts*... > > > > > > as you are in using a match box to > > > create *Fire****... > > ... > > Just for 3 days... > > before every thought imagine that if > it would *COST* you real money to have > this thought... would you still insist > on *having* it??? > > Imagine... what you would be *buying* > by spending that money to have this > thought... > > Then, proceed to have only those > thoughts that you find really > necessary, useful and *worth having*! > > > and, just in three days... > > you will notice something Very New... > > Something that is... Not Conceptual... > > Something that you can NOT know [...in words]... > > Something that is essentially you... > yet is devoid of any notion of me and > you... > > ... > > > > > > > > > > > You will discover that... > > > > > > Not only there is no [real] bondage, > > > suffering, pain, enlightenment, > > > realization, God, birth and death... > > > > > > there is also No [separate] you that > > > could attain any of these! > > > > > > > > > All these are merely Word-Play! > > > > > > > > > the Real Buddha is no other than > your non-conceptual Reality... > > ...but, the Buddha that you think, know and > talk about... is nothing other than... a mere > Word-Play! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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