RE : Witnessing

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Nisargadatta , " stuartkfmn "

<stuartkfmn wrote:

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>

>

> " pliantheart " <illusyn@> wrote:

> >

> >

> > A spiritual practice recommended by many such as

Nisargadatta

> > is one of constant " witnessing " , as in:

> >

> > M: Discover all you are not. Body, feelings,

thoughts, ideas,

> > time, space, being and not-being, this or that

-- nothing

> > concrete or abstract you can point out to is

you. A mere verbal

> > statement will not do -- you may repeat a

formula endlessly

> > without any result whatsoever. You must watch

yourself

> > continuously -- particularly your mind -- moment

by moment,

> > missing nothing. This witnessing is essential

for the

> > separation of the self from the not-self.

> >

> > Q: The witnessing -- is it not my real nature?

> >

> > M: For witnessing, there must be something else

to witness. We

> > are still in duality!

> >

> > Q: What about witnessing the witness? Awareness

of awareness?

> >

> > M: Putting words together will not take you far.

Go within and

> > discover what you are not. Nothing else matters.

> >

> >

> > The beauty of witnessing as a practice is how it

brings home

> > the fact that all happens by itself. In

" witnessing " there is

> > no effort to *do* anything, just to witness

whatever unfolds.

> > When this practice is actually carried out it is

observed that

> > the many " doings " , the many activities and

behaviors, continue

> > to arise and fall away of their own. A conscious

effort by a

> > " doer " behind the scenes is not necessary.

> >

> > To see this is very freeing. For it is the

beginning of realization

> > that all unfolds as of its own within Emptiness.

All is mere

> > appearance within the sphere of awareness.

> >

> > To hear that idea is one thing. But to undertake

witnessing and

> > actually " taste " the spontaneous arising and

falling away of

> > behavior is quite another.

> >

> > And that is freedom in its most fundamental sense.

To see that

> > there is no doer, that there never has been a

doer.

> >

> > Talk about non-action, non-doing can be a bit

misleading. It can

> > seem to be saying that it is best to " practice

non-action " . But

> > the practice of witnessing shows that non-action,

non-doing is

> > ever and always the case. The difference is not in

*ceasing* to

> > do, to act, but in *realizing* that there never

has been any doing

> > or action.

> >

> > Bill

>

> That was great to read and I don't disagree with it,

but to me " being

> the doing " , the mindless action itself, takes me as

close to the Tao

> as I am able to go for now.

>

> Stu

 

perhaps that is as close as it gets!

 

the Tao isn't anything particular one can get " close

to " .

 

the Tao is only the absence of anything particular

that is

structuring experience.

 

If the director of a play, for example, doesn't try to

control every little thing, but instead opens up to

everyone being involved in making it all work, which

is

to trust the inherent wholeness and integrity of life,

then that perhaps is dancing with the Tao.

..........

That will make for an interesting play!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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