Guest guest Posted June 4, 2006 Report Share Posted June 4, 2006 Nisargadatta , " pliantheart " <pliantheart wrote: > Courage *is*, quite simply, the courage to let go of > one's separateness, to " forget oneself " . > > The act of that fireman is not out of self-interest... > it is an action that transcends self-interest. > > The vulnerability to be completely open to the moment > without regard to self-interest... that in itself is > the dissolution of separation, and that in itself is > the essence of courage. > > Bill Well-said, Bill. Not something that can be taught. Something that is not a thing, yet acts and responds. The contraction against vulnerability in service to perceived self-interest, is fear. And that fear has many forms and faces. It is the illness of the human being. And the resolution of that fear is through life itself. Going into and through the fear, not taking control of it and eliminating it, not intellectualizing it away. Understanding it, and seeing how much of it involves self-division and a refusal of life as it is. -- Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2006 Report Share Posted June 4, 2006 Nisargadatta , " dan330033 " <dan330033 wrote: > > Nisargadatta , " pliantheart " <pliantheart@> > wrote: > > > Courage *is*, quite simply, the courage to let go of > > one's separateness, to " forget oneself " . > > > > The act of that fireman is not out of self-interest... > > it is an action that transcends self-interest. > > > > The vulnerability to be completely open to the moment > > without regard to self-interest... that in itself is > > the dissolution of separation, and that in itself is > > the essence of courage. > > > > Bill > > Well-said, Bill. > > Not something that can be taught. > > Something that is not a thing, yet acts and responds. > > The contraction against vulnerability in service to perceived > self-interest, is fear. > > And that fear has many forms and faces. > > It is the illness of the human being. > > And the resolution of that fear is through life itself. > > Going into and through the fear, not taking control of it and > eliminating it, not intellectualizing it away. > > Understanding it, and seeing how much of it involves self-division and > a refusal of life as it is. > > -- Dan > Nice. toombaru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2006 Report Share Posted June 5, 2006 Nisargadatta , " pliantheart " <pliantheart wrote: > .... > > especially struck by your: " a refusal of life as it is... " > > as if a wrestling to hold down one's very heart... > > and courage the daring to *let it go*! > > so maybe that perimeter is not to keep the hazards *out*, > as it would seem, > but to hold the heart *in*! > > > Bill The fear that is me, is the fear of a broken heart, and broken life. The heart-breaking truth, the life-breaking truth. Truth is not for the stalwartly whole-hearted and whole-person. Truth is for the broken. So broken that there is no fix, clearly no fix, therefore all attempt at a fix is dropped. The barrier, or perimeter as you call it, is an attempted " fix " - as you say, a " fix " intended to hold me to myself, and to keep what can hurt me at a distance. The courage of vulnerability is not the courage of the winner, the victor. It is the courage to fully accept loss. Worldly courage is about achieving gain through victory. It is what runs the world. Spiritual courage is release of the attempt to achieve, to possess. It overcomes the world not by winning over it, but by releasing it while in the midst of it. -- D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2006 Report Share Posted June 5, 2006 Nisargadatta , " pliantheart " <pliantheart wrote: > Dan, am quite moved, as this is certainly one of -- if not *the* -- > most beautiful thing I have seen written by you. > > Thank you. > > Bill Thanks, Bill, I'm glad to hear that. I've enjoyed the interaction with you about vulnerability and related issues. It's even worth using up one of my twenty-five allotted posts to say so. ;-) -- Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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