Guest guest Posted June 4, 2006 Report Share Posted June 4, 2006 Nisargadatta , " bigwaaba " <bigwaaba wrote: > > Nisargadatta , " pliantheart " <pliantheart@> > wrote: > > > > Nisargadatta , " dan330033 " <dan330033@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Nisargadatta , " pliantheart " <pliantheart@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > For if life is the Guru, the Guru often appears > > > > in the form of " others " . > > > > > > > > And if, eventually, those " others " no longer really > > > > seem to be *other*, if the depth of the other and > > > > one's own depth are the same, if the love in the other > > > > and one's own love are the same, if the spirit in the > > > > other and one's own spirit are the same... then > > > > perhaps the veil of separation has been dropped... > > > > > > > > But until then, there is so much learning, so > > > > much growing to be found in opening to the challenge > > > > presented by " another " . > > > > > > > > > > > > Bill > > > > > > " Hell is other people, " Jean Paul Sartre > > > > > > Yes, the challenge is what hits you in the face, even as one side- > > steps. > > > > > > It can't be avoided. > > > > > > Advaita talk being used to avoid the challenge of this as is, > > > including the otherness, is devoid of heart. > > > > Love what you say about heart here. > > > > > > > > I am the world. I am self and other. > > > > > > This is embraced from before beginning. > > > > > > And only as this is so, is it true that no self nor other ever > > existed. > > > > > > It is here, in the midst of our relating, emoting, and day to day > > > experiencing - the stillness, the contactless true-being. > > > > > > -- Dan > > > > yes > > > > the true stillness is the stillness that obtains > > *within the fire*. > > > > the nondualism that denys dualism is false. > > > > the nondualism that transcends dualism is true. > > > > > > Bill > > > > > yes, to be beyond is not to deny > Hah! I'll take that to court! ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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