Guest guest Posted June 5, 2006 Report Share Posted June 5, 2006 Nisargadatta , epston wrote: > > In a message dated 6/3/2006 12:22:50 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > >kenj02001@ writes: > > > >>So you'd like to be courageous, committed and responsible > without > >>>separable being? > >>>Free your mind Dan! (As Morpheus said to Neo) > >>>Is there such a thing as courage without separable being? > >> > >L.E: The mind cannot be freed. There is no separate you that can > be freed. > >The mind can only subside, dissolve, relax, then the ego > disappears and > >realization of the deeper nature begins. > > > >Larry Epston > > > Dork: You suggest mind to be something separate from ego? > What is real Larry (like Morpheus asked Neo) > However, that which is fully understood can be transcended, it > doesn't disappear, but is easily laid to rest. > > L.E: No, I am not suggesting that. The ego is the mind reaching out. It is > the extension of mind into external space where there appear to be others. > I just saw Matrix again. There are some questions that have no answers. > 'What is real " is one of them. It's like when you stop asking the question, the > answer will appear by itself. The mind cannot FULLY understand anything > because it is derivative and has no substance of its own. Perhaps dissolving and > laying to rest are the same. And it is not easy. Most humans will not see into > it at all. Maybe after doing something difficult, it seems easy, but not > before. > > > > > > > > > > Well, as for calling me Dork, it would also imply it's opposite, of which I'm neither, yet both. And yes I agree, some questions do answer themselves when they stop being asked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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