Guest guest Posted June 8, 2006 Report Share Posted June 8, 2006 Nisargadatta , " dan330033 " <dan330033 wrote: > > Nisargadatta , " pliantheart " <pliantheart@> > wrote: > > > the existential struggle in which > > freedom is not is a miring in words, > > and words will not dispel it. > > > > something much stronger is needed to > > cut that grease. > > > > Nisargadatta spoke of earnestness and > > intensity. > > > > Whether those are sufficient conditions, > > certainly they are necessary. > > > > > > Bill > > I agree, Bill. > > " The Tao is not won by gaining, but loss upon loss ... " Lao Tzu > > One doesn't go under or around, one must go through to the other side. > > Although this is the other side, there is no way to know this, without > going through the abyss, the loss, the dissolution. > > To say that what dissolves never existed, only makes sense when loss > is fully accepted. > > Loss of the previous history, context, story, and emotional > attachments collected as me -- this is not an easy deal. It amounts to > loss of self, world, and all associated relationships and meaning. But > because all of that is based on maintaining an inherent split, there > is no way to know " what is so " and avoid going through that loss. > > And there is no special state that is arrived at. > > It's just daily life and all its travails, and the day by day losses > that are our *openness* -- our *vulnerability* as you've pointed out. > It is through dying that our openness is understood, and indeed, is > possible. > > -- Dan I would like to add to your post that daily life into dissolution is about accepting all and giving up all. Patricia > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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