Guest guest Posted June 8, 2006 Report Share Posted June 8, 2006 --- skywhilds <skywords a écrit : > Nisargadatta , " gdtige " > <gdtige 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 > > > > > > I don`t know why but I feel prompted to add : > > as long as one wants to gain, obtain, > > one`s is only going to obtain more time, > > more suffering, more karma. > > > > Patricia > > > > > > > > Yes, I have pondered that paradox myself. At what > point is one > seeking, at what point giving up the search, at what > point giving up > the search in order to proceed with the search, but > from another > angle? Only poets and Jesuits would attempt an > answer. > > But for me, it is very clearly a question of What I > want to gain. Is > it an object, an objective, a spirit or a permanent > state? Again, > these terms are open for debate. But my answer has > always been, > dedication to a particular process I would call > thriving, for the > moment, a panoply of other names for my journal. > > I find that I do, indeed, become what I focus on. > My focus on being > freedom yields freedom, love yields love, > witnessing, witnessing. For > me, mantras do, have, and continue to, work. > > Sorry, but no paradox here. Although I do believe > paradox does have > it's crucial place in this realm. Where to find it, > well, that might > have to be, itself, a paradoxical. > > warmth > ~*~ Paradoxes use to drive me very mad. Then, in them, I started to perceive the reflection of what I am attracted to: Playing, lulling me about, in their wake. Making me come closer only to whisper : this isn`t it yet, you know it, don`t you? Each time I realize that it isn`t it yet, the path narrows down. What matters here is my yielding but also the fact that their is a more subtle attunement to what I love : to who I am. I know that I will not find it, yet I stay on...listening..walking..sharing.. Makes sense? Most likely not. A little white cloud of tenderness for that big open sky. Patricia > > > > > En finir avec le spam? Mail vous offre la meilleure protection possible contre les messages non sollicités http://mail..fr Mail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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