Guest guest Posted June 22, 2006 Report Share Posted June 22, 2006 --- stuartkfmn <stuartkfmn a écrit : > Nisargadatta , OConnor > Patricia <gdtige wrote: > > > > > > --- stuartkfmn <stuartkfmn a écrit : > > > > > I was listening to a podcast recorded by a > student > > > of Zen, a Michael > > > McAlister. The URL is > > > http://infinitesmile.org/ > > > The specific podcast is " 1/7/2006 ISmile95 - " It > Is > > > Not About Intellect " " . > > > > > > When the podcast ended I experienced the > following > > > realization: > > > ----- > > > The shock that stops the mind: > > > I seek a new anchor to hold onto. > > > I am offered one that would be far more > desirable > > > than the one that > > > I am now grasping. > > > I completely let go of the old anchor while > fixing > > > all of my > > > attention upon the new one. > > > I jump to the new anchor… but suddenly I see > that > > > it was a mirage, > > > that there is nothing at all there for me to > > > grasp!!! > > > I am shocked, and I am stopped. > > > > > > When there is nothing to hold onto nor any > > > expectation nor hope of > > > finding something to grasp… there is no one to > do > > > the grasping. > > > ------ > > > > > > Stu > > > > is there a falling then? > > > > PAtricia > > > > > Really really good question!:-) > > No, there is no falling... because if there is a > fear, such as > falling, then that in itself is a " thing " , something > to grasp so that > one can stay real or alive as " self the falling " . ................. P : what if there is falling with no fear, no grasping? Can that be? .................... > If this is true, " that there is no one to do the > grasping " , it is only > so if the magnitude of the " nothing to hold onto " is > total, an absolute. > For me it is never an event of magnitude and so is > short lived. > > Stu > > > > > > _________________________ Mail réinvente le mail ! Découvrez le nouveau Mail et son interface révolutionnaire. http://fr.mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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