Guest guest Posted June 22, 2006 Report Share Posted June 22, 2006 --- stuartkfmn <stuartkfmn a écrit : > OConnor Patricia <gdtige wrote: > > > > > > --- 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? > > ................... > > I don't know:-) > But to me falling is a sensation in relation to a > thing that isn't > falling or is falling at a different speed, so if I > feel falling I am > feeling contrast with the opposite pole of > falling... the background > to falling, which for me is " not falling " . > But what I just described is polar, and maybe you > are describing > something that is not polar? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> there has been talk about twoness today. Maybe non-duality is the oneness of twoness, if that makes sense. In that sense, there are no more problems, no more friction between manifestation and unmanifested, only a dance. I was watching couples dancing tango the other night, ...........ooohhh their oneness!!! ~~~ ........................ > > Stuart > > > > > > 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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