Guest guest Posted June 27, 2006 Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 --- pliantheart <pliantheart a écrit : > Nisargadatta , OConnor > Patricia <gdtige wrote: > > > > > > > > you can only understand what you are not. > > For the rest,< youcanonlybe> > > when you find I am, what else can you say, why > would > > words matter? > > There are no right word that can describe it, you > can > > only try to know who is talking to you, then > seeing if > > their choice of word is in the same line than > yours, > > or not. > That's exactly what my question about " I am " is all > about. " I am " seems not the description for me at > all. > So when someone else does use " I am " to describe, > does that mean they are describing something quite > different, or does it mean that they actually are > describing the same thing (more or less), but that > the term " I am " does resonate for them even though > for me it doesn't. > > > When you find I am, it doesn`t matter how you call > it. > > You`ll touch their beingness because there is > nothing > > else to be. > > There is only disappearance of the seeker. > Some use the term 'This' for that. > At this moment I'm inclined to say: " alivenenss > everywhere " > > For those who incline to say " I am " ... > I wonder if there is a " sense of I " ... > even with the disappearance of the seeker. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> so, the seeker gone, there could still be a sense of I? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>. > > If not, I don't understand calling it " I am " . > > If so, then they are describing something quite > different from what I describe when I say > " aliveness everywhere " . > > For one who would say " I am " I wonder if > simply " beingness " would work just as well. > Does there really have to be an " I " in it? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I understand your reluctance to the word I. And it is wise to be very careful. But I find now that <I am> is not a all personnal, it is yet so appropriate because it describes something oh...so very close to home, nearer than hands and feet and irrefutable.....Patricia >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > I want to understand this because I seem to > constantly > be knocking heads with those who say " I am " . Is it > just different words, as you suggest, or something > different being described? > > Bill > > > > Words don`t matter so much, nor definitions > although > > they have their place for the time > being...maybe...i > > don`t know.. > > > > Yours...........~~~ > > > > > > > > > _________________________ 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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