Guest guest Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 Nisargadatta , " pliantheart " <pliantheart wrote: > > The recognition of who we truly are - TRUTH - is the fruit that is > gained by a gentle shift of attention away from the ever-changing > content of experience to that which is aware of all experience in > every moment. This shift of attention is accompanied with the > realization that there never has been a separate I that acted in > or lead a personal life. It has always been life that has lived > itself through us. This gentle and natural returning of attention > to its own source that is awareness itself invites everything > outside and inside to come to complete resting, stillness and to a > most gentle softening yet without the sense of an experiencer. It > is resting that comes to rest. It is stillness that is still. It > is softening that returns to softness. There is nobody who > recognizes truth but it is truth that recognizes itself as being > that which is ever present, ever fresh and ever alive. It is love > that loves. > -Tathagatha > Sounds nice, but there is no such thing as awareness itself. Werner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 " pliantheart " <pliantheart > > The recognition of who we truly are - TRUTH - is the fruit that is > gained by a gentle shift of attention away from the ever-changing > content of experience to that which is aware of all experience in > every moment. This shift of attention is accompanied with the > realization that there never has been a separate I that acted in > or lead a personal life. It has always been life that has lived > itself through us. This gentle and natural returning of attention > to its own source that is awareness itself invites everything > outside and inside to come to complete resting, stillness and to a > most gentle softening yet without the sense of an experiencer. It > is resting that comes to rest. It is stillness that is still. It > is softening that returns to softness. There is nobody who > recognizes truth but it is truth that recognizes itself as being > that which is ever present, ever fresh and ever alive. It is love > that loves. > -Tathagatha > " .. shift from a focus on the content of Awareness to a focus on Awareness itself. It can also be described as a shift in identification, from identifying with the content of Awareness to identifying with Awareness itself. As with images, it is possible - and often necessary in the carrying out of daily routines - to shift back and forth between focusing on the content of Awareness and focusing on Awareness itself. " -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= There is actually only ever seeing, but at times there is the play of identification as the character – so it seems as though the character is seeing, doing, all the rest of it. ~ Nathan Gill Nonduality FAQ Era Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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