Guest guest Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 Nisargadatta , " pliantheart " <pliantheart wrote: > > > > " Where there is the possibility of pain, where > there is the possibility of suffering in love, > it is not love, it is merely a subtle form of > possession, of acquisitiveness. " > > - J. Krishnamurti > > > As I reflected on the quote it brought me to wonder > what it is that defines the " relationship " . > I concluded that the relationship, whatever it > may be, is *not* a set of feelings that I may > have about the other. > > It is the feelings I have about the other that > constitute expectations about the other and > are the basis for potential disappointment. > And hence, I concluded, the feelings I carry > about the other are what is false. > > In a way it is like my own false identity > clouding my realization of What Is, of Now. > Because the feelings I have about the other > are in effect my sense of identity as > far as that relationship is concerned. > > When I realize that the set of feelings I carry > in my own breast regarding the other are false, > are not what is real, then they dissolve. And > when they have dissolved what remains is a > tremendous space. I still behold the other, but > now what I behold is a vastness of possibilities, > in place of what I held before as a confined > set of necessities. > > > Bill > This is very very Good, Bill! Thanks for posting this. Regards, ac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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