Guest guest Posted August 13, 2006 Report Share Posted August 13, 2006 I have a question. If whom we are without our thoughts and stories is alive stillness, consciousness,something that comes from beyond the mind then when we die we lose consciousness, so I guess whom we are can no longer be felt, and I am not talking about the ego but of the alive presence I feel now when I go beyond the mind. Would appreciate any comments. Perhaps I am seeing incorrectly! Thanks, Vera L: Hi Vera, you are seeing it quite correctly, .... So you are a realised being and you realised that your being is beyond your body, and now wonder what happens to your being when you are no longer your body ? you are right, if you are no longer your body, you can no longer sense and feel and understand yourself, but you will still be here as a being. And if you believe that who you are can not only be sensed by your own body, but also by other bodies, simply explain these other bodies who you are and how you can be sensed and your being can be felt even after you die. Lulu P: Liberation is not about sensing anything, but about freedom from the need to sense, from the need for consciousness itself. ____________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2006 Report Share Posted August 13, 2006 There is a great delusion, among many of us to what we call Liberation and Enlightenment. Almost everyone I know including my deluded guru's and teacher's mistakenly confuse what I call Liberation and Freedom with the Being of Death. That if I only free my ego from every sense and desire, this will liberate me for all time to come. But I am being completely ignorant and absolutely deluded, my achievement has nothing to do with being liberated and being enlightened! Of course, in death I experience bliss, peace, freedom, liberation and silence in never ending dimensions. But being death doesn't end with the experience of bliss, peace, freedom, liberation and silence, it is not even the beginning. Death is a delusion, a fatamorgana, nothing to experience for nobody. I think that if I only hide my dead ego the world will cease to exist. I think I am no longer the world, once I experience peace and happiness. But who is experiencing piece and happiness ? My dead ego ? And if my dead ego experiences peace and happiness, liberation and freedom, that means no more than peace and happiness doesn't exist, liberation and freedom is a delusion because my dead ego doesn't exist, I've killed it, don't I remember, the experience I experience doesn't count, because it is experienced by my dead no one. What does exist is this world. Every living creature has an identity in it, except for myself who I destroyed mine, but do I think, do I really believe that destroying my identity will eventually liberate and free the world ? Of course not, but I think that freeing and liberating my own personal ego and self will solve the problem for all time to come. I am being ignorant and selfish beyond measure, my focus is on liberating and freeing myself, but I forget, my experience doesn't count because I killed the only one who could value my experience. What I say is meaningless for everybody alive. But here where I am is Bliss. So if this is what I want for myself, great, but remain aware that if I only destroy one ego, it will liberate only one tree in the forest, one drop in the ocean and if I think that I am the entire forest and ocean, great, go ahead, kill my identity, liberate myself, be the deluded one. Get your email and more, right on the new .com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 Nisargadatta , Pete S <pedsie5 wrote: >P: Liberation is not about sensing anything, but about >freedom from the need to sense, from the need for >consciousness itself. Wow, Pete... radically well said. Stefan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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