Guest guest Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 Nisargadatta , " anabebe57 " <kailashana wrote: > > Nisargadatta , " toombaru2006 " <lastrain@> > wrote: > > > > Nisargadatta , Pete S <pedsie5@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Oct 20, 2006, at 9:50 AM, Insight wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > " A one hundred foot pole has no place to rest, > > > > except, at the base. Why climb at all?, " asked the teacher. > > > > > > > > But how about the view? asked the monk. > > > > > > > > " Once you come down, the memory of the view, > > > > is not the view, " > > > > > > > > ------ > > > > > > > > > > > > J: It was not his philosophical training or his ascetic or > > > > moral austerities that finally brought Buddha to his > > > > experience of enlightenment. Buddha attained it only > > > > when he gave up all these superficial practices > > > > which hang around the externalities of our existence. > > > > Intellectualization or moralization or conceptualization > > > > are only needed to realize their own limitations. The > > > > koan exercise aims at bringing all this intimately home > > > > to us. - Suzuki, Fromm, De Martino > > > > > > > > > P: The scariest thing to realize is that we are the endless > > > machinations of thought. Thoughts that vanish constantly > > > and leave only a faint trail in memory. With that ghostly > > > activity we have identified, and we have made it solid. > > > > > > It's very hard not to identify, to give up living > > > within walls of smoke which offer no protection at all. > > > > > > To accept that true nature is ineffable, and that any > > > attempt to identify with it will turn it into another thought > > > is one the hardest thing to do. > > > > > > To be, is not to be. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It is even harder to realize that 'we' are nothing other then the > > attempt to realize our own imagined limitation. > > > > > > Smoke............all the way down. > > > > > > > > toombaru > > > > > > and turtles (or crocs if that's your real photo;-) all the way up;-) > It is I in that photograph..........but then again.........it is I in all photographs. toombaru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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