Guest guest Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 Nisargadatta , " dan330033 " <dan330033 wrote: > > Nisargadatta , " Silver " <silver@> wrote: > > > > > > ************************* > > Awareness of awareness may be blocked by beliefs, opinions, concepts, > > ideas...but awareness as is remains undistorted. I don't know if I'm > > making myself clear? > > > > Silver > > This no-thing has never been distorted. > > Awareness, though, can be distorted by investment. > > Investment forms object relations, emotional tendencies such as > attraction and repulsion -- which always assume the self existing, a > central objectification. > > With no investment, awareness is not gripped by any object. > > With no object relations, sense of a self in existence dissolves. > Even the very subtle object called " awareness " dissolves. > > Now, no-thing is. > > And no object has ever appeared, and awareness, as nothing to be aware of. > > Everything previously misunderstood as objects, awareness, experiences > ... is clearly this very no-thing. > > -- Dan > Stage One: Center stage: I Am Stage Two: Peripheral Stage: I Am Not Stage Three: Staging ends. The play goes on. Stage Four: First three stages, reappear, disappear and rearrange their 'order'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 Nisargadatta , " anabebe57 " <kailashana wrote: > > Nisargadatta , " dan330033 " <dan330033@> wrote: > > > > Nisargadatta , " Silver " <silver@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > ************************* > > > Awareness of awareness may be blocked by beliefs, opinions, concepts, > > > ideas...but awareness as is remains undistorted. I don't know if I'm > > > making myself clear? > > > > > > Silver > > > > This no-thing has never been distorted. > > > > Awareness, though, can be distorted by investment. > > > > Investment forms object relations, emotional tendencies such as > > attraction and repulsion -- which always assume the self existing, a > > central objectification. > > > > With no investment, awareness is not gripped by any object. > > > > With no object relations, sense of a self in existence dissolves. > > Even the very subtle object called " awareness " dissolves. > > > > Now, no-thing is. > > > > And no object has ever appeared, and awareness, as nothing to be > aware of. > > > > Everything previously misunderstood as objects, awareness, experiences > > ... is clearly this very no-thing. > > > > -- Dan > > > > > Stage One: Center stage: I Am > > Stage Two: Peripheral Stage: I Am Not > > Stage Three: Staging ends. The play goes on. > > Stage Four: First three stages, reappear, disappear and rearrange > their 'order'. > That, I believe, is the most intelligent observation I have ever considered. Thank you! Silver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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