Guest guest Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 Do you listen to anybody? You do not; you listen only to yourself. When you leave the sense of hearing alone, all that is there is the vibration of the sound -- the words repeat themselves inside of you, as in an echo chamber. This sense is functioning in just the same way with you, except that you think the words you are hearing come from outside of you. Get this straight: You can never hear one word from anyone else, no matter how intimately you think you are in relationship with that person; you hear only your own translations, always. They are all your words you are hearing. All that the other person's words can possibly be to you is a noise, a vibration picked up by the ear-drum and transferred to the nerves which run to the brain. You are translating those vibrations all the time, trying to understand, because you want to get something out of what you are hearing. That is all right for a relationship with someone on the level of " Here is some money; give me a half kilo of carrots " -- but that is the limit of your relationship, of your communication, with anybody. UGK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 Nisargadatta , " tom " <jeusisbuen wrote: > > Do you listen to anybody? You do not; you listen only to yourself. When > you leave the sense of hearing alone, all that is there is the > vibration of the sound -- the words repeat themselves inside of you, as > in an echo chamber. This sense is functioning in just the same way with > you, except that you think the words you are hearing come from outside > of you. Get this straight: You can never hear one word from anyone > else, no matter how intimately you think you are in relationship with > that person; you hear only your own translations, always. They are all > your words you are hearing. All that the other person's words can > possibly be to you is a noise, a vibration picked up by the ear-drum > and transferred to the nerves which run to the brain. You are > translating those vibrations all the time, trying to understand, > because you want to get something out of what you are hearing. That is > all right for a relationship with someone on the level of " Here is some > money; give me a half kilo of carrots " -- but that is the limit of your > relationship, of your communication, with anybody. UGK funny thing.. i can't hear ug's words here..or there.. at least not in this echo chamber. it's my take that... he only believed that because of his delusions. i believe that he believes that because of his delusions.. because of my delusions. but no one has delusions... no one 'has' anything... no one 'is' anything.. but.. where do i find the no one who says: " Here is some money. " ? baba would like to strike up a relationship. LOL! ..b b.b. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 ... > > but.. > > where do i find the no one who says: > > " Here is some money. " ? > > baba would like to strike up a relationship. > > LOL! > > .b b.b. > I don't know. But if you ever do run into him, see if you can get his address. As for the genuineness of UG--whatever else he was, he was a rara avis. Z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 Nisargadatta , " tom " <jeusisbuen wrote: > > .. > > > > but.. > > > > where do i find the no one who says: > > > > " Here is some money. " ? > > > > baba would like to strike up a relationship. > > > > LOL! > > > > .b b.b. > > > I don't know. But if you ever do run into him, see if you can get his > address. As for the genuineness of UG--whatever else he was, he was a > rara avis. Z vero is eram! ..b b.b. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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