Guest guest Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Nisargadatta , " Tim G. " <fewtch wrote: > > Nisargadatta , " dan330033 " <dan330033@> wrote: > > > > There is only fear, trying to perpetuate itself to have a phony > > sense of self-existence. > > > > A cheap thrill based on the attempt to continue anxiety. > > If fear is trying to perpetuate itself, if there is an attempt to continue anxiety, then someone is trying to do so. > > Of course there isn't anyone trying to do anything. > > As you noted, there is a 'charge' that pulls awareness/energy into a configuration. > > All this is merely occurring... or not. > > The word " attempt " is a poor one, in my view. Attempt signifies that there is energy applied toward a goal. The goal is to try to make a belief, a desire, be actual. The intent (attempt, desire) is to have an existence. The actuality is that there is no existence to be had. Thus, the attempt is contradiction. Beneath the intent is fear, anxiety, perpetuating itself as if a self. The anxiety involves avoidance. Thus, it is by being this anxiety without attempting to move away that one understands one's activity, and the contradictory nature of the activity. Understanding is the ceasing of the activity. One lives as the fear, as the contradiction, as the inability to establish existence. One is free. - Dan - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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