Guest guest Posted March 11, 1999 Report Share Posted March 11, 1999 Hi All This just popped into my inbox. If it is of use-fine, if not-toss it. Bodhisattva wrote: > > Greetings Ye Seekers of Truth and Understanding, > > These "Private Postings" are supplemental to all of the other Light > Mission endeavors to distribute information to Help in the Unfolding of > Inner Awareness -- The Awakening. I hope that you find them helpful and > interesting. Dwell on them WithIN and See what Realizations Unfold. > ¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ > > Walking meditation is like eating. With each step, we nourish our > body and our spirit. When we walk with anxiety and sorrow, it is a kind > of junk food. The food of walking meditation should be of a higher > quality. Just walk slowly and enjoy a banquet of peace. > > In Tibetan the word for "ego" literally means "grasping for self" -- > in the instance of studying Consciousness we are engaged in that exactly, > grasping for self. We undertake chasing our own tail or kissing our own > lips. We can not know, in the sense of an objectified understanding what > Consciousness is. However, we do know utterly and completely what > Consciousness is in that it is exactly what is there now, is there Always > and is there All Ways. We can not know the Nature of Consciousness, in > the sense of an objective understanding, for the simple reason that the > search for that understanding IS the Nature of Consciousness and at the > Moment this is Realized -- THAT Realization is the Nature of Consciousness. > Consciousness is not other than exactly and utterly what is there now, what > is there Always and All Ways. > > It is reasonable, I would say, to speak of Supra Consciousness > (supra-mind) as some have, however, is a great mistake when these > conceptions are seen as separate from Consciousness. That which > is BEing Consciousness is not outside of Consciousness, but instead is, AS > Consciousness. We must be questioning the use of conceptions such as > "widening consciousness", and accepting it literally. Consciousness > is not expandable, simply because Consciousness is not other than now, and > now does not remain to be transfigured. The expanded Consciousness, or > more accurately novel experience, is not the expansion of existing > Consciousness, but the establishing of Consciousness anew which does not > exist long enough even to die. > > The mystics point not toward "beyond consciousness", but beyond > "work-a-day apprehension". The message is not to look beyond > Consciousness, which is only to instruct one to attempt to stand beside > himself and further the dualistic panorama that is Suffering. The message > is instead, from here, is that Consciousness, Life, is what we ARE. That > is, the Source in the Result, the Cause in the Effect, the Ocean in the > Wave, the Awareness in the World. Not beyond, but AS, not trapped by, but > being AS. > > Religious practice is sometimes called the way of transformation. > Many who enter religious practice, however, are merely seeking incremental > change: "I want to be happier", "I want to be less anxious". We hope that > religious practice will bring us these feelings. But if we are > transformed, our life shifts to an entirely new basis. It is as if > anything can happen -- a rosebush transformed into a lily, or a person with > a rough, abrasive nature and bad temper transformed into a gentle person. > Cosmetic surgery will not do it. > > True transformation implies that even the aim of the "I" that wants to > be happy is transformed. For example, suppose we see ourself as a person > who is basically depressed or fearful or whatever. Transformation is not > merely that wee deal with what we call our depression -- it means that the > "I", the whole individual, the whole syndrome that we call "I", is > transformed. This is a very different view of practice than is held by > most religious students. We do not like to practice in this way because > it means that if we want to be genuinely joyful, we have to be willing to > be anything, BE ourselves. > > We have to be Open to the transformation that life wants us to go > through. We have to be prepared for the possibility that we will become a > bag lady, for example. Now, we do not really want to be a bag lady. We > fantasize that when we practice, we are going to be comfortable with > ourselves and life is going to be very smooth. We think we are going to > be wonderful new versions of who we are now. Yet True transformation > means that maybe the next step IS to be a bag lady. Transformation arises > from a willingness that develops very slowly over time to be what life asks > of us to BE. > > Most of us are like children: we want something or somebody to give us > what a small child wants from it's parents. We want to be given peace, > attention, comfort, understanding. If our life does not give us this, we > think, "A few years of religious practice will do this for me". No, they > will not. That is not what practice is about. Practice is about Opening > ourselves so that this little "I" that wants and wants and wants and wants > and wants -- grows up. Growing up does not interest us very much. A lot > of students try to turn their Teachers into a substitute parent. That is > not the Teacher's role. Students in difficulty often come running to the > Teacher -- as much as possible, Teachers set them to dealing with the > problem themselves. Once students have some idea of how they might deal > with the problem, the best thing to do is to let them struggle. Then > there is some possibility of transformation. Transformation is allowing > ourselves to participate in our life right this second. That is scary > business. There is no guarantee of comfort, of peace, of money, of > anything. We have to be what we ARE. > > Problem Solving ? All phenomena come from different causes. The > problem is where the cause is. We must examine the problems of our life. > > All problems can be solved by looking at the causes which are our own > actions. And the surrounding factors. All problems must first be > solved in the mind. Some problems can be solved only at the cause: > That is our own actions. Some problems can only be settled by looking at > both the causes and factors. Some try to settle a problem by correcting > only the outside factors, but never correct themselves. The more they > try, the more confused they become. If we want other people to cease > causing problems, we must correct ourselves first. > > Full of Crap ! Unequivocally, the human body, beautiful it might be, > is but a filthy skin-bag that constantly emits waste in the form of urine, > sweat, blood, pus, mucus, saliva. Any adornment of the body is to certain > extent attempting to forget or hide this Truth. Just leave the body > unwashed for three days and we will see how unpleasant the most beautiful > body can be. Attachment to physical beauty in it's niceness is missing > more than half of the Reality of our forms. A humorous Teacher once said > that if we do not use this body as a vehicle that brings us closer towards > Awakening, our bodies are nothing but crap-making machines ! > > Figuratively, we are full of mental crap -- our conditionings. They > pollute, fouling up the thoughts we think, the words we say and the things > we do. If even highly esteemed Teachers such as Masters are humble in > nature, we should reflect what we have to be proud about in our Awakening. > > So it would seem, that if you are proud, you are most probably Suffering > from spiritual constipation unknowingly. Heal your constipation NOW, it > is not a disease that is cured overnight. Start clearing all that crap ! > And be mindful not to further build it up ! > > º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º > 0====[::::::::::> Sword of Truth <::::::::::]====0 > > "Let There Be Light -- Always in All Ways" > http://www.Light-Mission.org > "Light Mission's Private Postings/Teachings" > Yogajyotii > "Light Mission's Newsletter/Lessons" > http://www.Light-Mission.org/Newsletter.html > "Light Mission Newsletter Archives" > http://www.Light-Mission.org/Newsletter_Archives.html > "Ray of Light" series (Points to Ponder) > http://www.Light-Mission.org/Ray.of.Light.html > "Light Mission Community" > http://www.Light-Mission.org/Forum.html > "Light Mission's Community Posts Archives" > http://www.Light-Mission.org/Community-Archives.html > "Light Mission Books" > http://www.Light-Mission.org/LM_Books.html > "Light Mission Publishing" > http://www.Light-Mission.org/LMPublishing.html > "URL Advertising and ProMotion" > http://www.Light-Mission.org/ProMotionPlus.html > "The Information Highway" > http://www.Light-Mission.org/InformationHighway.html > "Light Mission Charter Sponsors" > http://www.Light-Mission.org/Sponsor.html > "Banner Traffic Explosion" > http://www.Light-Mission.org/TrafficExplode.html > "Light Mission Link Exchange" > http://www.Light-Mission.org/Link_Exchange.html > "Page Wizard Design and Hosting" > http://www.Light-Mission.org/PageDesign.html > "Light Mission's Chat Room" > http://www.Light-Mission.org/Light-Mission-Chat.html > §«»§«:*´`*:»§«»§«:*´`*:»§«»§«:*´`*:»§«»§«:*´`*:»§«»§«:*´`*:»§«»§ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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