Pure Now (The Wisdom of F. Maiello)

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Bruce Morgen [editor]

Sunday, August 15, 1999 11:26 PM

NondualitySalon

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Re: [NondualitySalon] Pure Now

> For goodness sakes, that's my Frank-ji!

> Frankie, is you Mom still mad at me??

> I don't dare go anywhere near the state of Florida if she is!! :-)

> She's tough! An Italian Mom from Brooklyn, need I say more??

> Give her and the rest of your family my best.

> Hope all are well,

> Love,

> Judi

>

 

It was so funny when Frank

e-mailed me for permission

to reprint something of

mine on his site and you

told me he was your Florida

guy whose mom liked you so

much -- it's such a

ridiculously small world!

 

 

Harsha: You guys are totally funny (I think :--). There are many Franks in

this world. If it is the "same" Frank I would be surprised. On the other

hand, if it was a "different" Frank, I would be surprised. "Sameness" is no

less a concept than "Differences". "Unity" is as much a notion as

"Diversity".

Here is what our Frank-Ji (F. Maiello) wrote not too long ago on the

Advaitin list. Please read carefully. .....

F. Maiello: anyway, this illustrates so poetically clearly the fact that all

this is merely and wonderfully the sport of brahman! what else could it

possibly be?

if we postulate anything apart from brahman- anything at all, including

abysmal-dense ignorance- we're postulating duality. which is dangerous only

because it sustains the trap for us to dwell in!

and, again, this is the whole point: these ideas,

in the end, *are* arbitrary-as ajatavada testifies

with resounding blinding brilliance-simply because

their only real value is to enable us to dissolve

the compulsive infliction of philosophic meddling!

this is called ku-tarka: the dis-ease of thinking

likened to a dog chasing its tail in a pitch black

cave of anxiety...where

it's time to gently say enough to the weary traveler ego-Mind thirsting for

something to know and behold.

where, in fact, it's already and *ever been* here [beyond the sterile

subject/object breeder of relentless comparisons racing toward nowhere...]

OM that Thunderbolt piercing the silent Void!

OM svaha!