Guest guest Posted October 9, 1999 Report Share Posted October 9, 1999 >Jan: One of those aphorisms is to compare Maya with a dream. On >waking up, the dream isn't real anymore. But in a lucid dream, >objects can be manipulated at will. However, Maya never >becomes a lucid dream where one can manipulate objects at >will; only unconfirmed rumors will mention that possibility. >No one can provide earth with an extra sun. Dan: My conclusion then is that fighting Maya by attempting to make it into a dream is itself a dream idea. Maya is expression of One, exactly as it is. >Jan: One's birthright could be called the right to regain the >seemingly lost unconditional happiness. This happiness is >revealed when thoughts, ideas, desires and actions based on "I >am the body", "I am the doer", the "I", will no longer arise. >Phantasies about supernatural side-effects of this >realization is a side-effect of not yet having realized this >simple truth. Dan: Yes - thank you for a direct statement of truth. The "loss" of this birthright is the impact of apparent conditions on awareness. Once these conditions "register," we are "caught" in reacting. Reaction leads to associated perceptions and expectations, then further reactions, and a self-perpetuating cycle is constructed. The simplicity of the a priori truth seems to make "remembering" it difficult, although it is always present and possible. We make it difficult for ourselves by our investment in a reactive process... -- with love -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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