Thanks to all/Sahaj Samadhi]

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Thank you generous Harsha for the clarity of this statement,

and for your support for each and all. With you I

thank Greg, Linda, and Dirk for their helpful comments

on this thread - and to Antoine, Mira, Rainbo and others

for noticing that diversity *is* unity when seeing with

clarity. A joy it is to share such dialogue with such company.

-- Love -- Dan

 

At 10:18 AM 1/21/00 -0500, you wrote:

>"Harsha (Dr. Harsh K. Luthar)" <hluthar

>

>"Dan Berkow, PhD" wrote:

>

>> Although you seemingly deferred a couple

>> of questions, I can infer (i.e., construct)

>> "answers" from your earlier statement.

>> If I put together your earlier statement about Sahaj Samadhi being the

>> beginning, middle, and end - I'd say awareness is never in different

>> states, it has the appearance of being so; the mind categorizes these

>> appearances, and the mind itself is an appearance. Incarnation, then

>> is mind-constructed appearance, and the ending of incarnation is the

>ending

>> of the perception of such appearance as "reality". Sahaj samdhi is

>> the ending of any erroneous fixation on appearance as Reality, and seeing

>> only always Reality in all apparent conditions. If incarnation is ended

>> for this "one", it is ended for all, as no apparent "separate self" can

>> be taken as Reality ever, regardless of apparent conditions or beliefs.

>> Sahaj Samadhi then is the transformation of apparent conditional realities

>> into what is always already the case. It is transformation simply by

>> being itself - nothing is done and nothing ("special" or ordinary) occurs.

>>

>> Hopefully, you don't mind how I'm interpreting your response -

>> please correct me if such interpretation is disagreeable or otherwise

>> off-base. As you say, "others" may have their own perspective to

>> contribute here. Appreciating your kind heart, wisdom and humor --

>>

>> Love,

>> Dan

>>

>

>

>Namaste Sri Danji. Your interpretation is quite beautiful and fantastic!

>Thank you for taking the time to write it. Gregji made some wonderful

>comments about Beingness and Now and he will write more later I am sure. A

>few times in the past I have said, We are not in the "Now", We Are the Now!

>Dharma and Rainbo and Linda and Roger have also made very insightful

>comments and so it seems there are many ways to look at this and express it.

>Bruce, Mira, Holly, Tony, Michael, Zenbob, Antoine, Rainbo and so many

>others here remind us of the play of diversity within and without and yet

>there is some Unity, continuously running through that tapestry. Perhaps

>that Unity brings us together and we manage to see in others what is in us.

>

>Dirk (gentleman and a scholar) pointed out that the sanskrit term Samadhi

>implies evenness or equilibrium of intellect. Linda and Dirk both seem to

>have good knowledge of Hindi and Sanskrit sounds and that is appreciated.

>Probably there are others here as well.

>

>Danji, here is what I wrote some time back on the topic of perception and

>interpretation. It seems appropriate to repeat it.

>

>Ultimately the mystery of existence is tied to the mystery of

>perception. What is it that we are truly able to perceive without

>interpretation? Whatever must be given interpretation is necessarily going

>to

>be distorted. And yet there are moments in life which require no

>interpretation until they are remembered. When two lovers meet there comes a

>moment of being without interpretation. It may be in a simple embrace or

>after

>the consummation. When a child is held by his mother, a similar moment

>arises

>for the child. Such moments point or indicate the possibility which is

>always

>alive in us. Self-Realization is simply that. It is infinity caught in the

>moment and the moment expanded to infinity. Whether one is sipping tea,

>playing chess, in meditation, with friends, family, etc., that moment is

>always there. It is just You. So ultimately the mystery of existence is tied

>to the mystery of perception. What is it that we are truly able to perceive

>without interpretation? Whatever must be given interpretation is necessarily

>going to be distorted. What is it that requires no interpretation?

>

>

>Love to all

>Harsha

>

>

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>All paths go somewhere. No path goes nowhere. Paths, places, sights,

perceptions, and indeed all experiences arise from and exist in and subside

back into the Space of Awareness. Like waves rising are not different than

the ocean, all things arising from Awareness are of the nature of

Awareness. Awareness does not come and go but is always Present. It is

Home. Home is where the Heart Is. Jnanis know the Heart to be the Finality

of Eternal Being. A true devotee relishes in the Truth of Self-Knowledge,

spontaneously arising from within into It Self. Welcome all to

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