Harsha/transcending teaching

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>Harsha wrote:

>Namaste Sri Adi Dan-ji! You characteristically put your finger

>on the heart of the matter.

 

D: To find that you resonate with this concern is most helpful,

Harshaji.

>Danji, It seems to me that you point to the superficiality of

understanding on part of spiritual teachers which is probably no fault of

their own. This is what they were taught and that is what they pass on. On

occasion, someone in every tradition understands clearly, directly, simply,

the ordinary pure knowing of Beingness/Emptiness.

 

D: Yes - there is a difference between the continuity of passing on a

tradition and the direct awareness that is clear, simple, and not

from outside of "one's being".

>H: All teaching is left behind but gratitude to the True Teacher remains.

Such people have then to remain silent or run away or risk speaking their

mind and cause tension among the followers. Who is going to understand

anyway? Staying silent or running

>away are the usual options due to the inclination to not harm and disturb

the faith of others. Given the strife and competition among various

spiritual traditions, it is evident that most teachers are simply unable to

comprehend the deepest aspects of their own teachings.

 

D: Indeed - awareness truly and fully beyond strife, competition, opposition

is beautiful but seemingly rare. You make an excellent point here that

"all

teaching is left behind", as only being beyond a point of view

is to be beyond conflict. Some may choose to work within the framework

of a teaching, to assist readiness when they find it, the readiness

to go beyond the teaching. Others may choose silence

or working outside any framework of a teaching.

>H: Danji, probably, there is no way around it. Of course there are people

like Ramana Maharshi or perhaps yourself,

 

D: ...not to be mentioned in the same breath with Ramana...

Just a humble person here working on awareness with what is given,

to the best of limited abilities. Each day, more humbling,

less presumption... :-)

>H: or our own dear friend Jan for who the process happens so spontaneously

and quickly that before one has a chance to become rigid in any belief

system the whole thing is over.

 

D: For this one, there is ongoing challenge, work on deepening, letting go

of stuck points in awareness. Nothing considered completed, finished

here -- leave that to Ramana, or perhaps Jan :-)

>H:

>Such sages remind us of the universality of our original nature which

transcends superficial labels. We bow to the Sages who indicate that the

Light shining in their hearts shines in every heart. Awakening to that

Light, we become the Light.

 

D: Amen, Harshaji. Thank you as always for the kindness and clarity of

your response.

 

-- Love -- Dan