Another Dan oldie but goodie

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Dan Berkow, PhD <berkowd

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Monday, March 06, 2000 11:15 AM

[NondualitySalon] One inch of difference and there is heaven and hell

 

 

"Dan Berkow, PhD" <berkowd

 

You speak of me as

one who can be born and die.

I have no outside,

I have never been born.

 

You speak of me as something

to be realized.

I am no something; I am

not the subject or object

of a realization.

 

Your search for me in the realm

of birth and death is testimony

only to endless folly.

 

Seeing, thinking, touching

always the seen, thought, touched.

I will never be known this way.

 

Time is being wasted.

Even one centimeter of time is more precious

than all these books of wisdom.

Waste not time in vanity,

as vanity leads endlessly astray.

As you point to others' vanity,

you are hopelessly mired in your own.

 

Senses cannot touch me,

thought cannot think me.

Speak with hollow words

your assertions about me.

Why vex oneself about this?

There is sufficient strife

in this world as it is.

 

Listening for me with an

outer ear, how will I be heard?

Endless proclamations cause all kinds of germs

to fly through the air.

The wise blow their nose before having to sneeze.

 

For those who seek me,

I am an endless puzzle.

One who is still,

has never left.

 

Love,

Dan

 

>Phil:

>Here is my question. From the point of view of the realized, what exactly

>is the difference between realized and unrealized? The trick is: if you

>are not realized yourself, then your opinion is no better than mine, as

>it's not possible that I am realized (according to you).

 

 

 

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