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[Guest guest]

Hi all,

 

This hit me in a sensitive area --- all these problems that I

t-h-i-n-k I have. Obviously my problems are most serious and allow me

full wallowing in self pity. Don't you feel sorry for poor little ol'

me?

 

Peace and happiness,

 

Victor

 

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>From a transcript of Robert Adams --- Dec. 2, 1990

 

http://www.leelaa.net/transcripts/901202.htm

 

 

Robert: It's good to be with you again. As long as you believe that you

are the body/mind phenomena you're going to have problems. That's that.

I don't care what kind of problems you may think you have, it makes no

difference how severe. As long as you believe you are the body/mind

phenomena you're going to have problems. You may feel justified in

having problems. You may feel it's not your fault. You may feel it's

karma. You may feel it's all kinds of things, but as long as you believe

or you feel the body/mind, you will have problems, because this is the

kind of world in which we live, the world that doesn't exist. Seems real

to most of us. And if we believe we are the body/mind then we believe

the world is real and we believe we have to pray to God for solutions.

We do all these things and we still suffer.

 

And suffering will only stop, not when God answers your prayers, but when

you awaken to the truth of your own Being. Then you are born again, so

to speak, in a new reality and all is well. But you say to me, "But

Robert, sometimes you appear to have problems too. Your karma evolved as

it does all the time, or your physical body doesn't feel to good, or

something is going on." My question to you is this, "Who sees this?"

There has to be a seer and an object. You're seeing yourself. When you

catch on to your awakening the world does not change. You just see it

differently, that's all. You acquire a feeling of immortality, a feeling

of divine bliss, so to speak, when things no longer have the power to

affect you. In other words, in the state of enlightenment cause and

effect does not exist for you. But those who are living in the world are

going through their karma, and they're beholding themselves everywhere

they look. For the world, remember, is only a projection of your mind.

 

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[Guest guest]

I could tell you a thing or two about self pity.

This is one of my problems. :-)

 

Marcia

 

Victor Torrico wrote:

> This hit me in a sensitive area --- all these problems that I

> t-h-i-n-k I have. Obviously my problems are most serious and allow me

> full wallowing in self pity. Don't you feel sorry for poor little ol'

> me?

[Guest guest]

On Sat, 9 Sep 2000, Marcia Paul wrote:

>

> I could tell you a thing or two about self pity.

> This is one of my problems. :-)

 

self pity or Self pity ?

 

perhaps NOT a problem....

 

ever looked for the self to feel pity for ?

 

maybe you're really feeling sorry for the whole crazy samsara world we

live in.

 

--janpa