Search:

Hiya Tim!

For one who has truly seen, there is no contradiction. Both self and Self are purely mental constructs, cognitive obscurations, figments of this human dream. However, It's nearly...

http://i41.tinypic.com/5n591h.jpg

Sebastion -- Thanks so much, you described the deal very well -- "returning back" is like undergoing a kind of lobotomy, and then squeezing into a dense and dumbed down wet suit. Others I've talked...

on the lighter side . . .


4KXidr0z1RY



ja86AkbxQLQ

Hiya Sister!

You exhibit a lot of clarity in your inquiry! Thanks for your willingness to investigate these matters more deeply!

To the point above, realizing some "absolute truth" is really...

People have all sorts of experiences and take them to be definitive, and then become prophets and start new religions and so forth. The mind can turn even profound realizations into new ways to...

I've certainly needed descriptions and help about what enlightenment is, along the way. They have helped make sense of some of the strange experiences that I have been having and they have also given...

There's nothing wrong with the "I", it's a wonderful navigation device that helps us to stop on red and go on green-- it's just fixating on it that creates the problem, making it the master rather...

Well, my Friend, you'd have to go back to my original comments about "enlightenment" itself. Remember, I also distinguished between awakening, liberation, and enlightenment. To reiterate, one may...

From an interview with Adya:

Q: And what is the role of spiritual practice in awakening?

A: It depends on the nature of the individual. By practice I assume you mean some sort of meditation,...

There is no person or even Self, period.[/QUOTE]

Yes I know all is an illusion but knowing that is not necessarily helpful.[/QUOTE]

What's helpful is when you finally stop looking for help.

...

There is no person or even Self, period.[/QUOTE]

Yes I know all is an illusion but knowing that is not necessarily helpful.[/QUOTE]

What's helpful is when you finally stop looking for help.

...

"By gosh, I think she's got it!"

~Henry Higgins

Exactly!


http://i.pbase.com/g4/79/738779/2/77426574.d4Xr5eJ5.jpg


(quote from Dogen Zenji)

There is no person or even Self, period.

Hiya Tim!

I can see you've got a bit of a thing for me, LOL!

In any case, yes -- I clearly answered to your post #45. It seems you didn't hear me -- such hearing requires that one be very...

Hiya Tim!

I have already answered the first time you asked.


:yo:

"The 'I' casts off the illusion of 'I' and yet remains as 'I'. Such is the paradox of Self-realization. The realized do not see any contradiction in it."

~Sri Ramana Maharshi


:yo:

There's nothing wrong with the "I", it's a wonderful navigation device that helps us to stop on red and go on green-- it's just fixating on it that creates the problem, making it the master rather...

Hiya Chris!

We don't need more definitions of enlightenment -- they're a dime a dozen, and people's minds are already overburdened with enough concepts and notions in that regard. What we actualy...