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Originally Posted by blossomingtree
Nothing like "levels" to excite the ego; nothing like "nothing to do" to satisfy the intellect either.  |
I would agree that "levels" can be a major hinderance and why it really isn't talked about within my practice.
Many people were asking about stages of progression and this was put together.
The nothing to do I have found is very much misunderstood. Many people use it as an excuse to do nothing at all.
What does "being" mean if you have no experience of silence in daily life?
What does nothing to do mean if you are not at the stage of being where thoughts are non-attaching energy flowing through you aka Rigpa?
You have to have some depth of being before one even begins to think of the nothing to do.. just be.. stuff.
I would say the nothing to do or residing and letting it flow through starts here:
level 7 - Classically called the open crown, this is when you start to get cracks in the local mind version of sense of self. One starts to notice/touch the divine/light. Anyone who reaches this stage will often experience a divine being (or guru) to help them cross over into the light/divine. No fear of death at this stage.