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31-07-2018, 01:01 PM
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The Being of What Is
The realisation of no-separation is not something obscure or difficult - in fact it is naively simple - the issue is the mind’s innate resistance to it.
At any given moment there is simply the happening or be-ing of ‘what is’. No matter what I (as in the body-mind-personality) do or how I do it - it is always, already the happening of ‘what is’.
‘What is’ in this usage refers to this which is inescapably the case - existence, reality, life, be-ing, creation, source, oneness, tao. Some refer to it as awareness or consciousness. Those who are the most cautious simply point to THIS or thus-ness…
Whatever we call it, this realisation gives rise to the sense of a greater ordering of things beyond the confined sense of a separate self. In the moment of this insight, the sense of ‘I’ points straight through the body-mind to that which gives rise to it - the radiance of reality itself.
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So where does this leave the notion of an individuated free will? It doesn’t. An inherently existing free will is only of relevance in relation to a separate, independent, inherently existing self… and there isn’t one. Without the notion of separation the issue dissolves.
From this sensibility (THIS sensibility) it’s seen that there is nothing to perfect, nothing to attain, no enlightened state to strain for… there is only THIS… presenting moment by moment. If you are in the dentist chair it is already the happening of what is, if you are meditating for ten hours in a cave it is the happening of what is. It (IT) is always ALREADY the case.
The impulse is to lean forwards, straining towards a future resolution when the truth is found when there is a (kind of) easing back in perception to allow for the elusive obviousness to reveal itself.
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31-07-2018, 04:28 PM
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I find that I can surmise all that you mention but until there is a direct consciousness of "what is", your words for me will always be just the minds way of dealing with not knowing "what is".
And that's OK, it's something far more than the mind thinking it knows.
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The cessation of identifying with the fluctuations arising within consciousness
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01-08-2018, 03:03 AM
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Yeah, I read the opening post and became totally confused.
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01-08-2018, 09:57 AM
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For me it wasn't confusing, it's just that if I was to say, let's take the first line, it would be "any realization I have is in the mind and also in there is a resistance to it, so while I am open to it I really don't know"
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The cessation of identifying with the fluctuations arising within consciousness
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01-08-2018, 10:00 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BlueSky
I find that I can surmise all that you mention but until there is a direct consciousness of "what is", your words for me will always be just the minds way of dealing with not knowing "what is".
And that's OK, it's something far more than the mind thinking it knows.
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Hello BlueSky
Thanks for the comment - yes, there’s a lot to be said for ‘not knowing’.
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01-08-2018, 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Shivani Devi
Yeah, I read the opening post and became totally confused.
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Not to worry Shivani - this stuff doesn’t lend itself too well to intellectual understanding.
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02-08-2018, 02:53 AM
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ah.... another person who doesn't recognize treasure and wants to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Well at least if noone wants it there is noone to steal it... you see there is always an upside to these things
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02-08-2018, 04:14 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Moondance
..... the sense of ‘I’ points straight through the bodymind
to that which gives rise to it - the radiance of reality itself.
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I edited what you said....it is poetry to my ears!
The impulse is to lean forwards,
straining towards a future resolution
when the Truth is found
there is a (kind of) easing back in perception
to allow for the Elusive Obviousness to reveal Itself.
Like music to my soul...
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Prepare yourself for the coming astral journey of death by daily riding in the balloon of God-perception.
Through delusion you are perceiving yourself as a bundle of flesh and bones, which at best is a nest of troubles.
Meditate unceasingly, that you may quickly behold yourself as the Infinite Essence, free from every form of misery. ~Paramahansa's Guru's Guru.
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02-08-2018, 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by FallingLeaves
ah.... another person who doesn't recognize treasure and wants to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Well at least if noone wants it there is noone to steal it... you see there is always an upside to these things
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When we stop obsessing about the promise of shiny things we begin to notice the scenery… now there’s the real treasure.
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02-08-2018, 10:07 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Miss Hepburn
I edited what you said....it is poetry to my ears!
The impulse is to lean forwards,
straining towards a future resolution
when the Truth is found
there is a (kind of) easing back in perception
to allow for the Elusive Obviousness to reveal Itself.
Like music to my soul...
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Well, since you put it like that… Thank you Miss H
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