Only One - not two

[jimrich]

Originally Posted by sky123

but what is this ' you '

I don't know.
That to which the word 'you' points is indescribable.
Some call it: Nothing, the Absolute, the Void, god, Boundlessness, All, It, That, This, Me, You, I, Life, Source, infinite Consciousness, Divinity, Cosmic Mind and on and on.
Let those in this forum, who are wiser than jim, say what this "you" is.
What are you?

[mihael_11]

Well, we should stick to what we can describe, that with time, realisation and knowledge, we will be able to describe more. Wouldn't it would be beautiful, that once we could describe it all? It would seemd so easy.

You is one of many multilayered I's inside source energy. Could sorce and god be 2 seperate energies? So i know what im doing, when you try to close and merge everything into one, more i want to seperate it into more. Why is this?

What is then the other side?

[django]

We are all our True Selves but having that intellectual knowledge doesn't negate the reality of ego self identification or karma or attachments and aversions or lower mind consciousness. Unfortunately neo advaita is a mind game that goes nowhere.

You could read this to start unknotting the neo advaita brainwashing: http://www.enlightened-spirituality....o-advaita.html

[jimrich]

Originally Posted by mihael_11

Could sorce and god be 2 seperate energies?

There is only one "energy/source" or whatever it's called, appearing as all the forms and conditions that there are.

What is then the other side?

Nothing appearing as the "other side". Nothing is all that there is and is not.

[jimrich]

Originally Posted by django

We are all our True Selves but having that intellectual knowledge doesn't negate the reality of ego self identification or karma or attachments and aversions or lower mind consciousness. Unfortunately neo advaita is a mind game that goes nowhere.

You could read this to start unknotting the neo advaita brainwashing: http://www.enlightened-spirituality....o-advaita.html

That is an interesting and very deep article. I'll try to read it. The first thing I notice about the article is how quickly it takes me into an ocean of words, phrases and apparently true opinions that I cannot prove.
It's somewhat like the arguments Christians have with non-Christians where almost everything is based on opinions and beliefs rather than facts of truth.
I'd guess that a Seeker or Researcher will have to take what they want and leave the rest.
[A few minutes later....]
I read some of that very intense and long article and I can see a pattern that seems to be common to all such commentaries - You're on your own! It's up to me to take what I need or want from any "ism" or "teaching".

[sky]

Originally Posted by jimrich

I don't know.
That to which the word 'you' points is indescribable.
Some call it: Nothing, the Absolute, the Void, god, Boundlessness, All, It, That, This, Me, You, I, Life, Source, infinite Consciousness, Divinity, Cosmic Mind and on and on.
Let those in this forum, who are wiser than jim, say what this "you" is.
What are you?

I thought because you had wrote the Thread that you knew, not to worry

You ask ' what are you '......
Pure Awareness..

[Baile]

Originally Posted by jimrich

There is only one – not two. There is only one you – not two = an ego and a you.

So it sounds like there is only one jimrich – not two = an ego and a jimrich.

Others' reality may/will differ. For example:

There is one eternal soul me. And there is a lower-self "ego" me. And there is a higher-self "I" me.

What you or jimrich believes is always of interest, but changes nothing for me.

[Baile]

Originally Posted by jimrich

You may have unwittingly lived most of your life as two people – a real me and a false ‘me’ or ego.

It sounds like you are speaking of me, and not you. But that can't be because that's neither what I think, nor what esoteric wisdom has taught me. And yes, this is what you did to us for 100 posts or more. So let's call it 2 down, 98 to go.

Esoteric wisdom identifies a real and actual shadow self that exists on the astral plane. This shadow self is a kind of depository wherein the negative aspects of one's thought life in particular, collect and congeal. Initiation into knowledge of the higher worlds in part has to do with facing and overcoming one's shadow self. This is what the Bible is outlining when it talks about being in the wilderness for 40 days; describing that spiritual initiation process and very real battle with the shadow self.

[jimrich]

Originally Posted by sky123

You ask ' what are you '......
Pure Awareness..

cool!
Looks like you have pretty much covered the Self or Me subject over here; http://www.spiritualforums.com/vb/sh...d.php?t=104086
Very interesting post so I will read all of it and get back to you with what I find there. :)
[later on.....]
I read your post and offered a few comments. It's too bad that I did not know about your writings before we "clashed" here ("That is a question not an answer.... You seem to have a trait of doing this on most of your posts, it's impossible to have a discussion with you Jim,..... never mind.") ...but I'm glad to see your Buddhist things. I believe that we can now have a "reasonable" discussion from now on. :)

[jimrich]

Baile, please say more.........