' Waking Up '...
Waking up to who you are, requires letting go, of who you imagine yourself to be ..................Alan Watts
' Enlightenment '...
Enlightenment, is a destructive process.. It has nothing to do with becoming better or being happier.. Enlightenment, is the crumbling away of untruth... It's seeing through the facade of pretence... It's the complete eradication, of everything we imagined to be true.. .................. Adyashanti
' The Meaning of Pain '...
Pain is a warning device placed by Universal
Consciousness, to tell us that something is wrong, and you must correct
the problem.. this refers to both body and mind... When your thoughts
are centered on the Ego (Self-ishness),, then the fruit of this
thought will bring pain... When your thoughts are on Self-lessness
(non-ego)(Love),, then you will attain the State of Bliss...What you
believe is real is just an illusion, that is created by thought..this
is the material world... Reality,, is the Realization, that you and Source
are One... this state requires no creation, It is the knowledge that
you really exist, in a state of Pure Consciousness, that is known by
the feeling of Complete Love,, which is Complete Un-Self-
Ishness............................namaste, thomas
' The Second Birth '...
Those who believe in the Short Path of sudden attainment,, such as
the sectarian following of Ramana Maharshi, and the koan-puzzled
intellectuals of Zen Buddhism,, confuse the first flash of insight
which unsettles everything so gloriously, with the last flash which
settles everything even more gloriously... The disciple who wants
something for nothing,, who hopes to get to the goal, without being kept
busy with arduous travels, to the very end,, will not get it... He has to
move from one point of view to a higher,, from many a struggle with
weaknesses to their mastery... Then only,, when he has done by himself
what he should do,, may he cease his efforts,, be still,, and await the
influx of Grace... Then comes light and the Second Birth.
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— Notebooks Category 23: Advanced Contemplation > Chapter 2:
Pitfalls and Limitations > # 65...Paul Brunton
' Confusion '...
."in Zen practice,, we don't ignore confusion when it appears;,
we actually welcome it... When confusion arises in our practice,,
it means, that we have discovered something new...
The feeling of confusion is an indication,
that we are trying to understand something...
So welcoming confusion, is actually an expression of wisdom."
............... Les Kaye
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