I am starting to believe that people do not realize who/what they really are because of the lack of suffering. Absurd, isn't it? : ) Sent via BlackBerry from Vodafone
-----Original Message----- From: Bob1357 <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 06:01:23 To: Advaita-Zen<[email protected]> Subject: Re: Why suddenly one chooses to do the I am sense watching "This I think is the purpose of pain and suffering". Stick your hand in fire. It hurts. Jump off a roof. It hurts. Do something that you know you shouldn't. It hurts. It's all a learning cycle. On Aug 20, 7:57 am, Bob1357 <[email protected]> wrote: > Be true to yourself. > Only. > > On Aug 19, 4:14 am, Marcus <[email protected]> wrote: > > > . > > > This so true Marko, > > > In the past so much of my education suggest that there is stuff I can > > own, lead, control, adopt, appose, compete with, love or hate. So- > > called civilised society presents the would in such a preformed > > package. It’s bloody painful when we live these delusional cycles of > > expectation and disappointment. But looking back, it’s strange how > > it all becomes so essential. How pain and suffering are the only > > way we mere-mortals learn. If it was not for all my years of > > stupidity, I might not have looked for a better way of being me. > > This I think is the purpose of pain and suffering. When the human > > heart says, enough is enough. The time has come to search for a > > better way. Finally we all arrive at roughly the same conclusion. > > Today is the only true reality and being good is much for fun than > > being bad. > > > King Solomon’s treasure is that wealth which occurs when each day one > > lives this personel truth. (Solomon is an old word for peace) King > > Solomon was famous for his wisdom. Full responsibilty of the self > > using peaceful wisdom. > > > Enlightenment, awakening, self realisation, Kingdom of heaven. All > > these wonderful historic labels where only to suggest to those > > searching, that such emancipation from pain and suffering is humanly > > possible. > > > Happiness needs unhappiness, hence their non-duality. Advaita. > > > Welcome to the real world ………………… > > > . > > > On Aug 19, 9:05 am, [email protected] wrote: > > > > I think one has to be deluded a 'million' times by entertaining thoughts > > > in order to suddenly understand this always leads to delusion. I had to > > > try all the shit before I convinced my mind that every field of thought > > > leads to delusion. Nobody was able to convince me until I tried all the > > > shit myself. After that once I've really tried the I am sense watching > > > and I saw that is the only path which produces 'results', it was all > > > finished. > > > What I want to emphasise here is the importance of learning by one's own > > > experience, the importance of suffering as the thing which tells you > > > where not to go, the importance of getting burnt after touching fire, a > > > million times, until you realize you won't touch it again. > > > The imprtance of other people advice (even guru's advice) is limited in > > > comparison to one's own try-fail-try- succeed exercise. > > > Sent via BlackBerry from Vodafone
