> > This whole "giving up seeking" teaching does not remove ignorance or give > knowledge of one's true nature and is just a relatively recent flash > in the pan teaching mostly used by those who are not really as > interested in helping seekers as they are being professional spiritual > teachers. >
I think it depends on how it is heard because of course the seeker will struggle to give up seeking in order to get something. > It doesn't exist except in concept and imagination. Is it still here when concept and imagination cease? > Reality can never be defined or comprehended by any > concept, let alone one such as "THIS." A parrot can be trained to say > "There's only This," and "You are already enlightened," but with a > parrot you get the added benefit of not having to pay $10 for a > satsang, or hundreds or thousands of pounds for a retreat, and you > still get the same message and understanding. > Parrots are so cool aren't they :) > The neo-advaita teaching you are giving is a good example of the mind > imagining many things and believing them to be true. > It may be neo-advaitic, probably more neo-zen or zen avant garde except I am not saying what you just said. I am saying there is no mind imagining, at best it is zoning in and out of boggling over its lack of substance. > You said: If the teacher is coming from NO MIND then perhaps, but a > teacher coming from a place of being SOMEONE who is teaching YOU how > to be enlightened won't really help. > > I agree. I think you make this point quite nicely in your post. > > > Please don't copy responses to my email. I will read and respond here > if you want to have a dialogue, but my inbox already has enough > emails. Thanks. RAM > Okay RAM. Thanks for the dialog Mark
