> > If I have a baby, I will accept it as a happening. I will take care of it. > But only as a duty. > Things just happen. Just like this "I am" came out of nothing and now I > experience this world.
I have to be careful with you because I don't want you to feel this is a criticism of your practice and I would dearly like you to consider the following. Consider that before the "I am" came out of nothing there was experience of the world over there, for no-one. The "I am" simply arose as a way of looking at the world and the position "I am" takes on reality develops into a unique style of its own, adding things to its identity, like I am brown, I am tall, I am a man etc. Here is a more direct teaching: It can be seen without dwelling in the "I am" that this way of looking at the world is not required for the world to continue to function. When it comes to children, they have an innate ability to rub up against all the mute points of an identity and press buttons that reveal more about who we believe ourselves to be. Each time my spiritual ego gets big enough that I am fool enough to think I am God a child knocks me down! But it is a big mistake to bring another life into this cesspool of > suffering when you know clearly that death is a better way out. Death isn't a way out, death is death. The way out is the way out! > And Godszen - dont get addicted to your baby - that is another crime which > we all do - create attachments and then suffer when the attachments get > strained or broken. If a baby has happened to you, just be detached and do > your duties. But don't go around telling how amazing a father you are or how > amazing that baby is. I think Godszen's duty to the child would be to tell the world how amazing it is :) om <[email protected]>> wrote: > >> roomsearching wrote: >> > *What is real comes before the dictionary was written, even before words >> > were formed, even before "I am" or birth. * >> >> of course, >> but why criticize temporary existence? >> >> would you tell your new born baby; >> "you're just a worthless illusion >> and I'm not taking care of you" ? >> >> >
