> > 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. > As far as I know, you have not dwelled in the "I am" before. You tried at > some point but you lost patience. Keep trying. >
Yes, well on deeper understanding of Nisargadatta it would seem perhaps that as a student of practices based in part in zen, for want of an explanation for something that happened momentarily in 1975, 1981, 1988, 1999 and henceforth, the portal the person needed to pass through to be in the absolute had already been passed through and had disappeared, hence it took some finding. I take a stand for the motion there is no real fixed "me" both in form or as a person. "I am" surely is the a place to dwell until one realises that "I am not" must also be true. Then what shows up is the (I'll call it space for now) that allowed these notions to arise. The "space" includes everything in it including you. The paradox of course is that YOUR space is a function of YOUR perception but that is a whole new discussion and it needs a fair level of responsibility and truth to encounter, one has to be responsible for the creation of self first. That's right. You did it. They said, you did! Nobody else made "I am" Got it? Then let go of it :) You feel bliss abiding in the "I am"? So what, then you are attached to it. It's NOT REAL Let "I am" go 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! > > Spiritual ego ? Doesn't happen with me. I might sound arrogant. But only > superficially. My arrogance is totally harmless. > My words are backed up with practice and deep understanding. I enjoy the > company of children. There is nothing wrong with me. > Me, me, me, me, me The company of children is tiresome and annoying! > 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 :) > > Yeah. until the child grows up to be about 20 years old and realizes by > himself that his dad lied. > Aw Is that what happened to you? You see the thing about ego here is that it takes a position Good and bad are positions Life IS a miracle Talking to the person here RS, given what you currently know about science, if I told you there was a planet in deep space spinning around which had the perfect conditions to create an atmosphere that could sustain life what would you say? Ever tried to keep a goldfish? Or grow plants? I can't do it, I forget to feed and water them and they die Yet here we all are in a perfect self sustaining system Please don't tell me it is not a miracle Even if your dad did love you!
