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“So Advaita could be said to be the infinite expression of an end to suffering?” Yes, in a fashion ………… Suffering as the Buddha teaches, is a condition created and perpetuated by the human mind. To free the mind from suffering is to retrain the mind to look at this experience of self in a new way. One of the many recommendations was/is to re-examine this moment and how we co-exist in an impossible balance of circumstance. Our thoughts, our feeling are no different to the impossibility of the conditions of this plant and solar system. So finely balanced that one small shift in temperature or rotational spine and all we currently know ends and a new circumstance begins. Our illusion of free-will and existence, could and in fact will one day, change in an instant. These are our precarious circumstance. Advaita invites the mind to examine the bigger picture of our being. To step beyond the confines of our simple survival and imagine the whole of this universal circumstance. It can-not be an end to suffering because the as long as there is humans, there will be human suffering. But it can guide the individual to reconstruct their interpretations of this our experience of being human. My experience of this affect is to minimise suffering. To reduce its effect to the point where suffering becomes just the bumps along the road of this, our wondrous adventure. Non-duality is simply to know that the bumps and the road are one, whole. Ultimately, As is all the conditions we experience. Happiness needs unhappiness. Suffering needs joy. Not opposite but the compliments of a whole. Infinite because the human mind, spirit and soul remain undefined …………. Yet we all have them. We all feel them every day. . On Apr 12, 1:04 pm, Marcus <[email protected]> wrote: > . > > Thanks Mark, > > We agree in different ways. > > Sounds good to me ………your words are much better then mine, but of > course I make no judgement. > > “The purpose of a motor car is transportation.” > > Using this expression as your core principle. > > While it’s correct to say ““The purpose of a motor car is > transportation.” There are clearly many other purposes for a car. To > sustain business. To advertise status. To cherish in a museum, to be > crushed into granules and recycled into a computer. > > Exploring Advaita has no absolutes. Purpose has no absolutes. Love > has no absolutes. Fear, Hope, Beauty, Anger, Stupidity, Happiness, > Depression. Etc, Etc, these human conditions are not finite. > > In Opinion -:- > All of these intangible Human conditions are created my the > individual, suffer or enjoyed by the individual and ultimately > destroyed by the individual. The purpose of such conditions must > clearly be defined by the individual who makes manifest. No > individual can completely or fully appreciate the conditions of > another. Therefore Only the individual can fully know and experience > their conditions of purpose, Fear, Hope, Beauty, Anger, Stupidity, > Happiness, Depression. Etc, Etc, > > Unlike the car which came with a manual and a tangible purpose. > Humans have only themselves to examine and fully understand and > trust. > > Advaita – only points to an very old understanding of all the universe > being instrumental in a synchronised momentary event, known as this > now. Like a light beacon in a stormy sea it directs the heart and > mind to look and think about this now in a new way. Instead of > seeing this world as separates, past, future, my stuff, your stuff, > big and small. Advaita says look again. Look deeper. Listen > harder. > > All is not what it seems ……….. > > . > > On Apr 12, 11:38 am, Mark Ty-Wharton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On 11 April 2011 11:57, roomsearching <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > You have to go beyond the blah blah blah to understand the Self. > > > Be perfectly silent. When awakening happens, you will know what the Self > > > is. > > > sounds like you are limited by what you think self is? > > > surely awakening is knowing what self is not > > > I am not the body, mind, thoughts or feelings > > > In that freedom and even that is not who or what I am- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
