great post
On Apr 12, 7:49 am, "Hughes, Marcus" <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, .... And quit strange. > > Questions will always be part of our nature. But when the battles of the > mind surrender to what is. > The change is only that It feels like you have more answers than questions. > Like some doorways in the mind previously locked have been opened and the > flow of questions is now counterbalanced by a greater flow of answers. The > dialog of your mind, thoughts become complete. That part of us that creates > questions is resolved by that part that creates answers. Stillness, > Silence meditation with practice is just one way to introduce the self to > this balance. > > Kinda crazy looking back, > To realise how much I tortured me with endless questions, only to realise it > could only be me to reveal and accept my answers. > > To find, The end of the road is below my feet. It was always there. > > Always more to learn ................... Know thy Self , > > Marcus Hughes. IEng MIET > JNP Station Layouts > Building Control Group. > > . > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: roomsearching [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 12 April 2011 15:26 > To: Hughes, Marcus > Cc: Advaita-Zen > Subject: Re: What Is The Purpose > > Advaita leaves you in reality where you will have no further questions. > On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Marcus > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > . > > "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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > On 11 April 2011 11:57, roomsearching > > > <[email protected]<mailto:[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 - > > If you believe this email is spam please click on this link Report as > spam<https://www.mailcontrol.com/sr/wQw0zmjPoHdJTZGyOCrrhg==>. > > The contents of the e-mail and any transmitted files are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are > addressed. Transport for London hereby exclude any warranty and any liability > as to the quality or accuracy of the contents of this email and any attached > transmitted files. 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