neti neti
--- In [email protected], "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Peter Sutphen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm not the hall monitor. You have cast me in that > > role. It is a reflection of a need you have to relate > > to me this way. But you'll never acknowledge that in > > the slightest. > > -Peter > > Yeah, this is interesting (to me at least); I'd like to look at this > a little closer. It seems there are two components to the > nonexistent ego that make it think it is existent: Belief in time, > and belief in space. > > Belief in time arises when the ego engages in memory (past) and > desire (future). Looking a little closer at our thoughts shows us > that both these things arise and subside in the NOW; there is in > fact only NOW. > > Belief in space arises when the ego engages in inside vs. outside, > self vs. other, me vs. not-me, right vs. wrong, good vs. bad. > Looking a little closer at our thoughts shows us that all these > things arise and subside in the HERE; there is in fact only HERE. > > Simply watching, in a non-judgemental way, the various antics of the > ego in thinking thoughts that project other-than-here-now, is really > all that's required. > > I realize this appears to fly in the face of MMY's teaching to avoid > this practice, lest it lead to a divided mind. But in fact the mind > is already divided, and it is the quiet, practiced, conscious > awareness of this process that exposes it, causing ego to realize > its non-existent nature and surrender into the larger Whole. You > can't get here/now by trying to figure out "who's right, me or > Peter;" only by watching ego trying to figure out "who's right." > > So there we have it, Akasha -- using the intellect to discover the > intellect. Discriminate not on who is right or who is wrong, but on > who is trying to figure out who is right and who is wrong. The ego > projects the whole movie, and all the actors in it are just > projections of ourself. :-) To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
