Show pity, O Unified Field, forgive; Let a repenting rebel live. Are not Thy mercies large and free? May not a sinner trust in Thee?
--- In [email protected], "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" <anartaxius@...> wrote: > > O Integrity, there are no sins. > Form or formless matters not. > Presence always, > Especial location no necessity. > > --- In [email protected], "Buck" wrote: > > > > "O Unified Field, pardon me three sins. > > I have in contemplation clothed in form > > Thee who art formless. > > I have described [in words] Thee who art ineffable. > > And in visiting temples I have ignored > > Thy omnipresence." > > -Buck > > > > --- In [email protected], "futur.musik" <futur.musik@> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Judy, you wrote, "You do understand that Robin does not claim to be > > > enlightened and is not seeking enlightenment, that he thinks it's a snare > > > and a delusion, that he believes he was enlightened decades ago and has > > > made a huge effort since then to "de-enlighten" himself." > > > > > > After reading a lot of what Robin writes about enlightenment and his > > > experience being enlightened, he says he was witnessing the whole time. > > > That stuck out when I read it. Enlightenment as it grows, and it always > > > grows if it is real, eats up and integrates witnessing. > > > > > > There is a period following waking up or the stabilizing of Self > > > Realization, where witnessing everything, seeing the frictionless flow of > > > life and your silent place in it, dominates perception. Freedom! Absence > > > of fear! A great influx of cosmic energy as the Atman or Soul becomes a > > > permanent flame within and shines forth. > > > > > > If you want to stay there for awhile, then others can see your light and > > > respond to it. I'll not go much further into Robin's experience but I > > > think this is where he was during his leading of an alternative spiritual > > > movement. It was 100% genuine regarding the Soul carrying out its > > > function of expansion. > > > > > > As the Atman continues to shine forth, extending one's boundaries, making > > > them less distinct, melding one's identity with that of the Cosmos, the > > > unity between us and others and everything else in our experience becomes > > > more obvious. As the soul continues to radiate outward from deeper and > > > deeper within us, that cosmic energy we become permeates everything. > > > Everything. > > > > > > At that point, the lights seem to go out! Holy shit, what happened? The > > > light we (the personal and Impersonal self) are radiating becomes so > > > pervasive, inside and out, that life is at once transformed, becoming > > > progressively more interesting, captivating and beautiful, while > > > remaining exactly as it was before. So we no longer see the contrast > > > between the light that we are, and the light now everywhere else. > > > > > > We are no longer witnessing, or perhaps the witness has come out to play. > > > There is no longer the longing for *peak* experiences that we used to > > > want, but instead, it is *all* very much better.:-) > > > > > > In order to witness, there has to be something distinct from something > > > else. There has to be the unfettered ;-) bliss of the soul, the personal > > > Being, distinct from everything else, and we are residing in Being, > > > looking out as it were on everything else. People describe witnessing as > > > being so free! so weightless almost, just in a big cloud of bliss, mind > > > almost empty. > > > > > > It is an awesome feeling, but not a complete one. Even the witness has to > > > be transcended in order to for enlightenment to continue, and continue it > > > will. There is no way to put the soul back to sleep once it wakes up, and > > > one Day of Enlightenment lasts a very, very, very long time! :-) > > > > > >
