Richard, is he saying something similar to: the Self alone unfolds the Self to
the Self? That's what it sounds like to me. I think the whole thing is a big,
fat paradox!
On Thursday, October 23, 2014 10:17 AM, "'Richard J. Williams'
[email protected] [FairfieldLife]" <[email protected]> wrote:
On 10/23/2014 9:29 AM, Share Long [email protected] [FairfieldLife]
wrote:
>
Richard, your posts remind me of how much I appreciate David Deida and
other teachers who suggest that the "old" ways of liberation are best suited to
masculine physiologies.
He also compares a soul to the light coming in from a stained glass window,
which is the body. Via yoga practices we attempt to clean the dirt off the
window. Via therapy we attempt to fix the cracks in the glass.
But at a certain point, we realize we are the light. End of cleaning and
fixing!
>
It's like the Zen koan: Polishing a Tile to Make a Mirror:
There was a zen student named Tai-i who was always sitting in meditation. His
master Matsu asked him: "For what purpose are you sitting in meditation?"
The student answered: "I am trying to become a Buddha."
So, the Zen Master picked up a tile and started rubbing it.
The student asked: "For what purpose are you rubbing a tile?"
The Zen Master replied "I am rubbing this tile to make a mirror."
The student asked: "How can you rub a tile to make a mirror?"
To which the Zen Master answered: "How can you make a Buddha by sitting and
meditating?"
Zen Buddhism: A History Volume 1
by Heinrich Dumoulin
MacMillan, 1994
pp. 160-163
http://www.absolutoracle.com/Notezen/Articles/koan1.htm
On Thursday, October 23, 2014 9:11 AM, "'Richard J. Williams'
[email protected] [FairfieldLife]" <[email protected]> wrote:
On 10/23/2014 7:14 AM, Share Long [email protected]
[FairfieldLife] wrote:
Could it be that we're simply compelled by neural pathways in our brain that
want to be activated?
>
According to MMY it is the nature of the mind to want to enjoy - it's only
natural for anyone to want to be free from suffering. He said that "the way
into bliss is the way out of suffering."
So, nobody wants to suffer but in fact, suffering is a given in life: we all
suffer from repeated birth, old age, sickness and eventual death. The truth is
that we are all bound by karma, either from this life or from a previous life.
There is no exception to karma, from the highest god or deva down to a single
blade of grass.
The idea behind yoga is to provide the ideal opportunity for awakening to the
truth of how things really are. If you know the truth you will be free. Yoga
is immortality and freedom.
According to yoga theory, you build up samskaras due to karma - the actions in
this life and in your past lives. You can remove the samskaras through tapas -
"burning off" the accumulated layers of past actions through meditation and
other yoga practices. But a practice will not remove all the samskaras - even
for an accomplished "yogi" there's always a trace of karma because they still
maintain a human body with air, water, and food, coarse or fine, and thoughts,
volitions and desires.
A "siddha" yogi is one who has realized the truth and is totally free while
still in living in a human body, a "jivan-mukti" - for them there is no
return; everything has been done that needs to be done; gone to the other
shore; totally gone. No come back no more. Free.
>
On Thursday, October 23, 2014 6:00 AM, "TurquoiseBee
[email protected] [FairfieldLife]" <[email protected]> wrote:
From: "Michael Jackson [email protected] [FairfieldLife]"
<[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness
Well said Barry - and I agree with every word
It's NOT that I'm saying that seeking spiritual experiences ISN'T valuable.
I'm just pointing out that almost no one in history has ever stepped up to
the plate and made an objective, scientific case for what that value might be.
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