Hi Shawn - I too think we should be thinking about these matters - though as I am now long in the tooth I have the collection of T- shirts. True insight or even being original may not be the end - we might want to wander in aporia - going nowhere in particular. I'm not keen on rebirthing, but we do need change. I deeply suspect much of our Western conditioning, but part of this now clearly includes rather glib and naive tries with other conditioning that hasn't been notably successful either. My view is that we lack the courage to accept our situation amongst vastness.
On 16 Feb, 00:10, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi sanyassin; > Such as it is a temporary existence so it is infinite in and of mind > and soul. I am not destined to fail, for as I have discarded egoistic > pathways in favor of the abundance of universal guidance, I have found > success. > Your generalizations lack true insight and offer nuances of > understanding, perhaps a reflection of a novelty approach or > indicative of a rebirth in onset mode. > Buddha clearly expressed success through thought process in this > verse. > > "All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man > speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks > or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that > never leaves him." > > This is Not destiny of failure but the ability to create destiny and > success through discipline of the mind. Surely we must overcome > ourselves, harness our ego so that we can discover enlightenment, > wisdom and virtue. > > By the way, you can click options on the right side and remove one of > your identical posts. > > On Feb 15, 10:52 am, sanyassin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > You might as well surrender > > Give in > > Give up > > Throw in the towel > > Raise the white flag > > You’ve already lost, you just don`t know it > > You’re outmatched, outgunned, outnumbered, and infinitely overpowered > > Your individual egoistic experience doesn’t stand a chance against the > > Raw power of the Universal Manifestation. > > Have you ever taken some time to contemplate the scale and scope of > > the Universal manifestation? > > What power must it take to create and maintain the 50,000,000,000 > > simultaneous universes? > > Can you imagine the power it takes to keep the planet earth spinning > > at 24,000 mph? > > Can you comprehend the power it takes to keep the earth orbiting the > > sun at 66,000 mph? > > Can you fathom the power it takes to keep our Galaxy spinning at > > 490,000 mph? > > Can you even begin to understand the power it takes to keep our > > galaxy, the Milky Way, speeding away from the other untold galaxies, > > in our single universe, towards some unknown destination? It > > definitely boggles my mind. > > It’s as if the Universe was designed to drive the point home how > > isolated and small we truly are in our individuated, egoistic, > > isolated experiences...like I said raise the white flag, throw in the > > towel, give up, just surrender all ready. > > It takes me back to what the Buddha said about detachment, and the > > impermanence of everything, and remember you will only ever hear me > > talk about the Buddha, never Buddhism or the Buddhists, because > > Bahaman taught me well, and he`s so right that Buddhism died with the > > Buddha. The Buddhists, and Buddhism, and everything that followed, in > > the Buddha’s name, are simply second rate imitations, the same applies > > to Jesus and so called Christianity, he was a Jew, for Rams sake, > > trying to be their savior, that didn`t go over so well did it? > > It`s like all the flowers in a flower garden have died and yet they > > still continue calling it a garden, and to add insult to injury > > they`ve replaced the flowers with plastic imitations and then ask you > > to come smell the fragrance, to enjoy the beauty, to give money for > > the maintenance of these dead, fake things. > > My train of thought is a funny thing it just seems to meander were it > > wants...so back on point! The Buddha was right it`s all temporary so > > why hold on, why try to control, your destined to fail, the most > > beautiful experiences are only possible through surrender, like love, > > how can you have love without surrender of the ego, without a > > surrender to intimacy. > > Like the Master disciple relationship, how can you have all the > > potential and possibility of the Master disciple relationship without > > its primary ingredient...surrender? > > So in closing just surrender the individual, egoistic, isolated > > experience unto the whole. > > Let the whole worry about everything it`s simply not our problem, > > throw yourself headlong into the stream of consciousness and let it > > carry you unconcerned unto the ocean of oneness, unto the merging with > > the universal manifestation and all its untold, unfathomable, > > unimaginable power. > > Incredibly humbled, > > Shawn Conley --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
