--- In [email protected], "SteveW" <eugnostos2000@...> wrote:
>
>
>
> --- In [email protected], mike brown <uerusuboyo@> wrote:
> >
> > Mayka,
> >
> > We just have to be careful with mindfulness - it's very much a double-edged
> > sword in that it can be the catalyst for awakening to reality, but it can
> > also
> > make us think we've 'got it' when in fact it's nothing but our ego taking
> > a very
> > subtle rest. Also, we need to get past the way we think of mindfulness. In
> > the
> > beginning we tend to find ourselves consciously employing it at specific
> > times.
> > "Right, I've done the tidying up, taken a shower and washed the dishes.
> > Now I'm
> > going to take the dog out and really focus on what I'm doing, feel the wind
> > on
> > my face, not zone out and follow any thoughts and really be here" All well
> > and
> > good. But what we've also done there, by definition, is to
> > separate ourselves
> > between not being mindfull and being mindful which in turn
> > also reinforces the
> > sense of separateness from our intrinsic awareness of Budhha. In simple
> > terms, there is an awareness that is unborn and undying right now whichin
> > Vedanta is expressed as 'I Am'. That awareness is right there with you when
> > you're washing the dishes and putting out the rubbish and is there prior to
> > just
> > when you think, "Now I'm going to practice mindfulness" and it's there when
> > you
> > stop being mindful.
> >
> > Mike
>
> Hi Mike. I hope you are as well as can be. IMO, what Buddhist mindfulness
> and Vedantic Self-Inquiry have in common is that they both rely on not being
> submerged in phenomena. You are quite right that the Unborn awareness of 'I
> Am' is always present, but just as most people are not mindful of phenomena
> arising, so are most people not aware of their own Being-ness (to use the
> term from the Angulimala Sutra), because they are lost in phenomena. So yes,
> "This mind is the Buddha." But one is not generally aware of this while one
> is screaming at some (perceivedly) rude bloke who cut one off from one's exit
> off the motorway. The same sort of attentiveness required to practice
> mindfulness is also required to be aware of I Amness. In the one case you are
> attentive to phenomena arising and in the other case you are attentive to the
> fact that you are attentive. I presume that you have read the Kashmir
> Shaivite work entitled The Vijnana Bhairava Tantra?
> Steve
>
Correction: That's the Angulimaliya Sutra. The Angulimala Sutra is a Theravada
work. -Steve
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