What I understood from his description about non-duality could be put in a Heraclitus fragment:
GOD IS DAY AND NIGHT, WINTER AND SUMMER, WAR AND PEACE, SATIETY AND WANT. There are different worlds that exist in our mind, but what non-duality suggests to me is "this and that (even neither&both)"--all of everything completely. I wouldn't know, though... Gassho TaoSheiFei On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 11:58 AM, ChrisAustinLane <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > > > Any one who writes about non-duality and then implies that something > (freedom) can extend "even to this fallen world of sin and samsara" needs > to sit a bit more, in my opinion. It sounds like he thinks there is some > other world than this world of sin and samsara. It reeks of duality. > > I won't comment about the wonderful things his brain has created for him > to experience other than ordinary reality, other than to offer my > experience that sitting, while it will allow your brain to treat you to > such experiences, is not as efficient at that as fasting or exercise or > sleep deprivation. Naturally, sincein my opinion, such states are not the > path of zen any more than filling with indignation when offered bad tasting > food. Sure, it happens. What now! > > Thanks, > Chris Austin-Lane > Sent from a cell phone > > On Jan 2, 2012, at 1:02, [email protected] wrote: > > > http://integrallife.com/member/ken-wilber/blog/stages-meditation-interview-ken-wilber > > i don't know enough about the Integral Institute(tm) to support or > criticize, but i found this after wondering what ken had been up to these > days and found it very clear in describing what we may be experiencing > along the way. i was also curious as to others' experiences and herstories > on this forum of their own meditation. > > gassho and great love to all of you > > Tao Shei Fei > > >
