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Nondual Highlights Issue #2085 Thursday, March 17, 2005
Everything
happens altogether by itself.
The shadow of causation can never be
caught because all things and events are
merely interconnected differentiations in
form of a single, unified field.
- Ramesh S. Balsekar, from A Net of Jewels,
Advaita Press, 1966, posted to AlongTheWay
I came to realize
that mind is no
other than
mountains and
rivers and the great
wide earth, the sun
and the moon and
the stars.
- Dogen
Look up tonight, darlin' - see your mind!
- dg
Dogen quote from Yakrider's web page: Zen http://www.yakrider.com/Buddha/Zen/Zen.htm
The satisfaction of every soul lies in its recognition. Every
person desires that there would be in the world someone who
understands him well, at least as well as he understands himself.
A wife says, 'I have a comfortable home and a good husband; I
only wish that he would understand me better.' The servant says,
'I get good pay and the master is kind; I only wish that he would
know me well.' An artist is satisfied when his art is admired by
the knower. This is the usual seeking of every soul.
There is a story about a mimic who was performing his skill of
imitating different birds and animals in the street in front of
the window of a palace from where the king was looking on. At the
end of his performance a golden shawl was thrown to him from the
palace window as a reward from the king, and an old blanket was
presented to him by a shepherd. The mimic adorned himself with
the ragged blanket of the shepherd and kept the shawl of the king
under his arm. The king disliked this behavior on the part of the
mimic and asked him why he insulted the palace by adorning
himself with the shepherd's gift, hiding the reward of the king.
He answered, 'Because the shawl was given as a token of your
Majesty's greatness, and the blanket was given purely in deep
admiration for my imitation of the cow twitching its skin, which
no one but the shepherds could understand so well.'
From this story we learn that there is no greater reward given or
love shown than in recognition. As this is the desire of every
soul, so it is also the desire of the Soul of souls. He puts
forward His hand to such suitor who comes before Him with full
recognition.
- Hazrat Inayat Khan
More here: http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/index.htm
if you can't go to sleep
my dear soul
for tonight
what do you think will happen
if you pass your night
and merge it with dawn
for the sake of heart
what do you think will happen
if the entire world
is covered with the blossoms
you have labored to plant
what do you think will happen
if the elixir of life
that has been hidden in the dark
fills the desert and towns
what do you think will happen
if because of
your generosity and love
a few humans find their lives
what do you think will happen
if you pour an entire jar
filled with joyous wine
on the head of those already drunk
what do you think will happen
go my friend
bestow your love
even on your enemies
if you touch their hearts
what do you think will happen
- Rumi, Ghazal 838 translation by Nader Khalili, Rumi,
Fountain of Fire, posted to Sunlight
Question: How very interesting to realize that all our so-called
pain and sufferings are really eye openers. Probably if one goes
beyond this dual game of joy and sorrow, happiness and
unhappiness, then one might end the turmoil. I feel so. Then
there is no anguish.
Well, I will think about my response. I think I only will have to
accept people and situations as they are without manipulating,
condemning. For this, the thought process has to undergo a
mutation. I wonder how this is going to be! I wonder sometimes
why I dont get a hang of certain things. Is it because I still
struggle?
Answer: It may be embarrassing to admit it, but there seems to be
some kind of masochistic pleasure in the struggle, the drama, the
suspense, the intrigue. But sooner or later, even that pleasure,
that security of knowing in advance, that predictability has
faded into repetition, monotony, self-loathing, and boredom.
When you are completely fed up with it, temporary gratifications,
self-centeredness, ambitions, hopes, intrigues, competitions,
worries, agonies, sorrows and all, then you may be ready to let
it all die, including the one who is at the center, the star of
the movie, tragic or ludicrous or whatever. To let the
"known," which is limited, completely die, is to make
room for the unknown, which includes the known, but is infinitely
larger and unpredictable and alive and clear and vibrant with
energy! The unknown includes everything and literally has no
boundaries, and it does not stay the same from one instant to the
next.
To let go of the known, to let it die, including the separate and
ficticious mental "self" around which all of its
activities revolve, is to come to terms with the simple and
obvious fact that it does not exist, except in memory and
fantasy. That memory and fantasy is none other than the endless
ambition to become something better, to acquire something better,
to make something better happen, and to hold on to what you are
pretending you own and control. When even the feelings and
sensations associated with this repetition are no longer enough,
then you will realize you have nothing to lose. That could be in
ten or twenty years, or it could be later on this week, or it
could be right now. It's up to you.
- Scott Morrison
Love is a tremendous caring that arises
in the wake of transcending the personal self.
In the wake of this transcendence, something amazing arises.
A deep love and caring arises from within emptiness,
from nowhere.
This love and caring seeks only the Truth in every moment
and in all circumstances.
True love is something far greater
than anything that could be called personal.
True love is a non-personal miracle.
It is the nature of reality itself.
It is the natural and spontaneous expression of the undivided
Self.
Adyashanti, from The Impact of Awakening,
posted to The_Now2
