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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2017 10:57:22 GMT -5
"It Happened To Me: I Started Referring To Myself In Third Person And Now I Am Enlightened" -- NYT Opinion Nice find! That's about as mainstream as that particular path to 2nd mountain is ever gonna' get .. although the intellegencia aren't all that popular these days, so mainstream doesn't translate into popularity. Nothing new in that. Now I'm motivated to track down where Benny's opinion might be a source of discussion. "That's a narrow view of Buddhism." "Can suffering ever really end while you're alive?" "talking to yourself just means you should go get help" .. heh heh I gotta' a million of 'em heh heh .. I musta read over a hundred Twitter posts about that article.. and almost all of the comments were either about the president or the NYT (no interest or recognition of the underlying pointer). except one guy offered his take on the modified koan.. "what is the sound of one tiny hand clapping ?"
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Post by laughter on Dec 10, 2017 20:48:33 GMT -5
Nice find! That's about as mainstream as that particular path to 2nd mountain is ever gonna' get .. although the intellegencia aren't all that popular these days, so mainstream doesn't translate into popularity. Nothing new in that. Now I'm motivated to track down where Benny's opinion might be a source of discussion. "That's a narrow view of Buddhism." "Can suffering ever really end while you're alive?" "talking to yourself just means you should go get help" .. heh heh I gotta' a million of 'em heh heh .. I musta read over a hundred Twitter posts about that article.. and almost all of the comments were either about the president or the NYT (no interest or recognition of the underlying pointer). except one guy offered his take on the modified koan.. "what is the sound of one tiny hand clapping ?" Hey. Wow. That's great. Benny and the evil, divisive Lithuanian twitterbots have conspired to answer that one publicly, with finality, once and for all. Done. Over. Next.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2017 5:28:44 GMT -5
I musta read over a hundred Twitter posts about that article.. and almost all of the comments were either about the president or the NYT (no interest or recognition of the underlying pointer). except one guy offered his take on the modified koan.. "what is the sound of one tiny hand clapping ?" Hey. Wow. That's great. Benny and the evil, divisive Lithuanian twitterbots have conspired to answer that one publicly, with finality, once and for all. Done. Over. Next. Lies. All lies. I don't believe a word of it.
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Post by laughter on Dec 11, 2017 21:13:02 GMT -5
Hey. Wow. That's great. Benny and the evil, divisive Lithuanian twitterbots have conspired to answer that one publicly, with finality, once and for all. Done. Over. Next. Lies. All lies. I don't believe a word of it. would you believe the liars if they admitted to the lying??
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Post by zin on Dec 12, 2017 5:22:23 GMT -5
One thing about Seth material is maybe some kind of 'identity poker' effect on me, it is that I do like to read the 'person' in broader definitions as I read further. Like Jane, Seth, Seth 2, each encompasses more than the previous one (still not sure which is called what - personality, entity, soul?.. but that's not important now). Elsewhere I wrote that I am a seeker, and if I am asked what am I seeking I always say "something/someone similar to me!" Dunno how, this expansion effect helps in that area : ) . Another thing: Probably for the first time in a night dream I swam in the sea without seeing the land (but it appeared later). You wrote "then the constant reformation of the sense of identity based in them can be disrupted. This disruption can happen both suddenly and with a major shift in perspective, as well as subtly, in quiet increments over time." Some changes happen and who knows, maybe it will cause some disruption, too.. (sorry if I turned here into a thoughts journal!) ps. I like the poem! [/font][/quote] That's a profound insight, true nature is non-separation even though the senses appear to indicate separation. There's a leap of perception that's available to all of us where it is directly known/seen that our true nature is 'awaring awareness' and not what happens to be appearing. The you that is seeking is only an appearance. [/quote] Thank you for the comment. However I must say that I became more 'dualistic' than ever after my first year here! At first year I used to sit at seaside for a few mins (as meditation) and also feel connected with nature during walks. But later, although that feeling did not get lost, the situation became the same old seeking! But it doesn't matter, for me seeking does not mean 'suffering'.
When I hear the word appearance I automatically remember dis-appearance. So, almost the only characteristic of an appearance (for me) is that it will disappear. But that's ok, too. Everything comes up at some other place again.
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Post by runstill on Dec 13, 2017 0:57:11 GMT -5
[/font][/quote] That's a profound insight, true nature is non-separation even though the senses appear to indicate separation. There's a leap of perception that's available to all of us where it is directly known/seen that our true nature is 'awaring awareness' and not what happens to be appearing. The you that is seeking is only an appearance. [/quote] Thank you for the comment. However I must say that I became more 'dualistic' than ever after my first year here! At first year I used to sit at seaside for a few mins (as meditation) and also feel connected with nature during walks. But later, although that feeling did not get lost, the situation became the same old seeking! But it doesn't matter, for me seeking does not mean 'suffering'.
When I hear the word appearance I automatically remember dis-appearance. So, almost the only characteristic of an appearance (for me) is that it will disappear. But that's ok, too. Everything comes up at some other place again. [/quote] That's the funny thing about appearances they seem to be in a constance state of disappearing. Is nothing permanent ?
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Post by lolly on Dec 13, 2017 1:31:21 GMT -5
Nice find! That's about as mainstream as that particular path to 2nd mountain is ever gonna' get .. although the intellegencia aren't all that popular these days, so mainstream doesn't translate into popularity. Nothing new in that. Now I'm motivated to track down where Benny's opinion might be a source of discussion. "That's a narrow view of Buddhism." "Can suffering ever really end while you're alive?" "talking to yourself just means you should go get help" .. heh heh I gotta' a million of 'em heh heh .. I musta read over a hundred Twitter posts about that article.. and almost all of the comments were either about the president or the NYT (no interest or recognition of the underlying pointer). except one guy offered his take on the modified koan.. "what is the sound of one tiny hand clapping ?" A microwave?
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Post by zin on Dec 30, 2017 7:00:32 GMT -5
runstill wrote:
"That's the funny thing about appearances they seem to be in a constance state of disappearing. Is nothing permanent ? "They say some kind of source is permanent. But in my life two examples are trouble and humour : )) Happy new year to all!
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Post by moonstruck on Jan 2, 2018 10:21:30 GMT -5
“Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even your troubles!” Charlie Chan
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Post by zendancer on Jan 2, 2018 16:15:49 GMT -5
runstill wrote:
"That's the funny thing about appearances they seem to be in a constance state of disappearing. Is nothing permanent ? "They say some kind of source is permanent. But in my life two examples are trouble and humour : )) Happy new year to all! Only one thing is permanent and changeless, but it's not a thing.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2018 9:27:01 GMT -5
hey zd... any thoughts about the word "change"?
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Post by Happy on Jan 5, 2018 10:53:25 GMT -5
hey zd... any thoughts about the word "change"? Hey farmer You talking about pocket change, shift change, climate change, or political change? Or perhaps change of mind?😀
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Post by zendancer on Jan 5, 2018 11:25:42 GMT -5
hey zd... any thoughts about the word "change"? The best words that seem to capture what's going on from my POV are "unfoldment," "undulation," or "transformation" because whatever is happening is happening within itself. This is why some sages like to say that nothing (no thing) is happening. The word "change" implies movement between two different states, but the distinction of states is, itself, a product of imagination, and cannot capture the truth.
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Post by lolly on Jan 6, 2018 2:57:03 GMT -5
hey zd... any thoughts about the word "change"? It is profoundly pertinent to underwear.
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Post by zin on May 25, 2018 18:49:11 GMT -5
I don't want to exaggerate about pictures at all but they have been flowing like water into other people's pictures or free-circulating works for some months now.. (that's the best description I could find). It's like anything I do with them grows exponentially. I don't expect this to be the case always but I am astonished at it.
I have always thought 'I' as some kind of 'vantage point' and 'selfhood' as some material which is moulded by life. Nowadays it's like pics provide a connection between them (probably anything in life can take on that role).. Yes yes I know I talk in 'parts'! But I try to find an explanation to this flow thing. : )
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