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Post by laughter on Feb 10, 2024 11:30:40 GMT -5
To some degree at least, the answer is in the thread title, and I'd say it answers the questions completely.  Agreed. It's pretty simple. If the intellect becomes a servant rather than a master (master=machine of deception created by cultural conditioning and habits of thought), and if there has been sufficient realization (which informs the intellect), then the body/mind organism functions spontaneously and appropriately without needing to reflect about what's happening. Full adult intellectual capability remains, of course, but the individual knows that there is no boundary between the body and the most distant star. There is a felt sense of being one with reality (in the flow) rather than being a separate volitional entity living in a world of separately-existing objects. I enjoy asking people, "When you inhale, when does the air you inhale become "you?" Those with sufficient insight know that the air is, to use Tenka's phrase somewhat modified, "what they actually already are." What we are is reality looking at Itself from a unique perspective. The same undivided field of reality is also looking at Itself through the eyes of every other creature because there is only one thingless thing here. Thanks ZD!  (.. was doing a thumbs-up but, this camera bizness ...) |
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Post by bluey on Feb 26, 2024 0:30:05 GMT -5
To some degree at least, the answer is in the thread title, and I'd say it answers the questions completely. Agreed. It's pretty simple. If the intellect becomes a servant rather than a master (master=machine of deception created by cultural conditioning and habits of thought), and if there has been sufficient realization (which informs the intellect), then the body/mind organism functions spontaneously and appropriately without needing to reflect about what's happening. Full adult intellectual capability remains, of course, but the individual knows that there is no boundary between the body and the most distant star. There is a felt sense of being one with reality (in the flow) rather than being a separate volitional entity living in a world of separately-existing objects. I enjoy asking people, "When you inhale, when does the air you inhale become "you?" Those with sufficient insight know that the air is, to use Tenka's phrase somewhat modified, "what they actually already are." What we are is reality looking at Itself from a unique perspective. The same undivided field of reality is also looking at Itself through the eyes of every other creature because there is only one thingless thing here. Beautiful i felt I needed to read this today 🤷♂️ |
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Post by laughter on Feb 26, 2024 14:30:47 GMT -5
Agreed. It's pretty simple. If the intellect becomes a servant rather than a master (master=machine of deception created by cultural conditioning and habits of thought), and if there has been sufficient realization (which informs the intellect), then the body/mind organism functions spontaneously and appropriately without needing to reflect about what's happening. Full adult intellectual capability remains, of course, but the individual knows that there is no boundary between the body and the most distant star. There is a felt sense of being one with reality (in the flow) rather than being a separate volitional entity living in a world of separately-existing objects. I enjoy asking people, "When you inhale, when does the air you inhale become "you?" Those with sufficient insight know that the air is, to use Tenka's phrase somewhat modified, "what they actually already are." What we are is reality looking at Itself from a unique perspective. The same undivided field of reality is also looking at Itself through the eyes of every other creature because there is only one thingless thing here. Beautiful i felt I needed to read this today 🤷♂️ |
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