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Post by klaus on Jun 18, 2010 17:59:22 GMT -5
What if all spiritual teachers and their writings never existed; no one pointing the way for you?
As if being dumped in the middle of nowhere without direction?
What would you do or not do?
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Post by Portto on Jun 18, 2010 19:24:58 GMT -5
That's an excellent question, Klaus.
I guess I would still be able to find something to worry about or fight for, when the need arises.
"If it's not something, then it's something else."
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Post by synapticrythms on Jun 19, 2010 13:34:10 GMT -5
I don't know, since things happened in the way they happened. I have jettisoned pretty much all the reading material at this point. It feels pointless and too much like living in my mind at this point. I don't know if introspection would have happened naturally for me without my experiences in that particular introspection kind of way that reaches below thought.
I have found that hiking... and being very present while doing so... produced affects that were impossible for me to ignore. Maybe the physical exercise and the enjoyment I find in it would have provided the Way. I don't know.
The more I stay in the layer below thought... the more I feel the onlooking, pervasive presence that is there... the more I want to be there permanently. There is no other real joy for me at this point. The paradox is that it makes everything more enjoyable, because I am not dependent on it for my joy. What a beautiful thing!
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