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Wow! Some wonderfully poetic interpretations to ro...

2009-06-09T14:19:37.196-04:00

Wow! Some wonderfully poetic interpretations to roll around with in the mind.

Great Stuff!

Thanks Guys,
mikeS

Oneness is just a story that arises when all the i...

2009-06-09T12:53:54.725-04:00

Oneness is just a story that arises when all the interpretations are seen through. Seeing through all the interpretations is yet another story, it doesn't solve the mystery, it doesn't solve anything. It seems to make life more simpler, but simpler is just a story. Simpler is just a opinion that whatever this is can be said as an interpretation to be simpler, usually this arises as an idea that whatever this is can be compared to something else called difficult, but difficult is yet another interpretation about this, as if this can be something and as if this something can be compared to a so-called something else.

It seems to make life less painful when interpretations drop, but life less painful is just a another story. Even the story that whatever this is, is a life; is a story. Even that what this is can be something painful, is just a concept being interpreted as pain. Even having less is an idea that whatever this is, can be less or more of whatever this is; is an interpretation by thought that whatever this is can be interpreted as something.

Therefore, the story that whatever this is, can't be said to be anything, other than whatever the hell this is; is just a story about whatever the hell this mystery is. Whatever story can be had about this, can't explain this.

All that can said about whatever this is, is that whatever this is seems to be aware (whatever this awareness is) of whatever this is. Whatever that this is that is aware, is aware of whatever this is. There is no difference between whatever is being aware of this and whatever this is because there is no way to know what either one is (or to know even if there is a deference between them or if there is a them or two things at all) and without knowing what anything is, it all seems to be one thing or no-thing, or all things, or both, or either, or whatever is arising is arising as this. This is it, whatever this is, whatever is arising without interpretation about what this is; this is said to be the concept/idea/story of enlightenment.

Knowing the mind of thoughts, the next thought that will arise is "How can I see what this is, without interpreting it?" and thought can't seem to see that interpreting this, is still 'part' whatever this is. Whatever this is seems to be interpreted and that is this too. Whatever arises in this, is this, as it is and whatever arises is this. So the story of thoughts go on, while it is seemly chasing after another story called enlightenment. The cosmic joke.

It's difficult to describe, whatever the hell ...

2009-06-09T09:38:15.701-04:00

It's difficult to describe, whatever the hell it is we're trying to talk about. Whatever it is, there just doesn't seem to be much difference between duality and oneness. Duality is nonduality, quite obviously, but elusively. It seems there is not, i.e., ego and no ego, oneness and individuality, but oneness, ego-ing and oneness, individual-ing. The game toddles along, but often isn't hooked up into a story of cause and effect. A story can be applied, if the urge to do so arises, but isn't so necessary. Less and less so, although the time factor needed for cause and effect also seems diminished. The paradox of it, the mystery, seems a moot concern, and a blessed place, label it grace, label it consciousness, label it Jehosephat. There seems not to be so much a pendulum as an arising of this, an arising of that, an arising of the other, all equally fascinating and astounding. Or something like that. Oh hell, I give up! Ineffable, and effing great.

Thanks for the kind words! It is self and not sel...

2009-06-09T09:29:40.525-04:00

Thanks for the kind words!

It is self and not self, appearances and no appearances, arising and not arising, ego and no ego, oneness and individuality. It seems the paradox is not the one, over or above the many, but the one and the many. The ego is as much a part of truth as Being. Like a pendulum, swing to one side and the momentum will bring you back to the other. It is an infinite game and there are no rules but to continue playing. There is no end to this game, just as there is no oneness without the many.

Enjoy your 'self' and all its concerns!
mikeS

This is lovely, a beautiful sentiment and concept ...

2009-06-09T01:28:21.465-04:00

This is lovely, a beautiful sentiment and concept well expressed. The love that is all, however, is all, whether it is apparently apprehended or not. Who is it that changes "their" mind? The love that is all is all, and accepts all; it cannot reject itself. It is itself. Everything is allowed, everything is available. It often seems that the love described, with the actions (deep engagement) recommended, unfolds if oneness is apprehended. Yet there are no guarantees. There are no goals, other than being itself; it shines and vibrates through every apparent action, feeling, thought, no matter what the appearance. In duality, there must be war for there to be peace; there must be resistance for there to be acceptance; there must be opposites for anything to exist. Being is beyond right and wrong, and the apparent individual balks at this; the loss of self is anathema to all that is taught in the appearance about good and evil; the loss of goals, of apparent volition, of apparent meaning, is frightening. Yet there is no one who chooses to go postal or to commit the most heinous crimes. This too is love, in a hard to recognise guise; this is beyond the heart and mind of man, as that Jesus dude apparently said; it is beyond all ideas and feelings of right and wrong, and of purpose. It is this, whatever this seems to be, whether that be calming the warring mind with love-purpose or languishing in prison for molesting innocents. There cannot be one without another, in the appearance. Yet what is described in this blog entry often manifests, if this is seen, no matter "how" it is seen. The defenses drop, no longer needed; the fear-driven ego concerns slip away, unnecessary; all is loved, indeed all is love. There is no method, no teaching, no approach that brings oneness any closer than it already is. Yet such approaches are perfection too, by the mere fact of their existence. This is paradise. There is no other.