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Not selfishly, but shamelessly?
Posted by Holger:
From an email:
Dear [Friend],
I don’t want to sound preachy.
Isn’t there a saying:
friends don’t let friends drive drunk?
I am not claiming to be the sober one.
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We conclude/render
body-mind-world,
based on thoughts,
feelings, perceptions.
What are you really certain about,
right now?
//
It Is hope-less.
❤️🙏🏻
I am always whole and complete.
//
Hoping is narrative, is mind-stuff.
Not a problem!
Simply a narrative.
//
Relaxing again.
What is not a narrative, right now?
//
“The only truth in the manifestation
is the impersonal sense I am;
the rest are concepts.”
Supposedly Buddha’s words.
//
Magdi (paraphrased):
There is something rather than nothing (experientially).
But I cannot say what I am
[because time, space, objects, experiences
are mind constructs; and I am prior to mind,
aware of mind and attention].
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I am the space (words as concessions)
in which every-thing appears and disappears.
The sky, unburdened whether or not the weather is good or bad.
The ocean, undisturbed by waves.
Only one source of Light, one power.
//
To simply trust and rest
in and as being (empty open no-thing).
No need to change anything.
No need to improve the person,
but improvement happens naturally,
as a by-product.
No future happiness to wait for.
No-thing (God) is never missing.
//
How you feel and what you think is on one level irrelevant.
Thoughts and feelings are not you as I am.
But we are loving with body-mind-world,
We don’t eagerly throw out the baby with the bathwater.
We don’t use nondual-concepts selfishly, but shamelessly.
//
Just this ordinary awareness
right now is more than enough.
But you cannot discuss this with Mr. Mind (-;
“Ya but…”
“The belly of the mind is always hungry.”
//
Presence – wholeness – is always available.
It cannot be reached.
Only the veil of personhood dissolves.
//
Knowing this is good enough for right now;
nothing “me” can do,
besides being sincere in understanding and giving UP.
Applying the concepts in daily living.
Allowing feelings/thoughts/perceptions
to arise and be seen for what IS,
prior to and higher than making-sense.
//
To savor presence.
To enjoy spending time with the timeless.
To practically and fun-da-mentally
discern “me” (conceptual)
from “I am” (experiential).
And lovingly forgive yourself,
for what was never you nor fault.
//
Sorry, I just spoke to myself.
The above diagram (inspired by Roger Castillo)
is really cool; maybe to memorize it
and to fall in love with it?
It is very deep and exposes
the whole kindergarten of suffering/unhappiness.
//
Words from a friend,
who is not claiming to be right;
available to meet on Zoom.
//
All unhappiness is the “me”.
Not as a problem to solve,
but a mystery to live 😇
//
Love,
Holger
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Created: April 7, 2024
Last modified: April 7, 2024
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