#2977 - Monday, November 5, 2007 - Editor: Gloria Lee

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#2977 - Monday, November 5, 2007 - Editor: Gloria Lee

Nondual Highlights - NDhighlights

The play of concepts is endless. Concepts about the body, the mind,spirit, universe, cosmos, big bang, small bang, how the world came intobeing, shiva, shakti, etc.And then there are concepts about concepts, and thoughts about the nature of thoughts!What to do? The questions are thoughts and the answers are thoughts.And thinking about questions and answers requires thoughts.What to do?Nothing to do.The quicksand of concepts entangles one more and more, the moreseriously one takes them. It is the stuff of religion, philosophy,spirituality, great writers, great thinkers, great teachers, greatleaders, etc.The presumption to understand, teach, and help others to improvethemselves reveals the unrelenting grip of the ego.But the ego is not bad. It is something natural. It arises as a natural condition.The wise say, that, "I am the doer" notion is bondage.The real method to self knowledge is simple.To go to the root of the ego or the mind, one needs to become aware ofone's complete helplessness. That takes time. That takes spiritual maturity. To feel truly that 'not my will Lord, but thy will be done'. In doing so, the surrender can take place and one can naturally do what one is destined to do.If by Grace, one can bring the awareness upon its own essence, to seeand feel its own essential being, that is all that needs to be done. Thatis all that can be done!In this awareness, one can stare at the originating point of thoughtsand feelings and symbols and visions which rise in it, and see itself as the source, not as a thought but as a well of being that perpetually springs forth in itself and dissolves in itself never losing its inherent quality of naturalness, sat-chit-ananda.It is the essence of simplicity. Pure Being. That is what Sri Ramanataught. To be aware of the "I AM" as feeling/awareness. That is thedirect practice. To be simply aware of yourself.Spiritual practitioners seek complex and glamorous practices leading torich experiences and knowledge. This is good as well. All according to one's inclinations.But there are some who have consumed enough knowledge and enough experiences and lose the desire for any of it. Spontaneously, the directness of one's own awareness manifests as one's own self. One's Own Self is the Self of all. One Heart. Same Heart. All Heart.Love to allHarsha

originally posted to HarshaSatsangh on October 31, 2003

Alan Larus photos

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If I say "wind in pine"Will you hear it?Only waves of airWashing around inside youThrough limbs of treesYou planted there long agoOr yesterdayWill deliver my words to you aliveWill carry you intoThe pure wonder of wildnessLike a dry needle swept into the sky.— Garth Gilchrist

http://www.ferryfee.com/bluesky/Wind_in_pine.htm

I used to ask,‘What forced me on this way,What promise have I made?’For so the story goesNights with tea and laughs aboutAnother time, other names Another placeBut ‘neti neti’ saves us from the mazeThe goal’s aheadThis ship is sailing in a steady stateTill traces in the dust show clear.Closer to the end, What it takes to bring us here How many times the narrow pathThe river, row of horses A room of stone with a view so blueHow many times The painted letters on the cloth Turning in the draft Until the door is openingwith silence and your faceI used to ask,Yet it was never mine the oath

In the middle of the field,unnoticed, the centre moves back into place from dark green hills and dirty townsevery echohas come home the mountainthe windthe way of the white clouds-- Alan Larushttp://www.ferryfee.com/bluesky/mountain.htm