Guest guest Posted December 30, 2001 Report Share Posted December 30, 2001 The reconciliation of Jung's 'Self " n the Buddhist non-Self is a matter of semantics. as mullah Nasruddin discovered, wh he came to the center of himself, after strenuous effort, he disc " I was not there!' the centerpt of the circle has no dimension, transcends time/space, so at the center we find our div guest wanting to be invited to be us. so as long as we are incarnated individuals, we live in this paradox: we ARE n we are not. The Christian hypostatic union comes close: Spirit made a leap forward in indwelling/incarnating itself in more people n making itself -hopefully-conscious. but we seem to forget that that our very consciousness is a gift to be returned to the Giver. We need to remember that we did not create ourselves in the first place, but we have been given the gift to co-create our microcosmic fleeting reality. And this has a cumulative, collective VALUE! Happy New Year! love ao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2001 Report Share Posted December 31, 2001 I love hearing it your own words Alice. Thankyou for your graceful compassionate delivery. Mike as ever reminds us not to get caught in the forms yet also to honour them for what they are in the moment. I think this is a beautiful bridge you have created as we cross over into a New Year. As I write, it already is New Year's morning here. Blessed Bliss for your New Year, everybody, Love, Colette 1.1.2002 ;-)))))) Whoa, I like them numbers! > > The reconciliation of Jung's 'Self " n the Buddhist non-Self is a matter of > > semantics. as mullah Nasruddin discovered, wh he came to the center of > > himself, after strenuous effort, he disc " I was not there!' > > *Absolutely. > > > the centerpt of the circle has no dimension, transcends time/space, so at the > > center we find our div guest wanting to be invited to be us. > > > > so as long as we are incarnated individuals, we live in this paradox: we ARE > > n we are not. The Christian hypostatic union comes close: Spirit made a leap > > forward in indwelling/incarnating itself in more people n making itself > > -hopefully-conscious. but we seem to forget that that our very consciousness > > is a gift to be returned to the Giver. > > > > We need to remember that we did not create ourselves in the first place, but > > we have been given the gift to co-create our microcosmic fleeting reality. > > And this has a cumulative, collective VALUE! > > *I would just like to point out that the nature of this divine guest is pure and > untrammelled lucidity - what I would generally call awareness. Because (and only > because) it has no innate nature, it can be (and IS) aware of any and everything - > even nothing. > The moment it is given a nature as this or that, the 'surface of the crystal ball' (so to > speak) seems to become coloured or trammelled. When that distorting influence is > removed, however, it returns to its essential state - infinite openness. > The infinity of appearances that arise within and from it are... just that. Appearances. > The the ever-changing display of its radiant and all-perfecting nature. > Buddhist - and specifically Dzogchen - meditation is to be introduced (generally by > an experienced teacher) to this (non-existent) viewpoint and then learn how to > stabilise it - how not to get 'carried away' by the surface phenomena - while at the > same time engaging directly in the appearances for what they are. Clarity as to their > nature on the one hand (or one wing); compassionate engagement for the benefit of > all sentient beings on the other. > > In view of the fact that there is a new year coming up (or, at least, that certain > calendars will be starting the cycle anew again as of tomorrow), I'd like to wish you > all a peaceful and beauty-filled twelvemonth to come, and - in fact - a wonderful > forever... Walk in beauty. > > m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2001 Report Share Posted December 31, 2001 > The reconciliation of Jung's 'Self " n the Buddhist non-Self is a matter of > semantics. as mullah Nasruddin discovered, wh he came to the center of > himself, after strenuous effort, he disc " I was not there!' *Absolutely. > the centerpt of the circle has no dimension, transcends time/space, so at the > center we find our div guest wanting to be invited to be us. > > so as long as we are incarnated individuals, we live in this paradox: we ARE > n we are not. The Christian hypostatic union comes close: Spirit made a leap > forward in indwelling/incarnating itself in more people n making itself > -hopefully-conscious. but we seem to forget that that our very consciousness > is a gift to be returned to the Giver. > > We need to remember that we did not create ourselves in the first place, but > we have been given the gift to co-create our microcosmic fleeting reality. > And this has a cumulative, collective VALUE! *I would just like to point out that the nature of this divine guest is pure and untrammelled lucidity - what I would generally call awareness. Because (and only because) it has no innate nature, it can be (and IS) aware of any and everything - even nothing. The moment it is given a nature as this or that, the 'surface of the crystal ball' (so to speak) seems to become coloured or trammelled. When that distorting influence is removed, however, it returns to its essential state - infinite openness. The infinity of appearances that arise within and from it are... just that. Appearances. The the ever-changing display of its radiant and all-perfecting nature. Buddhist - and specifically Dzogchen - meditation is to be introduced (generally by an experienced teacher) to this (non-existent) viewpoint and then learn how to stabilise it - how not to get 'carried away' by the surface phenomena - while at the same time engaging directly in the appearances for what they are. Clarity as to their nature on the one hand (or one wing); compassionate engagement for the benefit of all sentient beings on the other. In view of the fact that there is a new year coming up (or, at least, that certain calendars will be starting the cycle anew again as of tomorrow), I'd like to wish you all a peaceful and beauty-filled twelvemonth to come, and - in fact - a wonderful forever... Walk in beauty. m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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