tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70320004062094513862024-03-12T21:28:22.358-07:00You Are AwarenessA blog on nonduality and advaita.Shamashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741522473698399669noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7032000406209451386.post-22170917931145213202010-05-22T23:05:00.000-07:002010-05-22T23:05:35.358-07:00UG Krishnamurti on Life<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica;"></span><br />
<div align="justify"><span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: x-large;"><b>T</b></span><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">HE NATURAL STATE is not the state of a self-realized, God-realized man. It is not a thing to be achieved or attained. It is not a thing to be willed into existence; it is there—it is the living state. This state is just the functional activity of life. By 'life' I do not mean something abstract; it is the life of the senses, functioning naturally without the interference of thought. Thought is an interloper, which thrusts itself into the affairs of the senses. It has a profit motive: thought directs the activity of the senses to get something out of them, and uses them to give continuity to itself.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Your natural state has no relationship whatsoever with the religious states of bliss, beatitude and ecstasy; they lie within the field of experience. Those who have led man on his search for religiousness throughout the centuries have perhaps experienced those religious states. So can you. They are thought-induced states of being, and as they come, so do they go. Krishna Consciousness, Buddha Consciousness, Christ Consciousness, or what have you, are all trips in the wrong direction: they are all within the field of time. The timeless can never be experienced, can never be grasped, contained, much less given expression to, by any man. That beaten track will lead you nowhere. There is no oasis situated yonder; you are stuck with the mirage.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">You can never understand the tremendous peace that is always there within you, that is your natural state. Your trying to create a peaceful state of mind is in fact creating disturbance within you. You can only talk of peace, create a state of mind and say to yourself that you are very peaceful—but that is not peace; that is violence. So there is no use in practicing peace, there is no reason to practice silence.</span></div><div><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><br />
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It is your idea that you have to do things that entangle you in results of your efforts-the motive, the desire, the failure to achieve, the sense of frustration-all this holds you back. Simply look at whatever happens and know that you are beyond it. p.148<br />
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You give reality to concepts, while concepts are distortions of reality. Abandon all conceptualisation and stay silent and attentive. Be earnest about it and all will be well with you. p.154<br />
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Nothing is done by me, everything just happens. I do not expect, I do not plan, I just watch events happening, knowing them to be unreal. p.191<br />
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All will happen by itself. You need not do anything, only don't prevent it. p.242<br />
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If you just try to keep quiet, all will come - the work, the strength for work, the right motive. Must you know everything beforehand? Don't be anxious about your future - be quiet now and all will fall into place. p.248<br />
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Be empty of all mental content, of all imagination and effort, and the very absence of obstacles will cause reality to rush in. p.260<br />
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Deepen and broaden your awareness of yourself and all the blessings will flow. You need not seek anything, all will come to you most naturally and effortlessly. p.261<br />
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The very notion of doership, of being a cause, is bondage. p.298<br />
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In the light of calm and steady self-awareness inner energies wake up and work miracles without any effort on your part. p.311<br />
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Just turn away from all that occupies the mind; do whatever work you have to complete, but avoid new obligations; keep empty, keep available, resist not what comes uninvited. p.375<br />
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Advaita is about non-duality, or what I like to call these days, Oneness. The idea is that all there is in the Universe, is Oneness. All is part of the bigger whole. Nothing is separate - anything that looks separate, is just that, a look. It's still part of a bigger whole, or One. There is nothing at all, no matter how good or evil, that is apart from the One.<br />
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Now the tricky and exciting bit. The One, the whole, is responsible for everything that happens, including you and everything you do. You are not separate from the One. You are part of One. Every decision, action, thought, feeling, desire you have is actually "One's" responsibility. You don't do anything. Appearing to do something, is actually Oneness appearing to do something.<br />
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So all there is, is Oneness. It's an idea that makes sense to 'me'.<br />
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:) May you be well.<br />
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By the way, this is my new book coming out in July. I've included some nonduality in it too! :)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">When we talk about "free will" we are talking about individual or personal will, and there is no individual or person...so there is no free will. But there is One Will, there is the burst of aliveness everywhere in the eternal now. And it's great to be part of that, and sometimes that One Will may feel like individual, personal will- like when we are caught up in some creative enthusiasm- and that's fine- it doesn't really matter whether we call it free will or not- we just ride the magic carpet ride whatever we call it. And lots of times it's not much fun, and that's okay too. "Feel like a separate person? That's perfect." How unbounded...Breaking down the walls of "should" and "shouldn't" or the walls of "spiritually correct" and "spiritually incorrect" in the mind. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Thank you Colleen :)</span></span>Shamashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741522473698399669noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7032000406209451386.post-22779439724666169692010-05-15T16:15:00.001-07:002010-05-15T16:15:51.744-07:00Discovering the meaning of LifeToday, whilst on the train from Bangor in Wales, back to London, England, I was reading Suzanne's blog called 'Nothing exists despite appearances'. She gorgeously highlighted an important point that I'd like to reiterate here.
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<br>People get hung up on finding meaning in their lives, discussing and thinking endlessly about whether God exists, what is the nature of reality, or if they should get married, have children and so on. However the greatest mystery is sitting right under their noses. The very fact that the Universe exists at all is the greatest mystery of all, surely.
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<br>Ultimately, all is well just as it is. You may not see the glorious fact that you're actually alive, whatever 'you' is, but is that your fault? No. I don't think so. Thoughts come and go, feelings come and go, decisions and choices come and go. All happens by itself, even though there is, and quite naturally, a strong sense of individuality.
<br>Sometimes I find life really tough, and so called difficult decisions need to be made. However, I am fortunate to see that I didn't really make the decision and so don't feel too guilty or stressed about the choice.
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<br>You're perfect just as you are, whether you're seeking or not. All is Oneness is operation, just as she is. Right now, oneness is looking at herself. No claim, no fame, no blame.
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2. Your physical body cannot exist for even one second without the environment around it. Take away air, and you're finished. Take away space and you're no longer there. Take away everything your senses detect, and you're as good as dead.<br />
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3. If you were separate from onenenss, that would mean that the oneness isn't oneness! The very fact that oneness exists, would mean it includes everything.<br />
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4. Oneness couldn't be something to be attained. For what would you experience if you got oneness? All experience imply a duality of experiencer and experience. You can only experience the world through duality. The duality comes from the onenenss, and is perfect just as it is.<br />
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5. Oneness couldn't be attained in the future, because the future never comes. You always have been and always will be in the present moment. So this moment now, is onenness. This is it. You have arrived and always have arrived.<br />
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Questions such as these imply someone who is searching, and someone else who needs to be found. So, it doesn't make sense. How can you discover yourself, if you are yourself? You're chasing your tail. Even to say you need to be yourself implies that you are something else. But how can you ever be something else? You always are yourself! Be as you are - you honestly are fine just as you are. And you're fine if you're not happy the way you are and want to change, as that's part of what you are too.<br />
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So, to discover your true self, you don't need to do anything. Self discovery isn't about some great big flash of enlightenment - that's just a passing experience. All these teachers that say they've 'got it' have had an experience and are holding onto that past experience, and keep repeating an insight they had. And that's fine - that's what's happening. For me, I see that search and not searching are both perfectly beautiful aspects of creation, of oneness. It's all happening perfectly, just as it is. And not agreeing with this, and being a guru teaching a path to truth is also part of oneness too. It's all oneness in operation, dancing its dance.<br />
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Keep dancing your dancing - you're wonderful, just as you are. Sorry about the overplayed song below - couldn't help it :)<br />
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Now, I'm thinking about getting the ipad from Amazon when it's available in the UK. Is it worth it?<br />
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You are ultimately not the thoughts, emotion or body - you are that which is aware of it.<br />
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You are beyond all experience, being the experiencer.<br />
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Ultimately, you are not the experiencer either, as there is no experience without an experiencer.<br />
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You are awareness, experiencing whatever is popping up for you.<br />
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You are THAT.<br />
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You don't need to understand anything. You are already awareness and so are totally free, just as you are. Just relax and enjoy.<br />
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This is a good book - let me know if you're read it.<br />
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<br>There is no central decision maker.
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<br>Even though you know there is no free will, you still struggle with decisions. That's okay.
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<br> If you wipe all your memories, who are you.
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<br>Not understanding this is not in your hands.
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<br>You don't exist.
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<br>Right now, the universe is looking at itself.
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<br>Time and space are illusions like in a dream.
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<br>Keep living as you've always lived, if you want. Its perfect.
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<br>Searching and not searching are both done by the universe herself.
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<br>Love is just an emotional attachment that comes and goes from time to time.
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<br>All there is, is love.
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<br>These are just lines on a screen. You don't need to understand lines on a screen.
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<br>I'm talking complete nonsense. I'm just saying what's popping in my head. I have no other option, until I stop.
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<br>You've never done anything in your entire life.
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<br>Feeling confused? Trying to get rid of confusion? Why? What's wrong with being confused? Confusion and non-confusion are both creations of the universe and perfect just as they are.
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<br>Everything's perfect including the desire to change the world and try to get justice and end poverty and reduce child labour.
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<br>Have you ever done somthing wrong? Could you help it? What if all 'wrong' actions were by people who couldn't help it?
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<br>Feel like a separate person? That's perfect.
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<br>Feel crap? It'll pass
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<br>Feel like everything will pass? It'll pass
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<br>Why are you still reading this? Because you don't have a choice.
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<br>If you think you've got money problems, you've got money problems.
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<br>If you think you're okay the way you are, you're okay.
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For example, your partner says you never do the shopping and you say you do lots of other things she doesn't do, and an argument starts. You say things that aren't very nice, and so does she. Or you both stop talking altogether. You may go on to feel guity, frustrated, think you're not good enough, go on a personal development class etc. I'm not saying this is good or bad - it's just what may happen.<br />
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So, what's going on from an Advaita point of view? Well, whatever your partner is saying is not her fault. Thoughts are coming to her head, and she is saying them. It's not a matter of whether they are true or not - it's just that those thoughts are coming to her head. So, seeing this, you can't really blame her for her reaction. Secondly, whatever you think, say or do is not your fault either. Those thoughts came to your head at the time and the reaction happened. You can't really blame yourself for it, because you didn't do it. So, understanding this, guilt goes out of the window too.<br />
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Ultimately, all there is, is Oneness.<br />
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The sun is shining here in Kingston, and as I write in Starbucks, the Beatles song Across the Universe plays out. Here it is -I love the lyrics.<br />
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Go well, and thanks so much for reading :)<br />
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<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Rj-4t9drUlM&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Rj-4t9drUlM&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Shamashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741522473698399669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7032000406209451386.post-18268750560759395992010-04-22T23:20:00.000-07:002010-04-22T23:20:34.605-07:00The Ego and Reality<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZDr3uAOSu_c/S9E8FazNGZI/AAAAAAAAAzg/iDOjs150I9M/s1600/IMG000002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZDr3uAOSu_c/S9E8FazNGZI/AAAAAAAAAzg/iDOjs150I9M/s200/IMG000002.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Ego is a Latin word, meaning 'I'. So, the first question is, what is ego? Sometimes, in spiritual circles, it's translated as the sense of I. Right now, you can probably become aware of the sense of 'I' as you sit reading this. It's the sense of being alive, being present, existing. However, I would argue that this sense of 'I' is not as real as you may think. Here's a few questions to challenge your belief.<br />
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<b>1. Are you always aware of the sense of I?</b><br />
No, of course not. It disappears in sleep and also when you're engaged in a task, the sense of I is forgotten.<br />
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<b>2. Who is aware of the sense of I?</b><br />
As you are aware of the sense of I, you can be the sense of I itself. For example, you can see your computer so you're not your computer. You can see your body so you're not your body. You can see your thoughts, so you're not your thoughts. And you can see the sense of I, so you're not the sense of I. You can never be that which you are aware of, you must be that which is aware of it.<br />
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So, hopefully you can see that the sense of I am is actually just a thought which has a feeling associated with it, as thoughts do, which kind of pops into and out of your consciousness. So, then the question is, what are you or who are you? Well, actually, nobody knows, because as soon as you experience who you are, that is just an experience, it's not who you are. The important point is that you know that you are not this passing thought/feeling which is 'I'. That's just a thought, like 'banana' or 'laptop'. Just a word.<br />
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Being in this state of not knowing, is it. Now, if someone calls you an idiot, and you call them an idiot back, that's just thoughts operating. They didn't mean to do it, they just had that thought pop into their head, and you didn't mean to react, it just happened. Everything just happens...<br />
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So, you are free. You always have been free actually. Just that the brain believed very strongly in the thought 'I am' and not it doesn't believe it quite so much. And even if it does believe it, that's okay - that's just the way the brain is at the moment.<br />
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Everything is operating according to the energy and laws of physics in the Universe. So called 'you' are part of that too. It's all unfolding automatically, including the feeling that you are a separate person and need to understand this stuff. This is all part of the energy of the universe doing it's thing. It's all a beautiful mystery and nobody understands it, and that's the beauty of life.<br />
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Have a nice rest of the day, or night. Best wishes to you.<br />
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ShamashShamashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741522473698399669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7032000406209451386.post-26028683862524026392010-04-22T06:00:00.001-07:002010-04-22T06:00:19.835-07:00Enjoy the moment<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZDr3uAOSu_c/S9BIYzEZzlI/AAAAAAAAAzY/oNDFqoMILHw/s1600/%3D%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1HMDA1MjEtMjAxMDA0MjItMTM1NS5qcGc%3D%3F%3D-719836"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZDr3uAOSu_c/S9BIYzEZzlI/AAAAAAAAAzY/oNDFqoMILHw/s320/%3D%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1HMDA1MjEtMjAxMDA0MjItMTM1NS5qcGc%3D%3F%3D-719836" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462945938863148626" /></a></p>If all there is, is oneness, enjoy lots of ice cream! ;)Shamashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741522473698399669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7032000406209451386.post-20226582937513414552010-04-21T23:06:00.001-07:002010-04-21T23:06:16.540-07:00The view from my hotel room in Goa<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZDr3uAOSu_c/S8_nWC15xNI/AAAAAAAAAzI/ciMjpYZi39I/s1600/%3D%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1HMDAwNDUtMjAxMDAzMjgtMDkyNC5qcGc%3D%3F%3D-776541"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZDr3uAOSu_c/S8_nWC15xNI/AAAAAAAAAzI/ciMjpYZi39I/s320/%3D%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1HMDAwNDUtMjAxMDAzMjgtMDkyNC5qcGc%3D%3F%3D-776541" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462839238929794258" /></a></p>I was there a few weeks ago. Very hot but with the ac in the hotel I was fine. It was a lovely hotel actually - let me know if you want the details. <p>Advaita is not about feeling good all the time, blissed out in oneness. Advaita is to continue living your life as before but knowing it's not the ultimate reality. Advaita is being exactly as you are at the moment. Ultimately, all is well. Relatively, it appears all is not well. <p>Seeing things from the Universe's point of view helps slot life into perspective. <p>ShamashShamashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741522473698399669noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7032000406209451386.post-24747036715759915242010-04-21T02:42:00.001-07:002010-04-21T02:42:13.521-07:00My view this morning<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZDr3uAOSu_c/S87IdeQTVkI/AAAAAAAAAzA/WCR5KoEhfbI/s1600/%3D%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1HMDA1MTctMjAxMDA0MjEtMTA0MC5qcGc%3D%3F%3D-733522"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZDr3uAOSu_c/S87IdeQTVkI/AAAAAAAAAzA/WCR5KoEhfbI/s320/%3D%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1HMDA1MTctMjAxMDA0MjEtMTA0MC5qcGc%3D%3F%3D-733522" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462523806710191682" /></a></p>Rivers are always flowing. Let yourself flow with life, just as it is, with all its ups and downs. Its perfect.Shamashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741522473698399669noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7032000406209451386.post-19226614657104025042010-04-20T23:09:00.000-07:002010-04-20T23:08:55.386-07:00Questioning Choice<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZDr3uAOSu_c/S86Wd-JnsvI/AAAAAAAAAy4/QIbJzcx-Xqk/s1600/%3D%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1HMDAwMzYtMjAxMDAzMjgtMDgyNy5qcGc%3D%3F%3D-735388"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZDr3uAOSu_c/S86Wd-JnsvI/AAAAAAAAAy4/QIbJzcx-Xqk/s320/%3D%3Futf-8%3FB%3FSU1HMDAwMzYtMjAxMDAzMjgtMDgyNy5qcGc%3D%3F%3D-735388" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462468839690711794" /></a></p>Choice. If choice is something you have, then with that comes responsibility. You need to be constantly thinking what's the right or wrong thing to do. And judging if are living up to expectations. But what if YOU don't make choices? What if its thoughts that naturally pop up and decisions are made automatically, and the thought 'I chose' is just another choice?<p>If choice and responsibility don't exist you're free. If you think they do exist, you live with a burden. However you don't even have a choice about what you believe, so it doesn't matter!<p>Seeking and finding - its already all perfect.Shamashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741522473698399669noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7032000406209451386.post-66404219564429699562010-04-18T00:05:00.000-07:002010-04-18T00:05:57.435-07:00How to realise OnenessToday, I know people like steps, so here's a step by step guide to realising Oneness. The steps are designed to help you to realise who you truly are, and your place in this wonderful and sometimes ugly Universe that we're spinning through. If you think I've made a mistake, feel free to comment. If I'm spot on correct, then....comment to. Okay, are you sitting comfortably? No? Then sit comfortably, and here we go.<br />
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<b>1. Clear your mind of your past ideas</b><br />
Just forget about all your past ideas about who you are and where you live and your name and your family and all that other stuff that's in your head. Just forget the whole thing - let's start with a blank slate. What do you mean you can't clear it? Okay, if you can't clear, just pretend you can - that'll do. It's not too important. :)<br />
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<b>2. Understand that the whole Universe and everything else is all One big blob</b><br />
The whole thing is one thing. You just need to understand this in your head really. It's one thing, isn't it. That's why it's called Uni-verse. One. Now, don't start going on about multiple Universes...just accept that everything that exists...everything...is part of the whole Oneness blog thingy. Oh yea, and that includes you too. You're also part of the whole blob.<br />
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<b>3. Understand that the Universe is running the whole thing, including you, baby. Yes YOU.</b><br />
If the Universe is everything, and everything inside the Universe is part of the Universe, then you are also a bit of the Universe. And so, being a bit of the Universe, everything that you do, is actually the Universe doing it. Yea, I know, that's pretty crazy, but it's true isn't it? You, whatever you means, is part of the Universe blob isn't it? Am I making any sense people? Am I talking to myself? I hope not....<br />
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<b>4. You are the One, Neo (I stole that line from that awesome filum, the Matrix)</b><br />
So.....you are one with the universe and everything else. You're like a wave in the ocean. You're part of the whole thing, doing your thing. Everything is just happening. Including you reading this, understanding or not understanding, EVERY FRIGIN THING is just what is. GET IT? And if you don't get, don't worry about it, nobody get it really, they're all just pretending. You cool just the way you are buddy....just the way you are.<br />
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Sorry about the chilled out talking style today. I don't know what's happening.....I think that hot curry last night has screwed me up somehow. :)Shamashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741522473698399669noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7032000406209451386.post-81317518678031173172010-04-16T22:15:00.000-07:002010-04-16T22:15:56.784-07:00You are 100% perfect just as you are<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">You already are perfect with all the guilt and anxiety and stress. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">You are doing exactly as your thoughts are telling you to do. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">That's all you can do and it's 100% perfect as it is. Wanting to improve is part of the perfection. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">If you can't see that you're perfect at the moment, that's<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"> perfect too! </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Everything, and I mean everything, happens according to Beingness/Consciousness/Awareness/Spirit/God/Oneness/Truth/Reality/Energy/Universe. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Not understanding that is not your fault, it's That not understanding, and....you guessed it.....PERFECTOS!</span>Shamashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741522473698399669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7032000406209451386.post-69528536934302161692010-04-16T13:19:00.000-07:002010-04-16T14:23:01.017-07:00Nonduality and EfficiencyI didn't get much work done today. I wanted to edit 5 chapters but only managed 2. Unsuccessful, some would say. How can this situation be seen from the nonduality perspective? Can I make myself more efficient through understanding the philosophy of nonduality?<br />
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<b>1. I have no choice</b>. I didn't decide what thoughts would come to my head to distract me and whether I would be in a calm mind or not.<br />
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<b>2. I never do anything anyway</b>. Thoughts arise and actions happen. There's no Shamash actually doing anything. That's an idea that comes and goes.<br />
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<b>3. What's wrong with right now, if I don't think about it</b>.....nothing! That's a great sentence to bring to mind.<br />
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<b>4. All there is, is That.</b> I use the word That to mean oneness, awareness, god, spirit whatever you want. But That which is everything, is all that exists. The sense of separation comes from that oneness. And the separation is just temporary, like a wave in an ocean. So, does it really matter how efficient you are, knowing this?<br />
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<b>5. Efficiency is just an idea, not a fact </b>This is all just thoughts. You may think you were inefficient, whereas someone else may think you've done so much. Efficiency is just a relative concept, with no absolute reality underlying it.<br />
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Hopefully, I'll be more efficient tomorrow :)Shamashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741522473698399669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7032000406209451386.post-659374867568848082010-04-15T23:48:00.000-07:002010-04-15T23:48:23.243-07:00Is Advaita Therapeutic?I would say yes! However, remember that everything I'm writing is just thoughts that are popping into my head, so there's no guarantee of it being the 'truth' or the 'false'!<br />
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I find Advaita very therapeutic most of the time. I'm talking about pure 100% Advaita, like pure 100% freshly squeezed orange juice. Advaita meaning not two. So, you are not separate from anything else at the moment - you don't need to become free or even realise freedom, as you're already freedom - that kinda Advaita.<br />
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I suppose before understanding the whole Advaita thing, everything was quite serious. I would have a tendency to blame myself if something went wrong - now, I'm not too bother generally, as it's not my fault. I had a tendency to lock in my emotions, and it's not good to be angry. Now I love being angry! That's a big change for 'me'. Oh yes, and searching...before I had the idea that I need to search for something, I need to get it. Now I don't care if I'm searching or not - I see it all as oneness. Oh yes, yes, another point. Wow, I'm on a roll this morning. I don't have to go round being 'good'. That's a huge one, and a great relief to let go. I may be nice and do so called good things, but I don't push myself towards such actions at all. Once you see that actually you don't have choice, everything is just f***ing happening, then where does good and bad come into the equation. Without choice, there's no good or bad really - there's just what's happening.<br />
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Have a lovely day people!<br />
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ShamashShamashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741522473698399669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7032000406209451386.post-86915394448272967312010-04-15T14:47:00.000-07:002010-04-15T14:47:31.636-07:00Practise and What is<b>Why can searching not lead to oneness?<br />
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Both search and not searching are both oneness. Oneness includes everything, otherwise it wouldn't be oneness. So, no matter what happens, or what you apprarently do, it's all oneness in action<br />
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<b>What about practising to achieve enlightenment - is that possible?<br />
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Enlightenment cannot be an experience or state of mind to be gain, as it would be lost again. I think enlightenment just means understanding - but then again, that's just the thought that popped into my mind. How do I know? How does anyone know?<br />
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<b>How can I get peace of mind</b><br />
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Whether your mind is at peace or not is not your choice. You don't control thoughts ultimately. Seeing this, you may let go of judging your thoughts. This may lead to a sense of peace, but there's no control in the situation - just an imagined control. So, there is no future peace of mind, there is only now. How's your mind now is all there is.Shamashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741522473698399669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7032000406209451386.post-63088210457520211452010-04-15T14:23:00.000-07:002010-04-15T14:23:59.201-07:00Advaita Pointers for YouI continue to listen to the rich and deep pointers on www.advaitanotebook.com and am impressed at the beauty and power of the content.<br />
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Last week there was the sense that I was searching for something. I had read on a website somewhere that the search comes to an end when there is no longer suffering. So, I had began searching for the right answer, the right quote, the right teacher that could stop suffering. Then, I finally thought 'Forger this. This is it'....I typed 'this is it' in google and found the right website for my questions....<br />
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Here's some pointers that come to mind<br />
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What happens, is oneness happening already.<br />
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Whether you're seeking or not, it's not your choice. So you're totally free.<br />
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Annoyance, irritation, suffering. It's all just arising in the the here and now and perfect just as it is.<br />
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It's not that God is somewhere. It's that God is everywhere.<br />
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No matter how hard you try at not being one, you are still oneness<br />
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There is nothing good or bad, but thinking makes it so.<br />
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No matter how badly your life is going, you're not doing it anyway.<br />
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You've never made a single choice.<br />
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Life unfolds as it unfolds, including your desire to change it.<br />
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Seeking and not seeking are both happening and choiceless and perfect.<br />
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Everything that is, is full of the Lord. Claim nothing; enjoy. Do not covet Her property.Shamashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741522473698399669noreply@blogger.com0