tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6311547075033408596.post2906679611501435157..comments2023-04-02T16:25:02.430+01:00Comments on Nothing Exists, Despite Appearances: Look What You Do, You Do It Still i' The Dark.No One In Particularhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13465987207757191972noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6311547075033408596.post-6807318364801070852010-01-07T11:55:06.402+00:002010-01-07T11:55:06.402+00:00So glad you came.So glad you came.No One In Particularhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465987207757191972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6311547075033408596.post-62926353155823285702010-01-07T03:39:23.565+00:002010-01-07T03:39:23.565+00:00Hey Suzanne, this was the post that prompted me to...Hey Suzanne, this was the post that prompted me to come to the un-satsang. Been a fascinating week since then. Fun to watch this story unfold. Thanks for your part in it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12875826083596385068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6311547075033408596.post-23328320594717532382009-12-29T11:58:26.287+00:002009-12-29T11:58:26.287+00:00Hey Anonymous, there IS only "one nonduality&...Hey Anonymous, there IS only "one nonduality". Any words coming up about it, are concepts, and necessarily NOT present awareness or whatever we call it the week between Christmas and New Year. And yet, the writing of them and the reading of them are present awareness. Go figure. Or better yet, don't!No One In Particularhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465987207757191972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6311547075033408596.post-68943217164451330112009-12-28T08:13:48.239+00:002009-12-28T08:13:48.239+00:00after reading about all the different shades of ze...after reading about all the different shades of zen experience, it's a little baffling to see that there seem to be lots of different non- dualities. Should be only one, really, but there seems to be well established variations and spiritual stages/events. After trying to see where you fit in, I give up and just appreciate what you are about, if it changes or not is matter for the future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6311547075033408596.post-14725233608149945372009-12-26T20:54:53.120+00:002009-12-26T20:54:53.120+00:00Hey Anonymous, wanting to know can come up along w...Hey Anonymous, wanting to know can come up along with everything else that seems to be.No One In Particularhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465987207757191972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6311547075033408596.post-84507891380243350892009-12-26T19:29:24.804+00:002009-12-26T19:29:24.804+00:00I don't know why you would or wouldn't wan...I don't know why you would or wouldn't want to know, it's natural for humans to want to know things and figure things out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6311547075033408596.post-27698738143565237152009-12-23T05:52:23.300+00:002009-12-23T05:52:23.300+00:00Hey Irene-Erin, however it comes up for you to def...Hey Irene-Erin, however it comes up for you to define it - that's the answer!No One In Particularhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465987207757191972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6311547075033408596.post-32495434903247302192009-12-23T05:51:20.304+00:002009-12-23T05:51:20.304+00:00Hey Anonymous Gilbert! Agreed, it all just comes ...Hey Anonymous Gilbert! Agreed, it all just comes up, concepts, actions etc., all just expressions of what you truly are. And those expressions, those concepts, and their definitions...fascinating, as Mr. Spock would say. Thrilling, as I would say. And a constant surprise!No One In Particularhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465987207757191972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6311547075033408596.post-35492619264004712032009-12-23T05:46:48.541+00:002009-12-23T05:46:48.541+00:00Hey J, Zen masters go to the toilet and have snack...Hey J, Zen masters go to the toilet and have snacks and probably even watch Brady Bunch reruns now and again. If what their inner dialog is when they apparently do these things is an important question, perhaps the underlying question is, why on Earth do I want to know?No One In Particularhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465987207757191972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6311547075033408596.post-72535254034039764852009-12-23T01:18:54.620+00:002009-12-23T01:18:54.620+00:00Dear Suzanne,
thanks for the response. It’s intere...Dear Suzanne,<br />thanks for the response. It’s interesting what you said - that stories are equally unimportant and profound. I would both agree and disagree. To me, the stories are unimportant only when they truly seen for what they are – just stories…dreams, until then they are important in the sense that our stories are our devices for learning, and in this world we must learn, if we want to know truth, or God, reality…whatever the label is. It’s hard to explain with words as everything in spirituality, but what I am trying to say that until one knows, really knows that his or her story is just a story, until then it’s better to learn from one’s life story, so to see himself or herself for what it really is, to observe and inquire, honestly and courageously in one’s motivations and actions, bringing them up to the surface…and then maybe to change one’s habit and actions.<br />With love,<br />Irene-ErinErin Aslinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16403422273426898844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6311547075033408596.post-11389076176677031662009-12-23T01:18:07.039+00:002009-12-23T01:18:07.039+00:00Or as a don't know, but you aren't a zen m...Or as a don't know, but you aren't a zen mster so that's maybe to be expected.<br /><br />TTFN :)Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6311547075033408596.post-35911529694709583162009-12-23T01:12:24.615+00:002009-12-23T01:12:24.615+00:00I'll take that as a yes then :)I'll take that as a yes then :)Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6311547075033408596.post-30402500900373615732009-12-23T00:34:59.417+00:002009-12-23T00:34:59.417+00:00The EGO has NEVER done a damn thing.
Believing tha...The EGO has NEVER done a damn thing.<br />Believing that it does anything is just a belief. There is only one animating 'force' in the WHOLE and your own true nature is THAT.<br />So, all concepts about not being the 'doer' are just concepts.<br />What animates all concepts is not limited by concepts. How could it be limited by any concept?<br />Are you a concept?<br />No one can truly explain what they are and all definitions remain as expressions of THAT ineffable presence that you ARE.<br /><br />From a piece of emptiness that often has a label attached - but it keeps slipping of - the lable is 'Gilbert'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6311547075033408596.post-69086850726905560522009-12-22T21:53:37.529+00:002009-12-22T21:53:37.529+00:00Hey Erin, thanks for the fascinating story...I lov...Hey Erin, thanks for the fascinating story...I love the stories...although what they are is equally unimportant and profound.No One In Particularhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465987207757191972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6311547075033408596.post-49888002862043058102009-12-22T21:08:09.932+00:002009-12-22T21:08:09.932+00:00I can say what worked for me. The direct experien...I can say what worked for me. The direct experience of reality-revelation that like a bolt of lightening shook me out of my dream. The ultimate knowledge of what is real were implemented into me. It was not the end of my awakening, but a beginning...but I knew the end now. To me awakening turned to be a process–a destructive, painful process, but I would never desire anything else but truth – and I prayed for the strength to stay on my path. <br /><br />What led me to awakening? First of all my desire to know the truth. A genuine, sincere desire I had since I remember myself. My inner Guru - my inner voice that always guided me. My prayers. My spiritual teachers. And again, the desire for the truth and only truth – not for the awakening, not for the enlightenment, nor for the non-duality, or whatever label would apply – none for any of those, but longing for truth. Your desire, what do you want - really want - that’s all what is matter, all what is needed, and of course the courage and sincerity to go through whatever it takes – to the truth…and then you will not be alone as the teacher will come. <br />Hope it helps. <br />Happy Holidays!<br />Irene - ErinErin Aslinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16403422273426898844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6311547075033408596.post-36255267485372865522009-12-22T17:54:57.957+00:002009-12-22T17:54:57.957+00:00Shu-up Svante!Shu-up Svante!No One In Particularhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465987207757191972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6311547075033408596.post-26374446044283991422009-12-22T16:51:56.148+00:002009-12-22T16:51:56.148+00:00"But compassion arises, and these words are w..."But compassion arises, and these words are written, in the spirit of taking risks and engaging with the world in its 'online community' guise."<br /><br />Lovely put. And it seems from the increasing number of comments in your blog that the world in its online guise is responding to the outreach... Suzanne, are you sure you're not one of those teachers after all? ;)Shantohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06250536932199221315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6311547075033408596.post-25783193089861114362009-12-22T11:41:14.088+00:002009-12-22T11:41:14.088+00:00Merry Christmas to Sydney!Merry Christmas to Sydney!No One In Particularhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465987207757191972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6311547075033408596.post-47716639075670084042009-12-22T11:18:01.718+00:002009-12-22T11:18:01.718+00:00Lovely, original, refreshing - just stumbled in he...Lovely, original, refreshing - just stumbled in here from Never Not Here dot Com - greetings and merry christmas from Sydney AustraliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6311547075033408596.post-16364948444788243652009-12-21T21:17:51.263+00:002009-12-21T21:17:51.263+00:00Genju - yes, yes, yes yes yes!Genju - yes, yes, yes yes yes!No One In Particularhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465987207757191972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6311547075033408596.post-57151645143258199332009-12-21T20:26:04.377+00:002009-12-21T20:26:04.377+00:00Well. *I* have nothing to say. :-) I like that ...Well. *I* have nothing to say. :-) I like that there is nothing I can do to attain the unattainable which leaves me free to drink my tea and watch the waves on the beach...which is so bright, brilliant that even the pelicans are glittering. Enjoy Mishawaka!Genjuhttp://www.108zenbooks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6311547075033408596.post-17747622971698403562009-12-21T14:28:43.680+00:002009-12-21T14:28:43.680+00:00Indeed! How irritating it is to have my nice peace...Indeed! How irritating it is to have my nice peaceful Advaita blog reading "now" interupted by my kids with their messy, noisy, urgent, "now"lucyandsylviesdadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13878842281244056177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6311547075033408596.post-61853360468301119462009-12-21T08:55:36.183+00:002009-12-21T08:55:36.183+00:00Hey Nicholas...envy you Christmas in Florida!
I l...Hey Nicholas...envy you Christmas in Florida!<br /><br />I love responding to comments, however, feeling pathetic can still arise in awareness!No One In Particularhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465987207757191972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6311547075033408596.post-17079310941887310272009-12-21T08:54:19.581+00:002009-12-21T08:54:19.581+00:00"I" remember when the body/mind over the..."I" remember when the body/mind over there was complaining about apparently feeling pathetic for not having comments. I am wondering if you're sick of replying to comments!? HAHAHAAdminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07487412959265574782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6311547075033408596.post-38991416565651971622009-12-21T08:53:32.780+00:002009-12-21T08:53:32.780+00:00Hi Lune, thanks, and hope earrings get there; I ha...Hi Lune, thanks, and hope earrings get there; I haven't seen The Painted Veil but I'm a huge Ed Norton fan - loved loved loved him in Fight Club - so I'll put it on the list to watch.<br /><br />The picture is actually of a train station yard in Sri Lanka, taken when we went there in 2004. I didn't mess with the colours at all, they were that vibrant especially when compared to the surrounding mist. One of my son's classmates did the picture as part of their Celebration of Me (ironic!) collage for the year 6 yearbook last schoolyear; I thought is echoed the trees in the photo perfectly, and combined them, I think, effectively. <br /><br />It remains, however, if the mind is making judgements, that I am a mediocre artist. Nothing is ever what is pictured in the nearly unlimited imagination.No One In Particularhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465987207757191972noreply@blogger.com