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Seekers on Unique Paths

GliderGuider

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1. A good early step

Reply to Viva_Daddy (Original post)

Wed Jun 20, 2012, 06:10 AM

Jun 2012

is realizing that I am not my story. This realization leads naturally to curiosity about who I truly am. The more closely I look, the more deeply I inquire, the more transparent I become. At some point, while relaxing, grace may enter and the inquiry is stilled. The last thought, the last cloud to clear, is "Ah..."

And then of course there is water to be chopped and wood to be carried.

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The Problem for Teachers of Advaita is How to Say Something About Nothing. [View all] Viva_Daddy Jun 2012 OP

A good early step GliderGuider Jun 2012 #1

Your story, like everything else, appears and disappears in the Changeless Void. Viva_Daddy Jun 2012 #2

There is no teacher. There is no student. GliderGuider Jun 2012 #3

Yes, it does boggle the mind. Perhaps that is the point. Like Zen koans. Viva_Daddy Jun 2012 #4

It only boggles the mind if the mind tries to grasp it. GliderGuider Jun 2012 #5

Which is what the mind tries to do. But the mind will never understand it. Viva_Daddy Jun 2012 #6