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Seekers on Unique Paths

Viva_Daddy

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2. Your story, like everything else, appears and disappears in the Changeless Void.

Reply to GliderGuider (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 20, 2012, 12:53 PM

Jun 2012

Pay attention to what does not come and go.

While chopping water, notice that the water is clear and transparent (or at least it should be), and that's why water is also sometimes used as a metaphor (pointer)...like keeping your mirror free of dust. Neti, Neti!

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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