I have recently refrained from posting; and only 'lurked' on occasion. Just found a message I sent some time ago; probably to my son. It is often wise to take...
When Not Being in Being is realized there is great exhilaration. But like a blinding flash of lightening, it's swallowed by emptiness. Not Being doesn't care,...
The Great Exhilaration, like a super nova, subsides; and then the Subtle Undulation unfolds, ever changing, ever the same. Bill ... From: cerosoul To:...
Dan I am interested in making a careful reply to this last post of yours. However, I would like to seek clarification on two terms. ONE: "phenomenon" ... You...
Hi Bill. My perspective: You sense a thought, no moreso or less so than you sense an apple. So thought is phenomenal. Maybe that's not the usual way to use...
You say to me: "You sense a thought..." I say to me: "I do?" This notion of sensing a thought seems odd to me. Perhaps if I can conjure a thought, I can...
Can there possibly be "separation" and subsequent dissolving? Can there possibly be attachment? If there is no "one" to be attached, how can there possibly be...
If you are interested in dialog on and about the emergence of a Western Vehicle of Buddhism, then perhaps you might find joining the 4th_wheel of interest. ...
Bill, It's obvious to me that thought is sensed. That's it's not obvious to you is something I can't help. But to me, realizing the equality of thought objects...
... True, Bill. So what we know as separation, isn't ever really separate. Our separations aren't divisions, or, if you prefer, what divides doesn't separate. ...
In a message dated 5/6/2004 10:04:14 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... Lazy bastard sitting under the bodhi tree. Damn fool, left his family; His "fetter" child...
As Hojo lay dying a squirrel in the garden loudly screeched. Hojo lifted his head and said to the monks, "It's immediately this thing; it is not that. Hold on...
And when does one let go of the holding on? Immediately. Bill ... From: cerosoul To: Nisargadatta@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 9:21 AM Subject:...
'Bondage' and 'Liberation' are mere linguistic terms. They have no reality of their own. Therefore they cannot function of their own accord. It is necessary to...
A Buddha is... a word, a goal, a call to come to clarity. A room that is clear, which has clarity doesn't become clarity. We don't call a clear room clarity...
pulsing, vibrant life this love pulsing vibrant love this light oneness shines beyond within this unfolding essence shines in glory evermore Bill [Non-text...
Yes. Clarity is unbound. It is not that one attains to clarity. When nothing is held to what remains? Bill ... From: cerosoul To: Nisargadatta@yahoogroups.com ...
The old pond, A frog jumps in- The sound of the water. Basho 1. The old pond, A straw sandal floating; Sleet falling. Busson As evening falls the light ebbs...
God, whose love and joy are present everywhere, can't come to visit *YOU* unless *YOU* aren't there. -Angelus Silesius (1624-1677) [Non-text portions of this...
Knowledge is content Content is whole Wholeness is inherent What is spoken emerges without distinction There is no "I" The vastness of knowledge prevails ...
What does the word Panga mean to you? Not a thing. It's just a word you are reading for the first time. What if I would tell you that the word Panga means the...
It occurs to me to share some of my "distillations" from Krishnamurti going back to when I was first studying him some decades ago. These are all very simple....
... If I were a gullible person. I would consider that as proof of a previous life as a Hindu. But probably is just synchronicity, or coincidence, or just that...
A "Panga" is also a slashing knife in Kiswahili Raj ... <html><body> <tt> ... <BR> If I were a gullible person. I would consider<BR> that as proof of a...
Laugh! Ok, let me try again. Tinga. Does it mean anything in any language? Eskimos don't be shy. after all, it could be any of the 30 kinds of snow, you guys...