There was another answer left out: "There is no such thing as effort" -mort...
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Hur
Hur1@...
May 1, 2001 7:27 pm
In pure being consciousness arises; in consciousness the world appears and disappears. - Nisargadatta Maharaj "I am That" The Acorn Press pg 15...
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Tony O'Clery
aoclery@...
May 1, 2001 9:02 pm
... Namaste Dan, Perhaps being in the presence of a realised master has a cleansing effect on the sheaths or kosas of an aspirant. Perhaps their ...
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mhawkins11@...
May 1, 2001 10:12 pm
Hi Tim, It's true, there are limitless ways to make the poll "better." This is just the way it came out. I'm a terrible test-taker, so it makes sense that...
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Daniel Berkow
berkowd@...
May 2, 2001 12:44 am
... In what does pure being arise? How is it known as pure being? By whom? How is comparison to be made here -- what is it that is impure or not being?...
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Daniel Berkow
berkowd@...
May 2, 2001 1:52 am
... Hi Tony! The value of reading is if it is a mirror for oneself. The value of the intellect is if it allows one to inquire into one's being. The value of...
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Tony O'Clery
aoclery@...
May 2, 2001 3:19 am
... Namaste Dan, Consciousness is an aspect of Saguna Brahman, Praneaswara, who can say about pure being, it never arose it always was......The truth is ...
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Omkara
coresite@...
May 2, 2001 10:04 am
Dear Tony, How long did it take to memorize all this gobbledygook? :-) Cheers, Tim...
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D. Sirjue
dsirju@...
May 2, 2001 2:29 pm
... From: <Nisargadatta@yahoogroups.com> To: <Nisargadatta@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 3:43 PM Subject: [Nisargadatta] New poll for...
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Peter Whale
pgwhale@...
May 2, 2001 3:38 pm
Dear Jessica El and all Thanks for the postings, the comments about Balseka and what denotes a true sage seem to ring true. When one looks at Socrates and...
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Beck
beck@...
May 2, 2001 5:37 pm
... But then, when one is in pain, morphine is not a bad remedy until healing can take place. Anyone here had major surgery lately? Ever tried it without ...
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Daniel Berkow
berkowd@...
May 2, 2001 10:05 pm
... Namaste Tony -- What doesn't arise and doesn't depart can't be named -- can't be compared -- It could be said, then, that everything arises and departs --...
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Omkara
coresite@...
May 2, 2001 10:43 pm
Enlightenment. What else? Namaste, Omkara...
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Tony O'Clery
aoclery@...
May 2, 2001 11:42 pm
... Namaste Tim, It is called Sanskrit, an ancient yet living language. Perhaps I am in error for assuming that people who follow Maharaj would be familiar ...
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D. Sirjue
dsirju@...
May 3, 2001 12:10 am
... From: "Beck" <beck@...> To: <Nisargadatta@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 11:55 AM Subject: Re: [Nisargadatta] The paradox of effort ...
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Beck
beck@...
May 3, 2001 3:23 am
The best way I know of to learn it is to use it! Beck...
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asitis@...
May 3, 2001 5:07 am
... Or maybe nothing happens. Is that what enlightenment is? And of course, to who is enlightenment (or nothing happening) occurring? I don't have a clue ! ~As...
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asitis@...
May 3, 2001 5:49 am
... Hmmm? I keep coming back to "I don't have a clue" Yes, that's IT! Enlightenment is not having a clue. So if you think that you are not enlightened, you...
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Michael D. Johnson
michael@...
May 3, 2001 11:04 am
... Enlightenment is a verb! --Michael...
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Michael D. Johnson
michael@...
May 3, 2001 11:07 am
... Indeed, no choice!! --Michael...
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Omkara
coresite@...
May 3, 2001 2:38 pm
There's one point that shouldn't be ignored however... what's to prevent 'despair' from simply leading to suicide or clinical depression? :-) I can answer...
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Daniel Berkow
berkowd@...
May 3, 2001 3:11 pm
... Indeed, nothing happens. So, how could it be called "enlightenment"? As nothing happens, how can there be any statement that "nothing happens"? Saying one...
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mortivan
mortivan@...
May 3, 2001 3:22 pm
Here's a serious question. (Reject any instinctive reaction.) What's wrong with suicide, anyway? -mort...
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Tim Gerchmez
coresite@...
May 3, 2001 4:33 pm
Dear List, You know how Janis Joplin sang "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose?" She was close. Anyone who gets to that point (nothing left...
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elizabethwells2001@...
May 3, 2001 5:07 pm
What's wrong with suicide, anyway? -mort ... Mort: Overt, or covert? El ....
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Omkara
coresite@...
May 3, 2001 5:42 pm
... Whatever conditioning may be present that makes it appear wrong is what's wrong with it. Other than that... not a thing. Namaste, Tim...
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Beck
beck@...
May 3, 2001 6:33 pm
I had a thought - or so I think. Winnie the Pooh About ten years ago, I entered the field of nursing. I am now retired and have time to reflect on that ten...
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Beck
beck@...
May 3, 2001 6:35 pm
There's a difference between overt and covert? Beck...
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Omkara
coresite@...
May 3, 2001 6:38 pm
To climb up the mountain is to climb down. To climb down the mountain is to go nowhere. To go nowhere is to understand there is nowhere to go. To understand...
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mortivan
mortivan@...
May 3, 2001 7:30 pm
Hmm. Overt meaning the mind/body concept causing itself to apparently cease functioning? Covert meaning achieving realization and dropping the identification...
