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Post by Figgles on Jan 10, 2021 17:20:16 GMT
No head full of spiritual knowledge or wall full of spiritual books can ever be other than an anchor. All forward motion depends on release, not gain. Only that knowledge which destroys knowledge facilitates progress.
-Jed McKenna's Theory of Everything
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Post by Enigma on Jan 13, 2021 5:24:50 GMT
No head full of spiritual knowledge or wall full of spiritual books can ever be other than an anchor. All forward motion depends on release, not gain. Only that knowledge which destroys knowledge facilitates progress. -Jed McKenna's Theory of Everything I DO promote one practice: Lose at least one thing every day. That usually gets me an evil frog reputation.  |
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Post by marceau on Jan 13, 2021 10:48:41 GMT
Being here now is enough. There is nothing more to seek once you realize this.
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Post by Figgles on Jan 13, 2021 20:53:42 GMT
The journey of self-discovery is not one of self-exploration but of self-annihilation.
You must illuminate the shadowlands of your interior spaces and sever the tendrils of emotional energy that anchor you to selfhood and the dreamstate.
There is no reconciling the irreconcilable, and apart from I Am, the only thing we can say for sure is that we can’t say anything else for sure.
-Jed McKenna's Theory of Everything
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Post by Figgles on Jan 15, 2021 20:48:34 GMT
I understand the things I’m saying directly, not based on weak intermediaries like words or concepts or beliefs.
I see everything forever in all directions. I see no mystery or possibility of mystery anywhere, and I see that there’s no place for mystery to hide.
I hope I’m conveying something of the simplicity and obviousness of all this. Trying to express the inexpressible is a fool’s errand, but I’ve never let that stop me.
-Jed McKenna's Theory of Everything
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Post by Figgles on Jan 16, 2021 17:28:30 GMT
No wonder I think the universe is a big playful puppy.
Yeah, maybe I’ll get ass cancer tomorrow and decide the universe is a rabid fuckin’ pitbull, but for now I’m just going with the flow and playing this unlikely role.
Life is but a dream, so why quibble? I get to dream that I’m an enlightened spiritual guy who writes books and digs dogs and swings in hammocks – why rock that boat?
-Jed McKenna's Theory of Everything
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Post by jai hooten on Jan 17, 2021 1:00:31 GMT
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Post by Figgles on Jan 17, 2021 2:57:57 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2021 12:02:05 GMT
There were a lot of good pointers by the author in that particular expedition.  Even to talk of re-uniting the person with the self is not right, because there is no person, only a mental picture given a false reality by conviction. Nothing was divided and there is nothing to unite. ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj |
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Post by Figgles on Jan 17, 2021 18:41:11 GMT
There were a lot of good pointers by the author in that particular expedition. Even to talk of re-uniting the person with the self is not right, because there is no person, only a mental picture given a false reality by conviction. Nothing was divided and there is nothing to unite. ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj A bona-fide treasure trove. Thanks for sharing the link, Art. |
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Post by Figgles on Jan 17, 2021 18:41:31 GMT
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Last night I had a flying dream, and it was so real I had a hard time remembering I couldn’t fly when I woke up.
Samuel L. Jackson screwed me out of five bucks at his pretzel cart, and even after I woke up I had a hard time letting it go.
The point is, what does it matter what the content of consciousness is? Flying, inception, time travel, space travel, alien abduction, experience being an insect or a galaxy, experience Godmind or Buddha-mind, whatever, no limits.
You are an infinite universe, so what’s not possible for you?
-Jed McKenna's Theory of Everything
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2021 12:31:00 GMT
Oldie but a goodie...
The joke of it all is that you are looking from your true nature right now without knowing it. If you would stop being fascinated with the contents of your mind, you would experience what I am saying. Feel your way into what I am saying rather than thinking about it. Only a self-concept looks and longs for God. Drop your self-concept and there is only God meeting God. Enlightenment is the restoration of cosmic humor. ~ Adyashanti
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Post by jai hooten on Jan 19, 2021 23:07:17 GMT
Yeah, sure, now I find you.....
No attempt should be made to destroy the mind. To think or wish is in itself a thought. If the thinker is sought, the thoughts will disappear. ~ Ramana Maharshi
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Post by Figgles on Jan 24, 2021 17:25:10 GMT
In order to explain the nature of reality, you would first have to determine that reality actually exists, which, actually, you can't. Yes, reality is obviously real, but the fact is that no one has ever proven that reality exists and no one ever will because no one can prove anything. There is no such thing as objective knowledge and the only subjective knowledge is I-Am/Consciousness.
All supposed knowledge is really belief masquerading as knowledge, and the word for belief masquerading as knowledge is delusion. If everything you think you know is really just belief, and if belief itself is knowably false, then your entire reality can in no way be distinguished from a dream. There is no truth in the dreamstate because, in truth, there is no dreamstate.
-Dreamstate: A Conspiracy Theory by Jed McKenna
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Post by Figgles on Jan 25, 2021 3:18:45 GMT
“WE ALREADY HAVE everything we need. There is no need for self-improvement. All these trips that we lay on ourselves—the heavy-duty fearing that we’re bad and hoping that we’re good, the identities that we so dearly cling to, the rage, the jealousy and the addictions of all kinds—never touch our basic wealth. They are like clouds that temporarily block the sun. But all the time our warmth and brilliance are right here. This is who we really are. We are one blink of an eye away from being fully awake.”
― Pema Chödrön, Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living
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