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Jun 11, 2024 5:36:31 GMT
Post by Figgles on Jun 11, 2024 5:36:31 GMT
“We don't attach to people or to things; we attach to uninvestigated concepts that we believe to be true in the moment.” - Byron Katie
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Jun 12, 2024 5:52:56 GMT
Post by Figgles on Jun 12, 2024 5:52:56 GMT
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Jun 12, 2024 5:55:42 GMT
Post by Figgles on Jun 12, 2024 5:55:42 GMT
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Jun 12, 2024 17:57:51 GMT
Post by Figgles on Jun 12, 2024 17:57:51 GMT
The quote of all quotes to stop a deliberate creator who thinks good/bad happenings, good/bad feeling measurements/judgments are objective/fundamentally so;  "There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so." William Shakespeare |
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Jun 17, 2024 20:22:22 GMT
Post by Figgles on Jun 17, 2024 20:22:22 GMT
A wonderful quote so long as "that" is not conceptualized as "a something that knows."
He really is referencing awareness itself and not a some-thing/some-thing THAT IS aware.
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Jun 17, 2024 22:12:46 GMT
Post by Figgles on Jun 17, 2024 22:12:46 GMT
"One believes things because one has
been conditioned to believe them."
Aldous Huxley
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Jun 18, 2024 1:16:32 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2024 1:16:32 GMT
"Consciousness needs a vehicle and an instrument for its manifestation. When life produces another body, another knower comes into being,"
- Nisargadatta Maharaj
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Jun 18, 2024 2:47:18 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2024 2:47:18 GMT
(Movie Scene: Dark Knight Rises ~ In the Pit Prison)
Scene:
Man: You do not fear death. You think this makes you strong. It makes you weak.
Bruce: Why?
Man: How can you move faster than possible? Fight longer than possible? Without the most powerful impulse of the spirit? The fear of death.
Bruce: I do fear death. I fear dying in here, while my city burns. And there is no one there to save it.
Man: Then make the climb.
Bruce. How...
Man: As the child did. Without the rope. Then fear will find you again.
Screenplay by: Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan
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Some "spiritual" people say they have transcended the fear of death. If so, okay, great. But be honest. Have you? As Nisargadatta said, it's the earnestness that matters.
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Jun 18, 2024 3:09:04 GMT
Post by Figgles on Jun 18, 2024 3:09:04 GMT
"Consciousness needs a vehicle and an instrument for its manifestation. When life produces another body, another knower comes into being," - Nisargadatta Maharaj A nice example of how Niz tailored his message to speak to where one sat. It's also important to note that Niz made a distinction between Awareness vs. consciousness. |
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Jun 18, 2024 3:12:47 GMT
Post by Figgles on Jun 18, 2024 3:12:47 GMT
(Movie Scene: Dark Knight Rises ~ In the Pit Prison) Scene: Man: You do not fear death. You think this makes you strong. It makes you weak. Bruce: Why? Man: How can you move faster than possible? Fight longer than possible? Without the most powerful impulse of the spirit? The fear of death. Bruce: I do fear death. I fear dying in here, while my city burns. And there is no one there to save it. Man: Then make the climb. Bruce. How... Man: As the child did. Without the rope. Then fear will find you again. Screenplay by: Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan ----- Some "spiritual" people say they have transcended the fear of death. If so, okay, great. But be honest. Have you? As Nisargadatta said, it's the earnestness that matters. I think the distinction between a fear of death and a natural impetus towards protection of life and body/mind is an important one. An impetus towards (s)elf protection does not necessarily mean the presence of existential fear. |
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