Post by Figgles on Oct 31, 2024 21:39:37 GMT
The metaphors used in Nonduality pointers vary, but within each lies a similar thread; What's being indicated in all good ones, is an existent, fundamental singularity re: the unchanging and the temporal...between the ground and expressions within it.
Along with an indicator that the unchanging existently remains primal and essential, never actually "becoming limited/bounded," as appearance suggests, lies an acknowledgement of fundamental singularity.
Popular metaphors include as pointers, wave/ocean, movie screen/movie content/unfolding drama, dreamer/dream. I've become particularly fond lately of the reference to a bus and a driver. It offers the suggestion of a primary ground of existence that lies behind unfolding experience....a place of seeing that remains primary (bus driver) that puts the personal viewpoint along with all other content, nicely in the 'back-seat', without denying inclusion.
None of the metaphors used to point are perfect...mere attempts to try to conceptualize the non-conceptual.
I think when speaking to seekers, it can be important to mix them up....you just never know which pointer might 'spark' a shift in seeing.
Along with an indicator that the unchanging existently remains primal and essential, never actually "becoming limited/bounded," as appearance suggests, lies an acknowledgement of fundamental singularity.
Popular metaphors include as pointers, wave/ocean, movie screen/movie content/unfolding drama, dreamer/dream. I've become particularly fond lately of the reference to a bus and a driver. It offers the suggestion of a primary ground of existence that lies behind unfolding experience....a place of seeing that remains primary (bus driver) that puts the personal viewpoint along with all other content, nicely in the 'back-seat', without denying inclusion.
None of the metaphors used to point are perfect...mere attempts to try to conceptualize the non-conceptual.
I think when speaking to seekers, it can be important to mix them up....you just never know which pointer might 'spark' a shift in seeing.
