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#4089 - Monday,
November 29, 2010 - Editor: Gloria Lee
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"Actually, all paths lead away from the truth...how's that?
All paths.
There's no such thing as a path to the truth.
The truth's already here, where are you going?"
- Adyashanti
Everywhere is Consciousness
and everywhere is
Home. "Everywhere" is but a small corner of your
heart. You are that vast. There is no travel because
you are always Home. Surrender your ego and you
are Home.
- Papaji
Along The Way
photos by Alan Larus
http://www.ferryfee.com/bluesky/Walking_the_dog.html
"Miracles are a retelling
in small letters of the very same story which is
written across the whole world in letters too large for some of
us to see."
- C.S. Lewis
Letting go of fixation is
effectively a process of learning to be free, because
every time we let go of something, we become free of it. Whatever
we fixate
upon limits us because fixation makes us dependent upon something
other than
ourselves. Each time we let go of something, we experience
another level of
freedom.
- Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche
To me, there is only one
quality that one can measure one's experiential
understanding of freedom with: All-inclusive love. If someone
claims to
know the truth, yet no deep love is tangible in their energy and
expression,
it's a mental position someone is maintaining. It's that simple
and it proves
itself to be true every single time.
- Bentinho Massaro on Facebook
Flock 'em
I am glad that Jeff Foster finally spoke the truth. It is long
overdue.
There are a surfeit of pseudo-teachers among us, most of them
online.
That is because if seen face-to-face, we would know them for what
they are.
People just like us.
People just like us who want to exemplify the truth but often
fall short.
Who want to endure unto the end but often stop to philander or
finagle.
Who need someone to help them make it through the night.
Who doubt themselves and their ability to carry the weight of
their own self-fashioned cross.
Who see themselves as less than perfect because they are.
Who like being alone because sometimes it hurts less.
Who like being with others because sometimes it hurts less.
Everyone is playing hurt.
We all know the stories of fallen gurus.
Toppled by their own egos.
Drawn to the dark side just to see what it’s like.
It is time for each of us to own the truth: we are actors playing
immortals on the Planet Earth.
Or is it the other way around?
So Jeff Foster has spoken. Now what? He will speak again. I like
Jeff. I agree
that the language of advaita has been overspoken. Even unspeaking
it is
overspeaking it. The problem is not with the language but with
the speakers. They
have become ubiquitous and trite. What was once arcane is now
archaic. We have
turned spirituality into a popularity contest. Jeff presents
well, so he is a “fave”
on Youtube. So what else is new with human nature? Your favorite
neo is no
better than your favorite rock star. Fickleness prevails. We
prefer to look upon
rather than within. Jeff can disassociate himself from the pack,
but the pack will
just run after him all the harder. How many times must we listen
to people
claiming to have what we lack? How many books will we have to
read. Anything I
say on this subject will be torn to death by the flock of
“One.” That is just how it is
with the modern breed of nondualists.
Flock ‘em.
Vicki Woodyard
http://www.nondualitynow.com/