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NONDUAL SHOCKER: CUB REPORTER MARK OTTER
RESIGNS OVER SANDEEP EMAIL FLAP
Lois Lee and Clark Katz Scramble to Meet Deadlines
Rock star Pete Doherty, arrested at
Mark,
Anyone can make an honest mistake. I don't think
you need to resign over that. You've been doing
a wonderful job editing.
You've also explained the mix-up. Please
reconsider your resignation. Your readers will
miss you.
Zen
~ ~ ~
please don't resign Mark .. I think you do a
great job and I always look forward to new posts ..Sam
~ ~ ~
To err is human and to forgive is divine.
I forgive you Mark ...
Bob and Mazie have been credited.
Why shoot the messenger?
That is you in this case ...
Ah come on Mark!
I bet ya no one is offended but you.
Taking such an exit
won't make you an "a-door-ing" man ;-)
Please reconsider.
- there -
.:.
Gyan
GILBERT SCHULTZ ATTACKS RELENTLESS
LOVE!!
I am sure it is a very nice book.
And I am sure that many will
'apparently' benefit from reading it.
One question that will enrich your so called
'inner life' - if you really take a look into things will follow
in a moment.
Since you apparently know so much about
enlightenment you will welcome all questions equally. And
obviously you are not wanting to lead anyone astray. Your
obvious wish is to free the reader from bondage.
There is compassion there.
To free 'others' you must be free yourself.
The question is This: "Where is this
'boundary' between the inner life and the outer life?"
( which is suggested in the
text).
I am being serious. Where is it
and what is it made of?
I suggest to you that it is imaginary and
just a way of looking. It is erroneous.
Forget about enlightenment, all there is, is
'Chopping wood'!
In other words- All there is, is KNOWING -
Direct cognition!
There is NO entity anywhere that can
construct a boundary anywhere except in your
imagination. The imagination is just an appearance in mind.
Non Duality is - Non Dual. One without
a second. No boundary of division anywhere at all.
Working with boundaries can only add
apparent substance to them in mind.
The imaginary boundaries must be penetrated
by wakefulness. Only then will true freedom reveal its true
nature. Oneness.
No Teacher - No Teaching.
If you are a buddhist, look to what the
Buddha tells so clearly.
I am FORMLESS. Gate, Gate, Paramgate.
He is reported to also have said: Nirvana
and Samsara, including suffering, are NOT TWO.
All psychological boundaries and projections
of mind must be investigated.
In formlessness, direct cognition, pure
awakened mind, there are no boundaries anywhere.
You must agree that whatever is absoltely
true must be here right Now.
Why follow stories in the mind, which lead
you endlessly around and around in the mind?
There is only One who can free 'you' from
the two-ness of 'appearances'.
Find that One.
Gilbert Schultz.
ROCKY VIIIIIIIII
http://www.wisdomofthewave.com/TheAuthor.html
Let us for a moment look at the events
that took place after the first of Rocky's two sudden shifts
which occurred back on
During that period in his life Rocky could
no longer stand the suffering he was enduring while living as a
homeless alcoholic on the streets of
Lost, hopeless, and without the will to
carry on one more day, his intention that morning was to
take his own life by plunging himself onto the jagged rocks of
It was revealed to him that his life had
been carefully mapped out and that his terrible suffering was
merely preparation for his life work here in the physical. Then
as soon as the light came, it was gone, however the peace from
the light remained within him.
Some fifteen years has passed and Rocky has
not taken a drink since his self-realization on that memorable
day, and if that were all that had taken place that would be
miracle enough, yet from that day to now his life has been
nothing short of surreal.
In four short years he went from being a
drunken panhandler to serving as the Executive Director of what
was at that time the largest wireless emergency communications
center in the Nation.
Difficult to fathom but true, he became
directly responsible for the safety of hundreds of thousands of
people who everyday traveled on the same highways that he a short
while ago begged on for change.
He found himself routinely standing in press
conferences wearing thousand dollar suits looking like something
out of Business News Weekly speaking articulately and
passionately about public safety, and all the while dedicating
his life to helping others.
He became a State lobbyist, he created a
nationwide 12-step organization for the survivors of rape
that captured media attention across the globe, he opened
halfway houses for recovering alcoholics, he designed elaborate
business plans for communities dedicated to bringing relief to
those suffering from addiction, he routinely met
with powerful politicians during his tenure and was
interviewed regularly for radio, print, and television as
being an expert in his field.
He was now considered in the eyes of the
world to be a huge success, and in the blink of an eye he was
transformed into something that is difficult for many to
comprehend. He had money, respect, a prestigious career, true
friends, a beautiful wife, sports cars, he wore custom made
diamond rings, he took elaborate trips, and yet, how did all of
this happen?
“That morning at the lake I was
given a glimpse of who I was beyond my physical self and when
that occurred I stopped taking the world so seriously. I knew at
that moment that nothing was as it appeared and that I was not
alone as I had once thought. In all honesty I cannot take credit
for anything that has unfolded in my life for it is simply a
matter of surrendering and then stepping out of the way,” says
Rocky…
“The
pain and torment of my self-imposed suffering through my
alcoholism was necessary for me to get to the stage of complete
surrender and willingness, and nothing but that incredible
suffering could have brought me to the point of breakdown and
prepared me for what was about to take place. Let me assure you
though that there is no great mystery to becoming
"successful" in the material world if that is what one
truly wants. It is neither good, nor bad, nor is it a trick, but
rather it is your choice.
Yet
once you get a sense for how things truly are you come
to realize that none of it is really all that important. My dream
was to "make it" in the eyes of the world, and clearly
I did. But... then I discovered that I still was not happy and in
many ways more disappointed with myself now as opposed to when I
was an actively drinking alcoholic. In reality I was still
not being true to my inner-most self, my real self, and I finally
had to admit that as I was once a slave to alcohol, I was now a
slave to money, success, and my own self-absorbed thinking.”
The Reawakening
Then in a moment that defied logic he walked
away from it all. Yes, almost overnight he went from being
homeless to being the poster-boy for public safety and a very
successful businessman, and then just as quickly he abandoned his
newfound life, career, and the limelight, to follow his heart’s
calling.
He then exhausted his entire savings by
having a house built and spent the next three years staring out
the window of his office onto a baron pond and patiently waited,
but for what, he did not know.
“I
knew internally there was something that I was supposed to be
doing with my life and I guess for the most part staring into
that empty pond for three years was it. Strangely enough I
was okay with that. Although a few people close to me began
to question whether or not I had lost control of my common sense
and in reality I suppose I had. But nevertheless, it was
necessary for me to once again lose all sense of who I was
because in my mind I was still the "big executive,”
and I had to somehow get beyond this illusionary mental
self-image of who I was in order to be free from me.
Now over time eventually my fictitious
self-image did dissolve, but then my intense suffering from years
ago resurfaced and it became quite unbearable, because now
without that false identity, who was I?
It’s quite funny now of course but it
wasn’t while it was happening, but I did accomplish what I
set out to do as far as losing myself again. However in doing so
I forgot why I was trying to do this in the first place and I
became terrified. *Laughing*
Once again I felt lost in the world, but in
reality it was only my egoic sense of self that felt lost
not my true self. By the grace of the infinite I had not lost
touch completely with that day at the lake and I knew that
despite my intense fear and suffering something profound was
about to occur.
Of course I had no way of knowing what was
about to take place but that is the beauty of life as it is quite
unpredictable and full of wonder. What I rediscovered
during this second awakening, or rather what was revealed to
me, was that there was no need for me to be waiting for something
to happen, it was already there, and that my waiting was actually
a fictitious block to what already is. I had forgotten that
waiting and trying was not the way and that "letting
go" is the key to freedom from the bondage of self.”
“Yes,
the words came through my person but they are not “my”
words as this is not a book that “I” created which is
filled with “my” opinions on how to rebuild one's life.
Rather it is a trail leading back to that from which we have all
emerged beyond the physical and the words within the book
originate from, and are deeply rooted in, the formless, not from
“me.”
For me to seek anything of a monetary nature
by simply pointing to the trail would be more of the old
consciousness and ego driven self in that I would be laying claim
to this wisdom by saying, “Look at what “I” am
bringing you, “I” created this, here is “my”
wisdom and in order for you to add it to yourself you need to
give me money for this.”
Nonsense.
“I”, as was just stated did not
create the trail, but more importantly the book does not give you
anything to add to yourself as there is nothing that you need to
add to be who it is you already are in this very moment. In fact
it is just the opposite. If you are open to receiving the book’s
simple message you will begin dissolving the layers of human
conditioning that cover your true-self beyond the physical, which
of course is the path that all here in the world must eventually
travel, the path of self-realization.”
Ask
yourself a question, "How did you happen to arrive here
today?”
"More
than likely it was through a series of events that your mind
dismissed as being meaningless. You saw a billboard and it just
happened to catch your attention, you overheard someone mention
the book and it sounded interesting, or you just happened to
stumble onto this web site all on your own.
Whether
you realize it or not everything in the universe happens for a
reason but only when we are ready does the truth become known to
us. The simple truth is humanity is on the brink of undergoing
the most profound transformation in our recorded history and you,
yes you, are at the forefront of this transformation. The
realization of who we are beyond the grip of our busy minds and
never-ending thoughts is what is taking place, and it will
forever change the world as we now know it.
You
are here right now because you are supposed to be here and there
is nothing that I need to say to convince you of what it is you
already sense in your being to be true...”