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#2858 - Friday, June 29, 2007 -
Editor: Jerry Katz
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One: Essential Writings on Nonduality: http://tinyurl.com/2blmhy
Longtime contributor to nonduality communities, Yosy, sent the following to Nonduality Salon a couple days ago:
you and i were never born.
i and you will never die.
beloved,
"you and i"
is just a dream
reflecting
in eternal
eye
and the one is truly
none.
BOOM!
_()_
yosy
The following is an article about Yosy, sent to me by ts. I print it mainly for the photo. (If you can't see the photo, please visit the link given below. You should see it!) Yosy has had medical setbacks very recently, but we hope he is on the way to renewed strength. Few speak as simply and strongly as Yosy, and in that way healing comes, through simple knowledge that harnesses intelligence for the body.
September 26th 2005
from http://weblog.greenpeace.org/medpeacefulenergytour/archives/2005/09/interview_with.html
Today, I had the chance to speak with one of those individuals who have inspired and lead change- Yosy Flug. Yosy immediately won everyone over by sharing some delicious local pastry with us. Hmmmm mmmm. All crew were very appreciative.
Yosy is described by folk in the area as a 'local hero'. Hero, for some of his past diving exploits, in '76 he completed the deepest dive in the world at the time and he was one of the first local divers at Sharem-El-Sheik. Unfortunately in 91 Yosy was paralysed in a diving accident and one of the hardest things he ever did was getting his toes to wiggle - a feat that took two weeks of sheer concentration. Yosy is up and about on his feet these day, although not as sprightly as he used to be and less able to dive.
This is not the only reason Yosy is considered a local hero.
A LOCAL VICTORY STORY:
In the early 90s there were government plans
to sell off Jaffo port - to change a charming ancient port that
has survived from the bible, survived Napoleon, a Turkish and a
British occupation into a sterile commercialized zone. For Yosy,
Jaffo port is special as somewhere that Arabs and Jews alike sit
together as equals, something he attributes to fishermen and
sailors all being equal against the elements at sea. Not to be
beaten Yosy worked to pull together a local movement with
Environmental and other organisations to demonstrate against the
plans.
And boy, did they succeed.
A decision was taken to preserve and renovate the port. In addition legislation was changed for all to ensure that citizens are made aware of plans in advance.
The fight goes on to make the municipality rather than the government responsible for the port and to bring back some of the life to the area, as many residents and restaurants left when the earlier plans were announced.
Yosy acknowledges that bringing about change take years and needs all people to work together. Yosy has a vision of all the different organizations working together to bring about real holistic change. He thinks that people in Israel (and the rest of the world) need to work together to support the weak and the poor to make a healthier environment and at the same time the environment has to be protected as it is the poor and the week that suffer when we exploit our environment.
And how does he think this will happen? There are already signs of movement. With the hurricanes Katrina and Rita people have started to wake up to the dangers and urgency of climate change and again it is the poor that are suffering. Yosy strongly supports the work of Greenpeace activists in taking a stand to wake people to the realities that we are causing in exploiting our environment.
Donna Mattfield
Mace Mealer writes:
On a day when spring was giving way to
summer, and all the students
had been sitting under some pine trees listening to lectures for
a
long time, they said, "Sun Wukong, in what life did you earn
your
present destiny? The other day our teacher whispered to you how
to do
the transformations to avoid the Three Disasters. Can you do them
all
yet?" "It's true, brothers," said Sun Wukong
with a grin, "I can do
them all. In the first place, it's because our master taught me;
and
in the second place, it's because I practised them hard day and
night." "This would be a good time for you to give us a
demonstration." At this suggestion Sun Wukong braced
his spirit to
show off his skill. "What's it to be, brothers? Tell me what
you'd
like me to turn myself into." "Turn into a pine
tree," they all said.
Sun Wukong clenched his fist, said the magic words, shook
himself,
and changed into a pine tree. It was truly
Green and misty throughout the four seasons,
Raising its upright beauty to the clouds.
Not in the least like a demon monkey,
Every inch a tree that withstands frost and snow.
From Journey To The West
Hello Jerry
I have just released my new book The Mind of
Consciousness. It has been written in a textbook format,
providing the readers with an experiential understanding of the
non-duality-duality conundrum. However, it is written is a
language that does not use that definition. The book uses the
terminology of restriction and non-restriction, which is easier
to work with as I have discovered readers or listeners can easily
relate to that terminology, as they can apply it directly to
their lives.
As you are aware, it can be a trying process to
experiential know the mythical string tying duality to
non-duality is indeed both real and non-real simultaneously.
Walking upon that mythical string, knowing it both exists and is
an illusion; neither defending nor attacking either can be
tightrope act without a rope. Hence, the book develops new
experiential terminology to overcome the difficulties of that
conundrum. It begins by outlining all the variables for the
greatest developmental struggle of them all, understanding how
the non-biological primary ‘I am’ reality (non-moving
consciousness) interfaces and functions with the biological
created secondary ‘I am this or that’ reality (creating
the moving mind). The interplay between non-biological
consciousness and the biologically created mind constructs the
stage for our greatest challenges, dilemmas and dramas. That
interfacing reveals the hidden design within personal existence
as the interplay forges the evolution of individual
consciousness, literally forcing individuals to participate
within that journeyless-journey whether or not they know they are
participating or want to participate in that adventure.
To achieve an experiential understanding of what
moves (mind) to what does not move (consciousness) the first four
chapters evolve an intellectual foundation, using reproducible
logic, with the remaining chapters defining practical processes
to experience that foundation. The combination unveils practical
and experiential procedures allowing the reader to define his or
her existence in relation to the source of their existence. The
result of that action reveals the intent of this book, and that
is to provide a direct pathway for each to experience a personal
connection to however one envisages the source of creation, and
is achieved without beliefs or constructs of any kind. This is
‘touching’ what cannot be physically
‘touched’, which is learning how your primary ‘I
am’ reality can directly experience the ‘I AM’ of
creation. Walking upon that pathway is a personal choice that no
one anywhere can force another to do. You either do or do not.
There is no in-between.
Having great intellectual knowledge is obviously
beneficial to life. Gaining a personal connection to the source
of life is the life of that life and intellectual knowledge, no
matter how profound, will never reach the core of existence with
the use of incorrect tools. Knowing what tools to use is an
elemental aspect of the book.
One of the many reasons for writing this book arose by observing how our present civilization is gradually polarizing itself, establishing isolated exclusivity, containing the potential to destroy in the guise of preserving. The book The Mind of Consciousness was in part written to combat this rise of barricaded isolation, as isolated exclusivity – in all its forms – will undoubtedly have a deleterious if not destructive effect upon a potential progressive civilization. From an individual perspective, this gradual and insidious separation appears impossible to halt, even though most can witness the potential negative results of that self-created isolation. The content of the book is an individual attempt to prevent those negative events from occurring.
Ray Morose
Ocean View Publications
Ray Morose
NSW 2483