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Nonduality Highlights: Issue #3492, Saturday, April 4, 2009, Editor: Mark
Realize yourself as the ocean of consciousness in which all
happens. This is not difficult. A little of attentiveness, of
close observation of oneself, and you will see that no event is
outside your consciousness.
- Nisargadatta Maharaj, posted to ANetofJewels
The obscure we see eventually.
The completely obvious,
it seems,
takes longer.
- Edward R. Murrow, posted to The_Now2
All of us are watchers -
of television, of time clocks, of traffic on the freeway -
but few are observers.
Everyone is looking,
not many are seeing.
- Peter M. Leschak, posted to The_Now2
And there is always the hitch that, while experience itself is
pure clarity, it doesn't necessarily convey the gift of
explaining it clearly to the recipient. Sometimes the right words
come and sometimes they don't.
One thing I have wondered for years is how this experience works
for someone who is blind. In my case, the first sign of beginning
of the experience is a very heightened visual clarity. Of course,
it isn't about this, but that is certainly part of it and lets me
know that the experience is starting. I don't think any of the
senses are necessary to the experience, but the body does seem to
have certain reactions to this state of awareness or undergo some
subtle changes as a result.
Still, I don't know of any way to evidence the experience
outwardly, although I have had other people remark to me on some
occasions that I seemed different in some indefinable way. But
who knows, perhaps I was acting different in some subtle way
without intending to.
Whatever the case, obviosly the goal would be to get to the
experience and stay there in that awakened state. I'm not sure I
could do that in this physical life. It is effortless in certain
ways, but very intense nevertheless. And I just don't seem ready
yet or quite suited to be able to do it. Perhaps in some ways I
even resist it; wishing to just be quite ordinary and distracted
a lot of the time.
But in many ways, the talking is a form of meditation on the
subject, like removing a precious object from a case and turning
it over and over in one's hands, looking this way and that;
noticing something and looking around to see if anyone else sees
it too, maybe passing it back and forth.
Nothing we notice or fail to see changes the original object, but
each shared experience may provide yet another insight into its
mysteries. Of course, it's always possible that there will be
disagreement over what is seen, which part is more beautiful,
what the artist meant or wished to show, the "intent."
- Nora, posted to ondualitySalon
Your vision will become clear
only when you look into your heart.
Who looks outside, dreams.
Who looks inside, awakens.
- Carl Jung, posted to The_Now2
Stand in your original state of wholeness, the state before you
were born when there was no knowledge "I am" and
therefore no need or want of any kind. All suffering will end as
soon as you stand in pure Awareness.
- Ramesh Balsekar, posted to ANetofJewels.