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   From: wudao@wuji.net   
      
   Tang wrote:   
   > dagnabit wrote:   
   >   
   >> nisargadatta maharaj once said that if you are honest with   
   >> yourself, self realization is easy, but if you're not, it is   
   >> impossible.   
   >   
   >It is hard for me to see deed (karman) and result of   
   >it across lifetimes, or even in one life, except for   
   >self-deception in one life. That one is deadly and   
   >unforgiving. You can run but you cannot hide.   
   >Contrariwise, if you are open and honest to yourself,   
   >you have already resolved half of your suffering, and   
   >the rest can be born in patience and fortitude.   
      
   When one such as Tang identifies with his self as Tang,   
   he is no longer in the guise of the One   
   Form that is beyond all forms.   
      
   Tang's structure is but one life   
   of the infinite multitude of structures of the One   
   Structure that structures all structures.   
      
   Know matter   
   which philosophy, religion, color, creed, origin   
   or other state of mind any one little one   
   happens to find its minuscule self as being.   
      
   The majuscule Self can be said to be beyond all   
   and is  *that*  vam asi.   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tat_Tvam_Asi   
      
   - accordion, two perspectives playing, tunes   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)