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|    {:-]))) to Tang    |
|    Re: Not knowing (was Re: By the Numbers)    |
|    20 Nov 16 18:59:03    |
      XPost: alt.philosophy.taoism, alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.philosophy.zen       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)    |
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