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Re: lasting presence in the shortest time possible without going through a "dark night of the soul"
@Avisitor said:
I do not claim to be enlightened. Rather that I have given up trying to find something so elusive. I just go about trying to straighten out my life. Practice what I have been taught. If I need to go thru rebirth again then there must be something I need to learn before I can go home.
You seem rather serious, @Avisitor … have you not heard, seriousness is a disease? We can do more than merely parrot the wisdom of the ancients. Instead we need to bring it to our present age, with internet, smartphones and apps, so that we can have neo-Tao, neo-Zen, neo-Buddhism and reinvigorate these things for a modern world.
Just remember to laugh at yourself, and don’t take it seriously!
Jeroen
Re: Disturbing hint from the matrix
If you chase all the things the mind is presenting, you will never come to rest.
In silence one can relax and just be.
It is a question of waiting in quietude, just letting the mind wind down.
Don’t do anything, it is not necessary to investigate the deep mind, things will come to you
When they are ready.
Jeroen
Re: Disturbing hint from the matrix
When all these thoughts come to stop at least temporarily, are you still present?
If the answer is yes. I am still here, then -
Are you the story or something more than a mere story?
