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Non-self and suffering
Jeroen
Luminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlands Veteran
It struck me while I was reading Adyashanti in Falling into Grace, that thinking of yourself as an independent self causes us to feel separation from everything, it introduces the concept of enemies, it creates otherness and thus suffering. Non-self on the other hand strongly inclines one to experiences of unity and oneness.
I got a little excited, some of the pieces were fitting together…
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It’s a beautiful thing….I highly recommend you read “Seeing yourself as you really are” by HHDL. Read it more than once if you need to 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thus have I heard
Sabbe dhamma nalam abhinivesaya Nothing whatsoever should be clung to...
In other words...To cling is to suffer....(Tell me about it
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Yes, this is one of the insights that arise out of an understanding/experience of dependent co-arising and not-self, or what Thich Nhat Hanh called inter-being. It's also found in places like Spinoza's conception of God/Nature.