Rig Pa
ric...@rwilliams.us
and if you find you are inspired simply to rest in its pure
awareness, then you do not need any method of meditation."
Read more:
'The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying'
Rigpa: The Stages of Meditation
By Sogyal Rinpoche
HarperSanFrancisco, 1992
ric...@rwilliams.us
When you meditate there should be no effort to control and
no attempt to be peaceful. Don't be overly solemn or feel that
you are taking part in some special ritual; let go even of the
idea that you are meditating. Let your body remain as it is,
and your breath as you find it.
Think of yourself as the sky, holding the whole universe."
Work cited:
'The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying'
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> So take care not to impose anything on the mind or to tax it.
they're taxing the mind now ? those
rat bastards !!!
> When you meditate there should be no effort to control and
> no attempt to be peaceful.
so instead we should pursue an uncontrollable
seething rage ?
>Don't be overly solemn or feel that
> you are taking part in some special ritual;
so it's an unspecial dis-solemn occasion ?
>let go even of the
> idea that you are meditating.
and take up the idea that you need
to let go of ideas ?
> Let your body remain as it is,
doomed to dissolution ?
> and your breath as you find it.
in need of breath mints ?
> Think of yourself as the sky, holding the whole universe."
atlas shrugged's got nothin on me.
Déjà Flu
>
> <ric...@rwilliams.us> wrote in message
> news:c539e3b6-a2af-4c2a...@u10g2000vbd.googlegroups.com...
>> So take care not to impose anything on the mind or to tax it.
>
> they're taxing the mind now ? those
> rat bastards !!!
>
>> When you meditate there should be no effort to control and
>> no attempt to be peaceful.
>
> so instead we should pursue an uncontrollable
> seething rage ?
Be pragmatic (the new mantra) - it's probably
better than owning shares of GM...
Allen Barker
> So take care not to impose anything on the mind or to tax it.
> When you meditate there should be no effort to control and
> no attempt to be peaceful. Don't be overly solemn or feel that
> you are taking part in some special ritual; let go even of the
> idea that you are meditating. Let your body remain as it is,
> and your breath as you find it.
>
> Think of yourself as the sky, holding the whole universe."
Thinking of yourself as the sky holding the whole universe
is a fine "not imposing anything on the mind." ;-)
Along with the rest of the checklist. ;-)
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it's the shareholders who are
raging anyway
zenworm
>
> - Show quoted text -
like what happens
when an unstoppable force
meets an immovable object
right now
ZN
zenworm
wrote:
>
> - Show quoted text -
something to hold everything sounds like duality
ZN
ric...@rwilliams.us
> rich...@rwilliams.us wrote:
> > So take care not to impose anything on the mind or to tax it.
> > When you meditate there should be no effort to control and
> > no attempt to be peaceful. Don't be overly solemn or feel that
> > you are taking part in some special ritual; let go even of the
> > idea that you are meditating. Let your body remain as it is,
> > and your breath as you find it.
> >
> > Think of yourself as the sky, holding the whole universe."
>
> Thinking of yourself as the sky holding the whole universe
> is a fine "not imposing anything on the mind." ;-)
> Along with the rest of the checklist. ;-)
>
is just like thinking any other thought, Allen.
ric...@rwilliams.us
> like what happens
>
> when an unstoppable force
>
> meets an immovable object
>
> right now
>
you post your comments.
Allen Barker
>> rich...@rwilliams.us wrote:
>>> So take care not to impose anything on the mind or to tax it.
>>> When you meditate there should be no effort to control and
>>> no attempt to be peaceful. Don't be overly solemn or feel that
>>> you are taking part in some special ritual; let go even of the
>>> idea that you are meditating. Let your body remain as it is,
>>> and your breath as you find it.
>>>
> Allen Barker wrote:
>>> Think of yourself as the sky, holding the whole universe."
>> Thinking of yourself as the sky holding the whole universe
>> is a fine "not imposing anything on the mind." ;-)
>> Along with the rest of the checklist. ;-)
>>
> 'Thinking of yourself as the sky holding the whole universe'
> is just like thinking any other thought, Allen.
Would thinking certain of those other thoughts be
imposing anything on the mind, or not?
Evelyn
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It's a very good book, but Sogyal himself is no spiritual teacher to follow.
He has been MUCH discussed on usenet in the '90's, and most of it is bad.
I would not recommend him to any sincere western students because of his
history. BTW, He did not write the book himself, but the people who did
write it were excellent. Unfortunately Soggy has his name on the cover.
If a person reads the book, realize that the information is good and it is
well written, but Sogyal himself had little to do with it.
--
Evelyn
"Even as a mother protects with her life her only child, So with a boundless
heart let one cherish all living beings." --Sutta Nipata 1.8
halfawake
interesting.
there's always a back-story isn't there?
who did write it? :)
robert
= = = = = = =
Evelyn
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A couple of his students whom I believe are given some credit in the book,
but they were the ones that actually wrote it.
halfawake
the 'grad students' never get the full credit for the research...
Evelyn
Exactly. Sogyal is a horrible person. You know I never take such a stand,
unless it is a particularly egregious situation. Warn anyone you know off
his outfit. The information is out there and there was a lot of discussion
on usenet in years past.
user
<ric...@rwilliams.us> wrote in message
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> Zenworm wrote:
>> like what happens
>>
>> when an unstoppable force
>>
>> meets an immovable object
>>
>> right now
>>
> You are supposed to read the book BEFORE
> you post your comments.
>
As do the rest of us.
willytex
When you meditate there should be no effort to control and no
attempt to be peaceful. Don't be overly solemn or feel that you
are taking part in some special ritual; let go even of the idea
that you are meditating. Let your body remain as it is, and your
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> "So take care not to impose anything on the mind or to tax it.
don't give congress any ideas.
> When you meditate there should be no effort to control and no
> attempt to be peaceful.
so one should strive to be effortfully
out of control ?
> Don't be overly solemn or feel that you
> are taking part in some special ritual;
but the people in the cult told
me that i was special.
> let go even of the idea
> that you are meditating.
so what am i actually doing ?
remembering to not be special
in an effortfully out of control way ?
>Let your body remain as it is,
i didn't plan on changing it.
> and your
> breath as you find it."
i found it in need of breath mints.
you sure i should leave it that way ?
dick blisters
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Aren't you just the cutest little thing.....
Sentiment Bri
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The sarcasm trains a rollin'. Chock full of contrarians and diminuitive
endearments.
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picture.
Sentiment Bri
I get so few opportunities to use those terms...you've ruined them for me.
(assuming we're keeping the sarcasm train a rollin')
Son of man
> On May 26, 4:47 pm, Allen Barker <allendotelldotbar...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > rich...@rwilliams.us wrote:
> > > So take care not to impose anything on the mind or to tax it.
> > > When you meditate there should be no effort to control and
> > > no attempt to be peaceful. Don't be overly solemn or feel that
> > > you are taking part in some special ritual; let go even of the
> > > idea that you are meditating. Let your body remain as it is,
> > > and your breath as you find it.
>
> > > Think of yourself as the sky, holding the whole universe."
I don't think so, when you meditate you're not supposed to think.
So here's a good way to meditate...analyze whatever thoughts appear
after you make no effort to think...and then try to understand why
they arise.
Wally Chapman
Geez, you guys. You're making this sound like work.
Wally
dick blisters
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Glad to be of service.........
>
>
dick blisters
>>
>>>> rich...@rwilliams.us wrote:
>>>>> So take care not to impose anything on the mind or to tax it.
>>>>> When you meditate there should be no effort to control and
>>>>> no attempt to be peaceful. Don't be overly solemn or feel that
>>>>> you are taking part in some special ritual; let go even of the
>>>>> idea that you are meditating. Let your body remain as it is,
>>>>> and your breath as you find it.
>>>>> Think of yourself as the sky, holding the whole universe."
>>
>> I don't think so, when you meditate you're not supposed to think.
>>
>> So here's a good way to meditate...analyze whatever thoughts appear
>> after you make no effort to think...and then try to understand why
>> they arise.
>
>
bother to stop thinking?
That's not what Transcendental Meditation is about..... TM takes you to the
even of pure awareness alone..... no need for thinking at that level of
awareness, just pure being is experienced without all the clutter of
intellectual labels.
The mantra is just a vehicle to bring the mind to that level and then the
mantra itself naturally drops away just like any other thought. It is very
simple and effortless.
willytex
> ...when you meditate you're not supposed to think.
>
Meditation is based on thinking. All you need to do
is be aware of being aware. In Mahayana Buddhism,
there is a 'storehouse of consciousness', a place,
where all kinds of ideas, in the form of 'seeds', are
kept. A 'storehouse' is like a museum or a store where i
nformation is stored.
"Store consciousness refers to the storing and also
to what is stored—that is, In Buddhist tradition, this
information is stored as bija, seeds."
Read more:
'Understanding Our Mind'
Fifty Verses on the Nature of Consciousness
By Thich Nhat Hanh
Parallax Press, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/d23wxf
"The Buddha taught that consciousness is always continuing, like a
stream of water. Consciousness has four layers. The four layers of
consciousness are mind consciousness, sense consciousness, store
consciousness, and manas."
Read more:
Buddhadharma:
http://tinyurl.com/c6huez
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Son of man wrote:
> ...when you meditate you're not supposed to think.
>
Meditation is based on thinking. All you need to do
is be aware of being aware. In Mahayana Buddhism,
there is a 'storehouse of consciousness', a place,
where all kinds of ideas, in the form of 'seeds', are
kept. A 'storehouse' is like a museum or a store where i
nformation is stored.
"Store consciousness refers to the storing and also
to what is stored�that is, In Buddhist tradition, this
information is stored as bija, seeds."
Read more:
'Understanding Our Mind'
Fifty Verses on the Nature of Consciousness
By Thich Nhat Hanh
Parallax Press, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/d23wxf
"The Buddha taught that consciousness is always continuing, like a
stream of water. Consciousness has four layers. The four layers of
consciousness are mind consciousness, sense consciousness, store
consciousness, and manas."
Read more:
Buddhadharma:
http://tinyurl.com/c6huez
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
buddha also said don't believe anything
anyone says, not even him.
Allen Barker
> Son of man wrote:
>> ...when you meditate you're not supposed to think.
>>
> Meditation is based on thinking.
Supposed to, based on. Language, categories, concepts.
Maybe in a middle-way, skillful-means kind of way it
could be suggested that meditation is based on observing
thinking?
> All you need to do
> is be aware of being aware.
What does that have to do with thinking, except that
it seems to be the product of it?
> In Mahayana Buddhism,
> there is a 'storehouse of consciousness', a place,
> where all kinds of ideas, in the form of 'seeds', are
> kept. A 'storehouse' is like a museum or a store where i
> nformation is stored.
>
> "Store consciousness refers to the storing and also
> to what is stored�that is, In Buddhist tradition, this
willytex
> >
> Supposed to, based on. Language, categories, concepts.
>
> Maybe in a middle-way, skillful-means kind of way it
> could be suggested that meditation is based on observing
> thinking?
>
It would be very difficult, if not impossible, to practice
meditation if one couldn't think. If a person cannot think,
then he's probably an imbecile. In Zen practice the object
is to go beyond thinking, to samadhi, but before you get
there, you've got to be able to think and be conscious.
> > All you need to do is be aware of being aware.
> >
> What does that have to do with thinking, except that
> it seems to be the product of it?
>
'Being aware of being aware' is the process of non-dual
awareness, part of the Adwaita Vedanta philosophy.
There term is used extensively in writings on non-dual
awareness.
The Tathagata has wisdom and the eye transcendent
wisdom.
Diamond Sutra:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Sutra
Thus shall you think of this fleeting world:
A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream,
A flash of lightning in a summer cloud,
A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream.
Vajracchedikaprajnaparamitasutra:
http://tinyurl.com/kjaez3
Lee Rudolph
>> > Meditation is based on thinking.
>> >
>Allen Barker wrote:
>> Supposed to, based on. =A0Language, categories, concepts.
>>
>Language is just the medium for us to communicate, Allen.
Language is one medium for one kind of communication, certainly
(and one I'm greatly fond of); however, by its very nature
(particularly in its written, and thus entirely disembodied,
variants; but also in its spoken forms as recorded or broadcast,
when the speaker has no way of being with the listener during the
speech) it has a strong tendency to privilege communication
of "categories", "concepts", etc., over communication of
some other kinds of experience (that are hard or impossible
to "categorize" or "conceptualize" without, in the process,
utterly transforming them).
>> Maybe in a middle-way, skillful-means kind of way it
>> could be suggested that meditation is based on observing
>> thinking?
>>
>It would be very difficult, if not impossible, to practice
>meditation if one couldn't think. If a person cannot think,
>then he's probably an imbecile.
The word "think" is not well-defined; or, at least, it has no
universally agreed significance. Some people intend it to
mean "think in words"; a friend of mine (an 80-year-old non-
representational painter, at that!) did not believe me when
I told him years ago that I (sometimes) think without words
(specifically, with "geometric diagrams", sort of). Temple
Grandin, a high-functioning autist perhaps most famous for
designing slaughterhouses that minimize or eliminate fear
in the cattle who are about to die, has written a recent book
in which I believe (I haven't read it yet) she discusses
"thinking" in images. What do you mean by "think", and why
--for that specific definition of "think"--would it "be very
difficult, if not impossible, to practice meditation if one
couldn't think"? Please be specific if you can. To me,
your statement is not obviously true, but an argument
(rather than a flat assertion) might persuade me, and
in any case would be interesting. (Of course you may
have no stake in persuading or interesting me.)
>In Zen practice the object
>is to go beyond thinking, to samadhi, but before you get
>there, you've got to be able to think and be conscious.
Does an imbecile have Buddha-nature? A Zen adept in the
last throes of Alzheimer's dementia? A sleeping newborn?
(All non-rhetorical questions.)
Lee Rudolph
Keynes
>> > Meditation is based on thinking.
>> >
>Allen Barker wrote:
>> Supposed to, based on. Language, categories, concepts.
>>
>Language is just the medium for us to communicate, Allen.
>
>> Maybe in a middle-way, skillful-means kind of way it
>> could be suggested that meditation is based on observing
>> thinking?
>>
>It would be very difficult, if not impossible, to practice
>meditation if one couldn't think. If a person cannot think,
>then he's probably an imbecile. In Zen practice the object
>is to go beyond thinking, to samadhi, but before you get
>there, you've got to be able to think and be conscious.
>
>> > All you need to do is be aware of being aware.
>> >
>> What does that have to do with thinking, except that
>> it seems to be the product of it?
>>
>'Being aware of being aware'
I think this goes too far.
Or not far enough.
Or both. Or neither.
IMO there is awareness, but no consciousness
of anyone or anything being aware of anything
in general or in particular.
The experience of no-self draws no conclusions.
And has no need to.
Keynes
wrote:
>willytex <ric...@rwilliams.us> writes:
>
>>> > Meditation is based on thinking.
>>> >
>>Allen Barker wrote:
>>> Supposed to, based on. =A0Language, categories, concepts.
>>>
>>Language is just the medium for us to communicate, Allen.
>
>Language is one medium for one kind of communication, certainly
>(and one I'm greatly fond of); however, by its very nature
>(particularly in its written, and thus entirely disembodied,
>variants; but also in its spoken forms as recorded or broadcast,
>when the speaker has no way of being with the listener during the
>speech) it has a strong tendency to privilege communication
>of "categories", "concepts", etc., over communication of
>some other kinds of experience (that are hard or impossible
>to "categorize" or "conceptualize" without, in the process,
>utterly transforming them).
>
Facial expression speaks volumes. Way back in the evolutionary
tree apes got it. Dogs can read it. We read it without knowing
how we do it. Autism seems to be a deficiency in this area,
an inabilty to empathize emotion.
If we had to be smart to exist, the world would be vacant.
Ravens, sea lions, walruses, primates, and others can
count and think symbolically. (better than a three year
old child.) They can remember and plan without knowing
language.
Sometimes I put my mind into the visual center that's
full of interesting yet apparently chaotic images that
have no order and are abstract colors and shapes without
any concept of representation. It's a way to induce sleep.
zenworm
Lee Rudolph
>On Jul 24, 10:48=A0am, Lee Rudolph <lrudo...@panix.com> wrote:
>> willytex <rich...@rwilliams.us> writes:
...
>> >It would be very difficult, if not impossible, to practice
>> >meditation if one couldn't think. If a person cannot think,
>> >then he's probably an imbecile.
...
>> Does an imbecile have Buddha-nature? A Zen adept in the
>> last throes of Alzheimer's dementia? A sleeping newborn?
>
>do you have Buddha-nature?
I know it was around here somewhere!
Lee Rudolph (under the sofa? behind the stove?)
daletx
> zenworm <zens...@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Jul 24, 10:48=A0am, Lee Rudolph <lrudo...@panix.com> wrote:
>>> willytex <rich...@rwilliams.us> writes:
>>>> It would be very difficult, if not impossible, to practice
>>>> meditation if one couldn't think. If a person cannot think,
>>>> then he's probably an imbecile.
>>> Does an imbecile have Buddha-nature? A Zen adept in the
>>> last throes of Alzheimer's dementia? A sleeping newborn?
>> do you have Buddha-nature?
>
> I know it was around here somewhere!
>
> Lee Rudolph (under the sofa? behind the stove?)
In a jar by the door...
DT
zenworm
is that 'knowing' (Awareness)
of 'Buddha-nature' a thought (a thinking)
or is the 'knowing' (Awareness) before 'thought'?
answering this
you have answered:
> >> Does an imbecile have Buddha-nature? A Zen adept in the
> >> last throes of Alzheimer's dementia? A sleeping newborn?
imbecility, dementia, sleeping
references to states of 'thinking'? (in this case)
what a great question
which of us has not done something 'stupid'?
which of us has not become confused?
which of us does not sleep?
do you doubt the Buddha-nature (Awareness)
moving *you*?
meditation is about allowing thought to stop
and in this Moment
without thinking pulling your attention elsewhere/when
Buddha-nature is apparent
and *you* are not
ZN
Awaken21
>
> do you doubt the Buddha-nature (Awareness)
> moving *you*?
>
Buddha-nature defines a negative. Buddha-nature is the state of having
no nature, nothing enduring, not even a nature called "Buddha-
nature". Awareness is not the correct definition of Buddha-nature
because awareness is something. Buddha-nature is no nature, not there,
nothing permanent. When the body dies and we're no longer 'aware',
where exactly has our Buddha-nature gone? It hasn't, nothing has
changed, nothing endures, Buddha-nature is once again confirmed.
So yes, I doubt seriously that Buddha-nature is moving "me" or
anything else for that matter, because Buddha-nature by it's
definition is a negative, not there, no nature. That the dog has no
nature what-so-ever is it's Buddha-nature.
Nothing to cling to, not even Buddha-nature.
Wally Chapman
Prolly under the beanbag again. I've told you and told you, don't leave
the lava lamp lit next to the door, the bugs get disoriented and start
arguing about the Great Light and the bliss of becoming one with it, and
the bodies pile up all over the damn place, like sleeping newborns with
Alzheimers, trying to raise oxymorons and imbeciles, worming all over
the damn kitchen looking for tang and and cookies, a tragic mix if ever
there was one, crumbs everywhere and the rent due again, luna larvae
coalescing in the cornbread and beat me daddy, eight to the bar, Buddha
gazing calmly from atop the dresser, next to old bowling trophies and a
diploma from Bob Jones University certifying that the bearer has
successfully completed a Course In Miracles, and is licensed to preach
to the unwashed masses, as well as the recently washed undergarments of
society, dregs in the Superbowl, washed up on the beach of pure damn
reason, walruses and Elanor fighting in the captain's tower while Texas
secedes into the distance, echoing the Old Hobo's rejoinder to Jesus who
was out recruiting in the catacombs "Hey! Close the damn door!
Whattya, born in a barn?" as the rhetoric swirls and flows down the
eternal drain, to end up in a fluffy crowd of electrons, brought to you
by.... well, you know who you are. (Don't you?)
Wally
zenworm
> On Jul 24, 6:10 pm, zenworm <zensp...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > do you doubt the Buddha-nature (Awareness)
> > moving *you*?
>
> Buddha-nature defines a negative. Buddha-nature is the state of having
> no nature, nothing enduring, not even a nature called "Buddha-
> nature". Awareness is not the correct definition of Buddha-nature
> because awareness is something. Buddha-nature is no nature, not there,
> nothing permanent. When the body dies and we're no longer 'aware',
> where exactly has our Buddha-nature gone? It hasn't, nothing has
> changed, nothing endures, Buddha-nature is once again confirmed.
the negative is used to help prevent associating awareness
with something known by the body/mind
Awareness in the sense of the absolute is not 'known'
awake is aware
doubt is thought and projection (second thoughts)
>
> So yes, I doubt seriously that Buddha-nature is moving "me" or
> anything else for that matter, because Buddha-nature by it's
> definition is a negative, not there, no nature. That the dog has no
> nature what-so-ever is it's Buddha-nature.
Understanding the emptiness of the appearances of form
is not the same as ‘no nature what-so-ever’
Awareness is not ‘no nature what-so-ever’
nor is it Buddha–nature when speaking in the relative field
so to say Awareness is something is incorrect
(as you indicated)
however it is also incorrect to say
awareness is nothing or not something
It can seem like gibberish when using an inherently
dualistic medium to communicate
The assumptive flaw is that everyone just naturally
assumes there must be a self to be aware
(self the egoic idea of a *you* [someone to own]) and/or
(self the physical body/mind empirical sensual *you*[someone to
experience])
Neither is correct
As you indicated both of these are temporal (die)(impermanent)
Awareness is not subject to the temporal except for the manifestation
of the appearances that seem to be us which is why many masters
remember past lives
Lives are not owned there is the Awareness of experience
that can be anywhere/when
Awareness is not dependant upon nor limited to a *your*/*my* life
In the relative field the manifestation of Awareness
is always the present eternal Moment
>
> Nothing to cling to, not even Buddha-nature.
very tricky to write/speak about
Awareness has no definition (no boundary)
as it does not exclude anything
nor is it limited to nothing
Nothing to cling to as you say
ZN
Awaken21
> On Jul 24, 6:56 pm, Awaken21 <lukecar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Jul 24, 6:10 pm, zenworm <zensp...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > do you doubt the Buddha-nature (Awareness)
> > > moving *you*?
>
> > Buddha-nature defines a negative. Buddha-nature is the state of having
> > no nature, nothing enduring, not even a nature called "Buddha-
> > nature". Awareness is not the correct definition of Buddha-nature
> > because awareness is something. Buddha-nature is no nature, not there,
> > nothing permanent. When the body dies and we're no longer 'aware',
> > where exactly has our Buddha-nature gone? It hasn't, nothing has
> > changed, nothing endures, Buddha-nature is once again confirmed.
>
> the negative is used to help prevent associating awareness
> with something known by the body/mind
> Awareness in the sense of the absolute is not 'known'
>
The negative is a straight foward definition of what is easily seen
and felt. It's not an intellectual trick to guide anyone to do or
understand anything. There are things that are mysterious about
awareness, but that doesn't make it Buddha-nature.
> awake is aware
>
Aware comes after Buddha-nature. First there needs to be the space
into which awareness flows.
> doubt is thought and projection (second thoughts)
>
>
>
Or doubt can be no thoughts, for or against. Again, your intellect
seems to like having something, anything rather than accept that it is
possibly nothing.
> > So yes, I doubt seriously that Buddha-nature is moving "me" or
> > anything else for that matter, because Buddha-nature by it's
> > definition is a negative, not there, no nature. That the dog has no
> > nature what-so-ever is it's Buddha-nature.
>
> Understanding the emptiness of the appearances of form
> is not the same as ‘no nature what-so-ever’
>
You seem to be trying to grasp this with your intellect. Which is also
probably why you keep seeing the illusions of something,
"awareness" ,where there is nothing. And then you're trying for
"understanding"... Egads... the heavy load just gets bigger and harder
to manage. From my POV you're jumping at shadows.
Awareness excludes lot's of things. Awareness is quite constrained and
filtered by our physical form, there are an infinite number of things
going on that we remain completely unaware of. Even within my very own
body I'm unaware of the majority of it's functions, so many that it
boggles the mind. And then take one step beyond the skin bag and
things really go wild.
Then there's the physical death thing, which we have no idea about
awareness after death, which is possibly another limit. Buddha-nature
has no such limit.
When I read you're statement (paraphrased) "awareness is not limited
to nothing" it translates in my experience as "Awareness is not
limited to infinity." To which my gut response is "Huh?", it just
sounds like babbling white noise. Awareness is not infinite and
infinity is not limiting.
>
> Nothing to cling to as you say
>
And yet you seem to clinging to 'awareness' and 'understanding'.
As I see it and feel it and live within it, the need to understand it,
or call it something drops away. I read what you say and feels like
your desperately trying to find a 'thing' or 'things' that fill the
void. Whereas it looks to me like not any thing is up to that task.
OTOH if you continue to practice with sincerety, which you seem to do,
I have great faith that at some point you'll actually see all this for
yourself..... and if you're happy, satisfied in the meantime, then no
harm no foul.
Lee Rudolph
>Awareness excludes lot's of things. Awareness is quite constrained and
>filtered by our physical form, there are an infinite number of things
>going on that we remain completely unaware of. Even within my very own
>body I'm unaware of the majority of it's functions, so many that it
>boggles the mind. And then take one step beyond the skin bag and
>things really go wild.
Just so. I have (with a possibly culpable indulgence in some alliteration,
or is it assonance?) recently described the universe (or whathaveyou), from
a being's point of view, as nested thus:
All > Accessible > Available > Awareness > Attention
(using ">" to denote "contains", implicitly with stuff left over).
For me (for the time being, anyway), "All" is all the (finitely many)
"things" there are, all the (finitary) relations among those "things",
all the (finitary) relations among the "things" and relations, and so
on; but I'm not picky and am willing to allow others their ontologies.
What is "Accessible" is determined by physics (e.g., assuming that
business about the speed of light, and all, stuff outside O's lightcone
is unaccessible).
What is "Available" to a being O (where I am, as above, not [yet]
picky about definitions of "being"; my own impulse is to say that
a being is [some as yet unspecified, by me] sort of "relation of
relations of relations ... of relations among things", not merely
the "skin bag"-thing and its content-things) is determined by the
composition of O, in particular O's sensory armamentarium (oooh!!);
for instance, there's plenty of evidence that magnetic fields are Available
to various animals (tuna, turtles, lobsters, and honeybees, in addition
to the more familiar pigeons), but no evidence (that I know of) that
magnetic fields are Available to humans (without the use of tools:
I'm actually perfectly happy to include what can be "sensed" using
tools in the sensory armamentarium, and indeed--following Michael
Polanyi--to include tools, while in use, as included in O; but not
everyone is as generous, e.g.,. I think van Uekuell would reject
incorporation of tools in an "organism" [his word]).
Again, everyone knows that the sense of smell makes a *lot* Available
to The Lower Creation, and some, but surely much less, to humans; though
a recent study has shown that humans (or, at least, undergraduate students
at Berkeley) can follow a chocolate-scented path in the grass by smell,
without being aware that they are doing so--an example of something
being Available to O (and used by O!) but not in O's Awareness.
Finally, as I use the terms (which is not idiosyncratically, but not
to everybody's taste, either), what is in Attention (at any instant
[where I avoid problems with the meaning of "instant", "moment",
etc., by *defining* psychological time tautologically in terms of
Attention, and disclaiming {provisionally} any theory correlating
psychological time with, say, thermodynamic time]) is singular,
just one of a (probably strictly limited) number of "things"
that are in Awareness at that time. (Actually, I suspect that
there are both Awareness-time[s, several for several different
sensoria] and Attention-time[s, potentially, several for several
different and mutually independent "consciousnesses"]; but,
again, I'm not picky, I'm trying to elaborate a general framework.)
Lee Rudolph
Allen Barker
> Awaken21 <lukec...@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Awareness excludes lot's of things. Awareness is quite constrained and
>> filtered by our physical form, there are an infinite number of things
>> going on that we remain completely unaware of. Even within my very own
>> body I'm unaware of the majority of it's functions, so many that it
>> boggles the mind. And then take one step beyond the skin bag and
>> things really go wild.
>
> Just so. I have (with a possibly culpable indulgence in some alliteration,
> or is it assonance?) recently described the universe (or whathaveyou), from
> a being's point of view, as nested thus:
>
> All > Accessible > Available > Awareness > Attention
>
> (using ">" to denote "contains", implicitly with stuff left over).
> For me (for the time being, anyway), "All" is all the (finitely many)
> "things" there are, all the (finitary) relations among those "things",
> all the (finitary) relations among the "things" and relations, and so
> on; but I'm not picky and am willing to allow others their ontologies.
There are also many possible thingization schemes, even assuming
a finite, thing-based ontology. People can switch between
different thingizations. It can't be known which thingization is
ultimately correct, even assuming that sort of ontology is
"correct" in some sense. Atomic, science-based thingizations are
just one possible type of thingization, and there are many of
them. Latent variables can be made-up for any occasion, and
people love to reify all sorts of nouns as "things."
Before the thingization occurs might be called Absence or Abyss...
Since the whole thingization scheme is created in the "mind," a
sort of loop appears in the chain... Who is at the meta-level,
creating the thingization? ;-)
I don't get no respect. When I look into the abyss, the abyss
doesn't even look back! ;-)
halfawake
only if the dog has it.
robert
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halfawake
all of Lee's guys above have buddha-nature, as much as anyone who is
"whole" and mentally competent. whether one can access or experience it
is another matter.
halfawake
look where the light is the strongest - it's easier to see there.
Robert
- - - -
halfawake
nothing to cling to, certainly not [yuck!] buddha-nature.
who would want to carry that around?
Robert
= = = = = = =
Julian
Disciples.
Lee Rudolph
You already solved the problem several posts back: the dog took it.
Lee Rudolph (and by the time he was done with it, I didn't want it any more)
halfawake
> Awareness is not �no nature what-so-ever�
> nor is it Buddha�nature when speaking in the relative field
> so to say Awareness is something is incorrect
> (as you indicated)
> however it is also incorrect to say
> awareness is nothing or not something
> It can seem like gibberish when using an inherently
> dualistic medium to communicate
So can you say anything about this? What can you say, rather than
explaining it to death?
Robert
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halfawake
> OTOH if you continue to practice with sincerety, which you seem to do,
> I have great faith that at some point you'll actually see all this for
> yourself..... and if you're happy, satisfied in the meantime, then no
> harm no foul.
Yeah, but what does it all mean? :)
Robert
==================
Awaken21
Oreos and milk belong together. Having a spoon along, just in case,
isn't a bad idea.
zenworm
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true
ZN
zenworm
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zenworm
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> Lee Rudolph wrote:
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without an "i" to know the 'abyss', how does it look?
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if nothing was unlimited there would not be something
holding to either is duality (empirical)
when the empirical turns inside out
the inside and the outside disappear
something and nothing disappear
Moment is Awareness
isness is
ZN
zenworm
> > so to say Awareness is something is incorrect
> > (as you indicated)
> > however it is also incorrect to say
> > awareness is nothing or not something
> > It can seem like gibberish when using an inherently
> > dualistic medium to communicate
>
> So can you say anything about this? What can you say, rather than
> explaining it to death?
>
> Robert
>
> - - - - - - - - - -
It is exactly
Precisely
Absolutely
What it is
Right now
ZN
Déjà Flu
> On Jul 29, 2:11 pm, halfawake <epstein...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> zenworm wrote:
>>> Awareness is not 'no nature what-so-ever'
>>> so to say Awareness is something is incorrect
>>> (as you indicated)
>>> however it is also incorrect to say
>>> awareness is nothing or not something
>>> It can seem like gibberish when using an inherently
>>> dualistic medium to communicate
>> So can you say anything about this? What can you say, rather than
>> explaining it to death?
>>
>> Robert
>>
>> - - - - - - - - - -
>
>
> It is exactly
>
> Precisely
>
> Absolutely
>
> What it is
>
> Right now
You missed the whole movie and there are no reruns.
All you have is what's on your DVR.
What now, Mu Cow?
Awaken21
Fish swim forever in the ocean, this is the nature of infinity. It is
because nothing is unlimited that something arises.
> holding to either is duality (empirical)
>
You mean like moment, or Buddha nature, or awareness?
Yes, all are too heavy a load. Drop them now or be stripped naked when
you die.
zenworm
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can the right hand 'miss' the left hand?
ZN
halfawake
ah, so Buddha-nature is yummy and yet doesn't fill you up!
halfawake
it looks exactly like the abyss, no more, no less.
halfawake
> On Jul 29, 2:11 pm, halfawake <epstein...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>zenworm wrote:
>>
>>>Awareness is not �no nature what-so-ever�
>>>nor is it Buddha�nature when speaking in the relative field
>>>so to say Awareness is something is incorrect
>>>(as you indicated)
>>>however it is also incorrect to say
>>>awareness is nothing or not something
>>>It can seem like gibberish when using an inherently
>>>dualistic medium to communicate
>>
>>So can you say anything about this? What can you say, rather than
>>explaining it to death?
>>
>>Robert
>>
>>- - - - - - - - - -
>
>
>
> It is exactly
>
> Precisely
>
> Absolutely
>
> What it is
>
> Right now
>
> ZN
good enough.
robert
Awaken21
No. Same mistake Zenworm is making.
Oreos and milk belong together. Having a spoon along, just in case,
isn't a bad idea.
Nothing else.
halfawake
can't be helped.
robert
halfawake
>>>>is not the same as �no nature what-so-ever�
>>
>>>You seem to be trying to grasp this with your intellect. Which is also
>>>probably why you keep seeing the illusions of something,
>>>"awareness" ,where there is nothing. And then you're trying for
>>>"understanding"... Egads... the heavy load just gets bigger and harder
>>>to manage. From my POV you're jumping at shadows.
>>
>>>>Awareness is not �no nature what-so-ever�
>>>>nor is it Buddha�nature when speaking in the relative field
it's like one of those bad dreams...
robert
halfawake
in my experience, they take turns...
robert
Awaken21
>
> >>>You seem to be trying to grasp this with your intellect. Which is also
> >>>probably why you keep seeing the illusions of something,
> >>>"awareness" ,where there is nothing. And then you're trying for
> >>>"understanding"... Egads... the heavy load just gets bigger and harder
> >>>to manage. From my POV you're jumping at shadows.
>
> >>>>nor is it Buddha nature when speaking in the relative field
Wake up.
halfawake
sorry for drooling....
robert
----------------------------
Awaken21
No harm, no foul. If I had a dime for every pillow, headrest, cushion,
etc. I had to wash, or hastily wipe before anyone saw anything....
halfawake
:)
Awaken21
hehehe
Allen Barker
Come closer and I'll tell you.
zenworm
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Awareness is
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ZN
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there are no mistakes
there are no accidents
there is
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zenworm
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naughty?
ZN
zenworm
wrote:
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nasty?
ZN
Awaken21
You're not paying close enough attention.
zenworm
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come closer
hear the whisper...
"*is*"
ZN
Awaken21
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zenworm
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what do you hear?
ZN
Allen Barker
>>>>>> You seem to be trying to grasp this with your intellect. Which is also
>>>>>> probably why you keep seeing the illusions of something,
>>>>>> "awareness" ,where there is nothing. And then you're trying for
>>>>>> "understanding"... Egads... the heavy load just gets bigger and harder
>>>>>> to manage. From my POV you're jumping at shadows.
A whispered word is not what happens when you come closer. ;-)
halfawake
>>>>>is not the same as �no nature what-so-ever�
>>
>>>>You seem to be trying to grasp this with your intellect. Which is also
>>>>probably why you keep seeing the illusions of something,
>>>>"awareness" ,where there is nothing. And then you're trying for
>>>>"understanding"... Egads... the heavy load just gets bigger and harder
>>>>to manage. From my POV you're jumping at shadows.
>>
>>>>>Awareness is not �no nature what-so-ever�
>>>>>nor is it Buddha�nature when speaking in the relative field
you are a concept waiting to happen.
robert
= = = = = =
halfawake
so you say.
halfawake
> On Jul 29, 11:08 pm, halfawake <epstein...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>zenworm wrote:
>>
naughty is as naughty thinks.
mind your mind.
halfawake
>>>>>>>is not the same as �no nature what-so-ever�
>>
>>>>>>You seem to be trying to grasp this with your intellect. Which is also
>>>>>>probably why you keep seeing the illusions of something,
>>>>>>"awareness" ,where there is nothing. And then you're trying for
>>>>>>"understanding"... Egads... the heavy load just gets bigger and harder
>>>>>>to manage. From my POV you're jumping at shadows.
>>
>>>>>>>Awareness is not �no nature what-so-ever�
>>>>>>>nor is it Buddha�nature when speaking in the relative field
if you had only left the "is" out you would have been okay.
Robert
= = = = = = =
zenworm
>
> >>>>You seem to be trying to grasp this with your intellect. Which is also
> >>>>probably why you keep seeing the illusions of something,
> >>>>"awareness" ,where there is nothing. And then you're trying for
> >>>>"understanding"... Egads... the heavy load just gets bigger and harder
> >>>>to manage. From my POV you're jumping at shadows.
>
>
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'you' is a concept
ZN
zenworm
wrote:
> >>>>>> You seem to be trying to grasp this with your intellect. Which is also
> >>>>>> probably why you keep seeing the illusions of something,
> >>>>>> "awareness" ,where there is nothing. And then you're trying for
> >>>>>> "understanding"... Egads... the heavy load just gets bigger and harder
> >>>>>> to manage. From my POV you're jumping at shadows.
>
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precisely
no ‘whisper’
no ‘closer’
(“*is*” – asterisk denotes experience not sound
quotes denotes something ‘listened’ for
‘whisper’ denotes subtle
‘come closer’ is parody – there is no ‘closer’
there is no ‘close enough’
there is only here
‘is’ denotes experience of Awareness
not a verbal word)
ZN
zenworm
>
> >>>>>>You seem to be trying to grasp this with your intellect. Which is also
> >>>>>>probably why you keep seeing the illusions of something,
> >>>>>>"awareness" ,where there is nothing. And then you're trying for
> >>>>>>"understanding"... Egads... the heavy load just gets bigger and harder
> >>>>>>to manage. From my POV you're jumping at shadows.
>
>
> - Show quoted text -
halfawake
willytex wrote:
> Son of man wrote:
>
>>...when you meditate you're not supposed to think.
>>
>
> Meditation is based on thinking. All you need to do
> is be aware of being aware. In Mahayana Buddhism,
> there is a 'storehouse of consciousness', a place,
> where all kinds of ideas, in the form of 'seeds', are
> kept. A 'storehouse' is like a museum or a store where i
> nformation is stored.
>
> "Store consciousness refers to the storing and also
> to what is stored�that is, In Buddhist tradition, this
> information is stored as bija, seeds."
>
> Read more:
>
> 'Understanding Our Mind'
> Fifty Verses on the Nature of Consciousness
> By Thich Nhat Hanh
> Parallax Press, 2006
> http://tinyurl.com/d23wxf
>
> "The Buddha taught that consciousness is always continuing, like a
> stream of water. Consciousness has four layers. The four layers of
> consciousness are mind consciousness, sense consciousness, store
> consciousness, and manas."
>
> Read more:
>
> Buddhadharma:
> http://tinyurl.com/c6huez
halfawake
>>>>>>>is not the same as �no nature what-so-ever�
>>
>>>>>>You seem to be trying to grasp this with your intellect. Which is also
>>>>>>probably why you keep seeing the illusions of something,
>>>>>>"awareness" ,where there is nothing. And then you're trying for
>>>>>>"understanding"... Egads... the heavy load just gets bigger and harder
>>>>>>to manage. From my POV you're jumping at shadows.
>>
>>>>>>>Awareness is not �no nature what-so-ever�
>>>>>>>nor is it Buddha�nature when speaking in the relative field
and your "you concept" is more conceptually proliferate than the average
whomever.
halfawake
>>>>>>>>>is not the same as �no nature what-so-ever�
>>
>>>>>>>>You seem to be trying to grasp this with your intellect. Which is also
>>>>>>>>probably why you keep seeing the illusions of something,
>>>>>>>>"awareness" ,where there is nothing. And then you're trying for
>>>>>>>>"understanding"... Egads... the heavy load just gets bigger and harder
>>>>>>>>to manage. From my POV you're jumping at shadows.
>>
>>>>>>>>>Awareness is not �no nature what-so-ever�
>>>>>>>>>nor is it Buddha�nature when speaking in the relative field
> (�*is*� � asterisk denotes experience not sound
> quotes denotes something �listened� for
> �whisper� denotes subtle
> �come closer� is parody � there is no �closer�
> there is no �close enough�
> there is only here
> �is� denotes experience of Awareness
> not a verbal word)
>
> ZN
that is exactly the problem - too much denotation, not enough just being.
Robert
= = = = = = = = =
zenworm
>
> >>>>>>>>You seem to be trying to grasp this with your intellect. Which is also
> >>>>>>>>probably why you keep seeing the illusions of something,
> >>>>>>>>"awareness" ,where there is nothing. And then you're trying for
> >>>>>>>>"understanding"... Egads... the heavy load just gets bigger and harder
> >>>>>>>>to manage. From my POV you're jumping at shadows.
>
> > quotes denotes something ‘listened’ for
> > ‘whisper’ denotes subtle
> > ‘come closer’ is parody – there is no ‘closer’
> > there is no ‘close enough’
> > there is only here
> > not a verbal word)
>
> > ZN
>
> that is exactly the problem - too much denotation, not enough just being.
>
> Robert
>
>
> - Show quoted text -
No problem
No resistance
All being
ZN
robertsrg
<ric...@rwilliams.us> wrote in message
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> So take care not to impose anything on the mind or to tax it.
> When you meditate there should be no effort to control and
> no attempt to be peaceful. Don't be overly solemn or feel that
> you are taking part in some special ritual; let go even of the
> idea that you are meditating. Let your body remain as it is,
> and your breath as you find it.
>
> Think of yourself as the sky, holding the whole universe."
>
You are still holding on..... By controlling the thoughts, you are stil
bound within limitations and duality.
> Work cited:
>
> 'The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying'
> By Sogyal Rinpoche
> HarperSanFrancisco, 1992
>
>> "If your mind is able to settle naturally of its own accord,
>> and if you find you are inspired simply to rest in its pure
>> awareness, then you do not need any method of meditation."
>>
>> Read more:
>>
>> 'The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying'
>> Rigpa: The Stages of Meditation
>> By Sogyal Rinpoche
>> HarperSanFrancisco, 1992
>
robertsrg
> imposing anything on the mind, or not?
>
thinking requires judgements, asessments, boundaries, etc. which all keep
the mind locked in ego and the limitations of the intellect.
Lee Rudolph
>thinking requires judgements, asessments, boundaries, etc. which all keep
>the mind locked in ego and the limitations of the intellect.
That proposition entails either a strikingly limited definition
of "thinking" or a strikingly expansive defintion of "ego". Or,
of course, both.
Lee Rudolph
luchayana superfly del pseudomodo
> > Would thinking certain of those other thoughts be
> > imposing anything on the mind, or not?
>
> thinking requires judgements, asessments, boundaries, etc.
> which all keep
> the mind locked in ego and the limitations of the intellect.
QED.
/leebert
luchayana superfly del pseudomodo
> <rich...@rwilliams.us> wrote in message
>
> news:c539e3b6-a2af-4c2a...@u10g2000vbd.googlegroups.com...> So take care not to impose anything on the mind or to tax it.
> > When you meditate there should be no effort to control and
> > no attempt to be peaceful. Don't be overly solemn or feel that
> > you are taking part in some special ritual; let go even of the
> > idea that you are meditating. Let your body remain as it is,
> > and your breath as you find it.
>
> > Think of yourself as the sky, holding the whole universe."
>
> You are still holding on..... By controlling the thoughts, you are stil
> bound within limitations and duality.
OK, I'll sign up. How much does this cost?
/leebert