Comments on: The mind says “Yes but………….” http://seeing-knowing.com/2010/06/the-mind-says-yes-but/ Shining Through The Mind Sun, 13 May 2012 10:03:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: confused http://seeing-knowing.com/2010/06/the-mind-says-yes-but/comment-page-1/#comment-90 confused Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:52:34 +0000 http://seeing-knowing.com/?p=633#comment-90 "Yes, it is the best show in town but I’m fed up with it now, …aren’t you ?" Notice how the "you that is fed up with it" is itself just another arising in seeing/awareness. All appearances are equal, and taking yourself to be any one of these appearances will only lead to suffering. Be honest and open now and you will see that the true YOU could never be fed up, now could it be any other descriptive. It is beyond description. When it is seen all objects cannot be what I am, all are free to come and go as they apparently please. None touch what you are. “Yes, it is the best show in town but I’m fed up with it now, …aren’t you ?”

Notice how the “you that is fed up with it” is itself just another arising in seeing/awareness. All appearances are equal, and taking yourself to be any one of these appearances will only lead to suffering. Be honest and open now and you will see that the true YOU could never be fed up, now could it be any other descriptive. It is beyond description. When it is seen all objects cannot be what I am, all are free to come and go as they apparently please. None touch what you are.

]]> By: Tim http://seeing-knowing.com/2010/06/the-mind-says-yes-but/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Tim Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:59:40 +0000 http://seeing-knowing.com/?p=633#comment-88 Quoting Ramana and other spiritual teachers to prove one concept is "true" and another is "false" is the advaita equivalent of Bible-thumping, and is even less constructive. "Ramana" is just another object appearing in consciousness. The non-dual "pointers" can also be latched onto in the same way, taken dogmatically as "true" on a conceptual level, but they seem to have a little more Teflon on them. Seems like people can hold onto some obscure teaching by Ramana or Shankara to their dying breath, though. Authority can be a murderous beast. Quoting Ramana and other spiritual teachers to prove one concept is “true” and another is “false” is the advaita equivalent of Bible-thumping, and is even less constructive. “Ramana” is just another object appearing in consciousness. The non-dual “pointers” can also be latched onto in the same way, taken dogmatically as “true” on a conceptual level, but they seem to have a little more Teflon on them. Seems like people can hold onto some obscure teaching by Ramana or Shankara to their dying breath, though. Authority can be a murderous beast.

]]> By: Ralph http://seeing-knowing.com/2010/06/the-mind-says-yes-but/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Ralph Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:49:23 +0000 http://seeing-knowing.com/?p=633#comment-86 The mind says "Yes BUT......" and the mind also says "BECAUSE......" . Funny how it likes to play both roles, question and answer. Yes, it is the best show in town but I'm fed up with it now, ...aren't you ? The mind says “Yes BUT……” and the mind also says “BECAUSE……” .
Funny how it likes to play both roles, question and answer.

Yes, it is the best show in town but I’m fed up with it now, …aren’t you ?

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