Warning: Some may find this post controversial - depending on
your beliefs...
your beliefs...
To leave the safe shores of where we think we are and venture into
the wide expanse of the sea of silent awareness itself is a scary
proposition. The abyss of eternity is too vast, too unknown, too big
for many of us. Yet, leave the shores of tradition, familiarity and belief,
is what we must eventually do if we want to be totally free...
the wide expanse of the sea of silent awareness itself is a scary
proposition. The abyss of eternity is too vast, too unknown, too big
for many of us. Yet, leave the shores of tradition, familiarity and belief,
is what we must eventually do if we want to be totally free...
To allow for the realization of Pure Silence, the awareness of now,
the truth as it is, you must have a fresh unencumbered mind.
This means not only surrendering the surface clutter or worries,
anxieties, nostalgia, guilt, desires and fantasies, but you must abandon
all your traditional beliefs, your concepts of religion, faith, hope
and especially of God itself [as we have been taught to perceive "God."
I have redefined "God" for myself many times.]
Remember you are realizing that which is eternal and present now,
that which is beyond concept, beyond fabric. We are looking
together to see what not only holds the fabric of existence together,
but what allows the seams and stitches to be, what allows
their very patterns.
the truth as it is, you must have a fresh unencumbered mind.
This means not only surrendering the surface clutter or worries,
anxieties, nostalgia, guilt, desires and fantasies, but you must abandon
all your traditional beliefs, your concepts of religion, faith, hope
and especially of God itself [as we have been taught to perceive "God."
I have redefined "God" for myself many times.]
Remember you are realizing that which is eternal and present now,
that which is beyond concept, beyond fabric. We are looking
together to see what not only holds the fabric of existence together,
but what allows the seams and stitches to be, what allows
their very patterns.
For most of western humanity, God is merely a concept, a theology,
an ideal or some super Being, someone to be placated, to be feared,
to be worshiped, to be prayed to. .....but to limit that which is infinite
Love itself to some vestigial object, to a being, a person, someone or
thing we can name, provoke, control, possess is absolute silliness.
That which encompasses all being is
Pure Silence.
That which is religion is merely human, words or thoughts about that
which is beyond word, thought and worship. Following a religious
tradition, what is it that we are doing? It seems to me that we are
merely following somebody else's insights, whether that somebody
is called Jesus, Buddha or Krishna or Mohammed. All of these
great men..... are pointing to something beyond themselves,
to something always here and something that is not philosophical
or theological, to that which is within all, sustains all and is larger
than all and that which is experienced by all.
an ideal or some super Being, someone to be placated, to be feared,
to be worshiped, to be prayed to. .....but to limit that which is infinite
Love itself to some vestigial object, to a being, a person, someone or
thing we can name, provoke, control, possess is absolute silliness.
That which encompasses all being is
Pure Silence.
That which is religion is merely human, words or thoughts about that
which is beyond word, thought and worship. Following a religious
tradition, what is it that we are doing? It seems to me that we are
merely following somebody else's insights, whether that somebody
is called Jesus, Buddha or Krishna or Mohammed. All of these
great men..... are pointing to something beyond themselves,
to something always here and something that is not philosophical
or theological, to that which is within all, sustains all and is larger
than all and that which is experienced by all.
To realize Pure Silence, you must abandon all thoughts [?],
even the beliefs that you have cherished forever. Your beliefs are
merely thoughts and what's more they originally were someone else's
before they became your own. To see or know or realize that which is
infinity itself, we must come absolutely naked. And in that complete,
destitute and utter nakedness, perhaps we may come to a simple
glimmer of that which is, that which is you, that which cannot
be named or sublimated into a teaching, or anything else...
even the beliefs that you have cherished forever. Your beliefs are
merely thoughts and what's more they originally were someone else's
before they became your own. To see or know or realize that which is
infinity itself, we must come absolutely naked. And in that complete,
destitute and utter nakedness, perhaps we may come to a simple
glimmer of that which is, that which is you, that which cannot
be named or sublimated into a teaching, or anything else...
This is a difficult thing to see because we believe in a thing called faith
and belief and tradition. We have been told by parents, friends,
churches,temples what the truth is. But I offer you, very humbly,
that truth cannot be contained by anyone, any thing,
any tradition, any belief. Pure Silence contains all of them...
and belief and tradition. We have been told by parents, friends,
churches,temples what the truth is. But I offer you, very humbly,
that truth cannot be contained by anyone, any thing,
any tradition, any belief. Pure Silence contains all of them...
If you can realize that, you will taste.....the essence of what every god,
every sage, messiah, prophet, teacher, poet, musician and scripture
has been pointing to. You will taste the freedom that you already are.
And no one, no authority, no system can challenge that
or take that away from you.
Pure Silence is a gift to you.
YOU are that which is eternal, infinite and love itself.
Just breathe in the gentle Silence...
every sage, messiah, prophet, teacher, poet, musician and scripture
has been pointing to. You will taste the freedom that you already are.
And no one, no authority, no system can challenge that
or take that away from you.
Pure Silence is a gift to you.
YOU are that which is eternal, infinite and love itself.
Just breathe in the gentle Silence...
~
NOTE: brackets in text are mine
Personally I don't see it as an either/or issue. It's not that dogmatic,
but is more a natural process, where "belief" is gradually peeled
away by grace, leaving the Ineffable... As we move closer and closer
to the Pure Silence within, there is sometimes just a "letting go" or
dropping away of old beliefs and ideas about the way we *thought*
things were...
Whether there is a person "God" or not, I cannot say, although my
beliefs *about* God have changed, leaving the childhood images
of God and the religion of my childhood many years ago. And yet,
there *is* something experienced beyond any belief or thought or
idea; perhaps it is the Pure Silence of Existence that he speaks of,
or perhaps there is just a Great Mystery, called by many names...
but is more a natural process, where "belief" is gradually peeled
away by grace, leaving the Ineffable... As we move closer and closer
to the Pure Silence within, there is sometimes just a "letting go" or
dropping away of old beliefs and ideas about the way we *thought*
things were...
Whether there is a person "God" or not, I cannot say, although my
beliefs *about* God have changed, leaving the childhood images
of God and the religion of my childhood many years ago. And yet,
there *is* something experienced beyond any belief or thought or
idea; perhaps it is the Pure Silence of Existence that he speaks of,
or perhaps there is just a Great Mystery, called by many names...
Namaste
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