tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225985453951330898.post8790310333185593800..comments2024-03-18T10:07:38.422+08:00Comments on Awakening to Reality: Three Paradigms with Nondual LuminositySohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16416159880942160813noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225985453951330898.post-56848886657395709822019-01-31T13:21:32.739+08:002019-01-31T13:21:32.739+08:00John Mirra has nondual realization but goes into t...John Mirra has nondual realization but goes into the extreme of pure subjectivity to the point of solipsism.Sohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16416159880942160813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225985453951330898.post-19078042792559776922019-01-31T09:46:41.263+08:002019-01-31T09:46:41.263+08:00John Mirra insists that people are not aware of wh...John Mirra insists that people are not aware of what they say or do, even himself, it just "happens" that he writes his bullshits on his FB page. And that you are not one with life, but you need to understand that you and life are the same... and you and the show are the same, thereforeno differences, you are also the entire show ( I don't know what he means by that ), and that you don't exist as a person because you know that therefore others also don't. All he does is post a picture of a mirror in his profile picture and tell others they cannot prove he is a person that lives in Australia with a head and a body and his thoughts comes from his mind. This is of course bullshit but why the hell he does that? Is he mental or is he tried playing with people's mind? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225985453951330898.post-33903241422738769202018-12-19T14:42:34.683+08:002018-12-19T14:42:34.683+08:00You are seeing the stages in terms of a 'fixed...You are seeing the stages in terms of a 'fixed view' while I do not.<br /><br />Stages do not unfold in a fixed and linear way for everyone. However, the stages are very helpful and necessary in pinpointing the direction one can proceed at each phase so that one does not get stuck.<br /><br />Everything in life is a teacher, including stages, pointers by enlightened teachers, and so on, all these are important. A deep gaze into a blossom flower only results in satori after years of inquiry, contemplation, meditation, and pointers by enlightened teachers.Sohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16416159880942160813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225985453951330898.post-15199638399358961952018-12-18T22:16:20.653+08:002018-12-18T22:16:20.653+08:00I think you still stuck rigidly to your pov and di...I think you still stuck rigidly to your pov and didnt consider deeply what ive written above, so heres again : <br /><br />WHEN ONE IS READY,TEACHERS/TEACHINGS WILL APPEAR <br /><br />Now, this 'teacher' may be just as simple as a deep gaze into a blossom flower,or as hard as certain severy physical pain - cancer etc...<br /><br />Wheres the necessity of fixed views of stages etc... in such situation ? <br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />:-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225985453951330898.post-36082488634940934032018-12-18T17:29:21.396+08:002018-12-18T17:29:21.396+08:00"Of all the people who realize anatta and/or ..."Of all the people who realize anatta and/or emptiness (more than 30), "<br /><br />I mean those that I know, and are currently living.Sohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16416159880942160813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225985453951330898.post-24402880309755360972018-12-18T17:17:15.129+08:002018-12-18T17:17:15.129+08:00Also, a teaching that leads to direct realization ...Also, a teaching that leads to direct realization cannot be called a dogma. It is only a dogma if it is only held as a mere theory and unexamined.<br /><br />As the Buddha himself stated:<br /><br />"The Perfect One is free from any theory, for the Perfect One has<br />understood what corporeality is, and how it arises, and passes away.<br />He has understood what feeling is, and how it arises, and passes away.<br />He has understood what perception is, and how it arises, and passes<br />away. He has understood what the mental formations are, and how they<br />arise, and pass away. He has understood what consciousness is, and how<br />it arises, and passes away. Therefore, I say, the Perfect One has<br />won complete deliverance through the extinction, fading-away,<br />disappearance, rejection, and getting rid of all opinions and<br />conjectures, of all inclination to the vainglory of "I" and "mine."Sohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16416159880942160813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225985453951330898.post-39804746136036154942018-12-18T17:12:32.936+08:002018-12-18T17:12:32.936+08:00Not everyone needs map, but those who do not need ...Not everyone needs map, but those who do not need maps are very very few. Buddha, maybe certain masters like Padmasambhava, Bodhidharma, and certainly Bahiya whom we know attained liberation instantly simply by listening to a short teaching by Buddha, they don't need anything as they were ripe. Also some people like Daniel M. Ingram went through a different, or more gradual, style of training before nondual anatta insights, instead of going through I AM and so on. But Daniel M. Ingram too emphasized the need for good maps.<br /><br />Most people need maps. Even very high capacity people, like Thusness, who realized anatta by encountering some Buddhist anatta verses and Buddha's teachings, would have benefitted from a map. He was stuck in I AM for maybe around 15 years before he realized nondual and anatta due to lack of guidance and experienced teachers.<br /><br />Most people would not have made it that far without proper guidance from a very wise and realized teacher/teaching. Of all the people who realize anatta and/or emptiness (more than 30), I think only Thusness realized it without pointer from a living teacher, and that is because he was very open to investigating the Buddha's teachings due to certain conditions. Maps and clear pointers by someone enlightened are completely necessary for most people.<br /><br />For all of the rest who realized anatta after I AM and one mind, all did so after being pointed out by someone who is realized, or encountering the pointers and teachings of someone realized. Nobody has realized through 'inner intuition' alone, not even Thusness, and intuitions are often wrong. One can often remain stuck in I AM for a whole life without encountering the right pointers or persons.Sohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16416159880942160813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225985453951330898.post-26649766834459531152018-12-18T10:05:46.208+08:002018-12-18T10:05:46.208+08:00And what work for you may not be for others at all...And what work for you may not be for others at all - pls seriously consider this .....<br /><br />Some may not need any view of stages/paths at all ,but instead let inner intuition be their main guide ..... <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225985453951330898.post-41371313059236997662018-12-18T10:01:17.697+08:002018-12-18T10:01:17.697+08:00" When the student is ready,genuine teacher/t..." When the student is ready,genuine teacher/teachings will appear ".<br /><br />And the teacher/teaching may come in many diverse forms,instead of some particular dogma/teachings...<br /><br />Again, no point holding rigidly to 'fixed stages/path' viewpoint...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225985453951330898.post-45392189699991100822018-12-17T22:33:00.503+08:002018-12-17T22:33:00.503+08:00I have no doubts about my realizations and insight...I have no doubts about my realizations and insights. My realizations are unshakeable and no views can sway me any more, and has been so for a long time.<br /><br />Also, I do not have a position to defend, but I have seen through all delusional positions of subject/object duality and inherent existence, while at the same time not denying the earlier realizations but integrating them (i.e. nondual Presence) and clarifying their nature to remove any wrong views and clinging.<br /><br />If I had a position (some final reality that I can land on, as discussed in the article), that can be subject to criticism, but I do not.Sohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16416159880942160813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225985453951330898.post-24720765048390736062018-12-17T22:32:57.164+08:002018-12-17T22:32:57.164+08:00Saying ' cannot be,cause ive realized that mys...Saying ' cannot be,cause ive realized that myself' doesnt sound like a valid way of testing ....<br />cause that simply means u realized what the pointer/maps is showing u , not yet seeing 'outside ' of itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225985453951330898.post-89084627824680792432018-12-17T22:27:06.820+08:002018-12-17T22:27:06.820+08:00Hv u ever consider the possibility that yr pointer...Hv u ever consider the possibility that yr pointer and map may not accurately represent actuality/reality?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225985453951330898.post-54347609830673849472018-12-17T22:14:03.773+08:002018-12-17T22:14:03.773+08:00On the contrary it is my experience that a clear m...On the contrary it is my experience that a clear map and pointers are very important, otherwise I would definitely have been stuck at 'earlier stages' 'forever'.Sohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16416159880942160813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225985453951330898.post-70824682498674811502018-12-17T22:11:34.459+08:002018-12-17T22:11:34.459+08:00The original Q expresses doubt(dont know whr it fi...The original Q expresses doubt(dont know whr it fits in) .....well , i think its better to let personal experiences mature naturally and organ8cally instead of giving conceptual 'stages' answer(u r at this stage,u need to climb such and such ladder somemore etc...)<br /><br />Does relying on personal exploration so unreliable?So much so that one needs some stages,paths etc.. to believe in? <br /><br />Obviously,with right pointer one can avoid going in circles but 99.99999% of spiritual path is really exhausting oneself through circling over and over again , until finally lightbulb appears .... Its the nature of clinging and ignorance ! Keep on and on and on until one can finally let go ! This is how clinging and letting go functions. <br /><br />No point keep telling ppl 'u r at lower stages' now climb according to my paths/stages .....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com