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Yonatan
Israel
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 Posted - Feb 16 2011 : 3:21:24 PM
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There is no such thing as Enlightenment!!!!
I've been running after some thought projected to the future.....
Like how I thought "Enlightenment" should be, feel, how an enlightened being should act, all thoughts about the future or reality, but they can never be what reality is.....
I feel stupid!! 
Love,
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cosmic
USA
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Posted - Feb 16 2011 : 3:52:29 PM
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Welcome to nowhere, Yonatan
Love [img]icon_heart.gif[/img]
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Yonatan
Israel
849 Posts |
Posted - Feb 16 2011 : 4:54:32 PM
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Shanti
USA
4854 Posts |
Posted - Feb 16 2011 : 8:29:28 PM
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karl
United Kingdom
1812 Posts |
Posted - Feb 17 2011 : 02:45:03 AM
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manigma
India
1065 Posts |
Posted - Feb 17 2011 : 03:51:01 AM
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This must be my 3rd or 4th time sharing this quote:
EMPTINESS IS A NAME FOR NOTHINGNESS, A NAME FOR UNGRASPABILITY, A NAME FOR MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, THE WHOLE EARTH. IT IS ALSO CALLED THE REAL FORM. IN THE GREEN OF THE PINES, THE TWIST OF THE BRAMBLES, THERE IS NO GOING OR COMING. IN THE RED OF THE FLOWERS AND THE WHITE OF THE SNOW, THERE IS NO BIRTH AND NO DEATH.
JOY, ANGER, LOVE, PLEASURE -- THESE ARE BEGINNINGLESS AND ENDLESS DELUSION. ENLIGHTENMENT, PRACTICE, REALIZATION -- THESE ARE INEXHAUSTIBLE AND BOUNDLESS. THUS, EMPTINESS IS THE NAME FOR NOTHING ELSE; ALL THINGS ARE THE REAL FORM. IN ALL WORLDS, IN ALL DIRECTIONS, THERE IS NO SECOND, NO THIRD.
THEREFORE, IN THE FUNDAMENTAL VEHICLE THERE IS NO DELUSION OR ENLIGHTENMENT, NO PRACTICE OR REALIZATION. EVEN TO SPEAK OF PRACTICE AND REALIZATION IS A RELATIVE VIEW.
IN OUR SCHOOL, FROM THE FIRST ENTRY, THIS POINT SHOULD BE PRACTICED WHETHER SITTING, LYING DOWN, OR WALKING AROUND. WHEN SLEEPING, JUST SLEEPING, THERE IS NO PAST OR FUTURE. WHEN YOU AWAKEN, THERE IS NO SLEEP EITHER. THIS IS CALLED THE ABSOLUTE HOST.
~Master Ryusui
[Turning In - Osho]
http://www.oshoworld.com/e-books/se...search_title
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Yonatan
Israel
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Posted - Feb 17 2011 : 06:13:28 AM
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CarsonZi
Canada
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Posted - Feb 17 2011 : 09:51:01 AM
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I remember the exact moment I realized this same thing Yonatan. I was driving in my car (I often seem to have realizations while driving.... perhaps I should be a long haul trucker!  ) coming home from a friend's house. To me, it was pure freedom. To put to rest the idea that there was something to chase after, something to seek, something that had to be acheived. This for me was the moment I tasted real freedom. This realization resulted in a 10 minute long (or so) samadhi where the mind just rested in the freedom of knowing there was nowhere to go. Then, as the samadhi came to a gentle close I had my first "post samadhi" thought appear. That thought was "Enlightenment is not found in the mind... it is found in the moment". That first taste of freedom was the beginning of the end here. That was when I truly realized there was nowhere to go, we are already Here.
Very happy for you!
Love!
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Yonatan
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Posted - Feb 17 2011 : 11:05:00 AM
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