Seekers on Unique Paths
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Viva_Daddy
(785 posts)GliderGuider
(21,088 posts)I finally started it - it seems I had to be ready for it. His pointers are so powerful and clear they drop me straight into the witness every time I pick the book up. The sense of "I am" is pretty constant now - if I notice that I've started to drive around in my concepts, simply asking "Who is thinking?" puts everything back in place. Satchitananda, and all that...
Viva_Daddy
(785 posts)In the last few years, I have preferred to read Western writers on the subject: people like Sailor Bob, John Wheeler, Annette Nibley, Scott Kiloby, Nathan Gill, and especially Douglas Harding. Coming from my academic background, I find Western writers easier to relate to.
GliderGuider
(21,088 posts)I've encountered Sailor Bob and Harding, but not the others. Do you teach?
Viva_Daddy
(785 posts)GliderGuider
(21,088 posts)Last edited Sun Aug 12, 2012, 02:11 PM - Edit history (3)
Your pointer to John Wheeler just caused something that felt a lot like learning...
Thank you.
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Edited to add: No, it felt a lot like stopping.
The point is simple: Just ... Stop.
I wonder if that message is so hard to hear because our monkey-minds tell us things like this: "Being is doing, doing is being. If you stop doing you will stop being. I don't want to stop being!!! So don't stop, do something!!!"
And then seekers who are "on a path" can say things back to their monkey-minds like, "Don't worry, it's OK. I am doing something - I'm learning how to Stop."
And the monkey says, "Oh well, learning about Stopping isn't Stopping. Learning is OK. Just make sure you don't Stop."
And the monkey-mind calms down and goes back to sleep in the corner while the seeker goes on learning, and not Stopping.
I think I'll stop now.