Sorry, I couldn't help itanomniverseMay 30 2008, 04:14:36 UTC
Is decreeing something to be 'wrong' not embracing duality? 'Right' vs. 'Wrong'.
Yeah, it is. ioncedreamtyou chose his words poorly. That's all.
I don't find that understanding the apparent duality of the physical universe takes me further from the higher reality of unity.
You're right. Even if duality is artificial, it is reality as we see it in every day lives. We aren't here to destroy our egos- THAT is blatant duality. Indeed to achieve enlightenment, ego and imagination must be at work... in particular ways. Impermanence is at the root of everything, and clinging to some sensation of ego-death will only bring suffering. Ego, in a sense, ought to be embraced.
I had a moment the other week when I was meditating on the idea of this physical experience as illusion. I've long held the belief that this is illusion. Then a voice in my head (my Higher Self, God-Self, True Self, whatever word you like to use) floated through with the question, "Do you PERCEIVE the illusion?" I had to admit that I do indeed perceive it. "All that we perceive is real."
Is decreeing something to be 'wrong' not embracing duality? 'Right' vs. 'Wrong'.
Yeah, it is. ioncedreamtyou chose his words poorly. That's all.
I don't find that understanding the apparent duality of the physical universe takes me further from the higher reality of unity.
You're right. Even if duality is artificial, it is reality as we see it in every day lives. We aren't here to destroy our egos- THAT is blatant duality. Indeed to achieve enlightenment, ego and imagination must be at work... in particular ways. Impermanence is at the root of everything, and clinging to some sensation of ego-death will only bring suffering. Ego, in a sense, ought to be embraced.
I had a moment the other week when I was meditating on the idea of this physical experience as illusion. I've long held the belief that this is illusion. Then a voice in my head (my Higher Self, God-Self, True Self, whatever word you like to use) floated through with the question, "Do you PERCEIVE the illusion?" I had to admit that I do indeed perceive it. "All that we perceive is real."
What perceives it?
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Awareness.
That's all.
That's all I am, at my most fundamental level. A point of awareness in a sea of consciousness.
& Yet... the drop of water IS the sea.
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