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Originally Posted by Lanya  Hi xexon,
I have a meditation practice in nondual awakening (if you've heard of it). Some of the ideas that came up through my experiences were that:
- There is nothing beyond what is sensed, emoted, or thought.
- There isn't a "true self" that can be sensed.
I've also read about there being an "awareness" that can't be sensed, but is always there, even when not "aware" in the traditional sense. I haven't really "experienced" that myself, only read about it, and it seems contradictory with the experience-driven thoughts above.
I guess I'm just wondering what your thoughts were on these ideas, and that apparent contradiction. |
There is only one thing in existance. God. Whatever your definition of that term may be.
God is the clay that creation is made out of.
It can assume any shape or form. When you give something a shape, you have also given it an identity apart from whatever it came from. Instead of a lump of clay, we now have a bowl. Although it is still clay, the name has changed because the shape has changed.
You are God. You're made out of the same stuff but you have a different shape. You indentify with this shape yourself, believing it to be all that you are.
If like most people, you can only pay attention to shape. The underlying sameness of all things escapes you for now.
When you learn to see the clay instead of the shapes made with it, you will know what God is, and your place within it.
The individual self is seen as the temporary thing that it is. The personal "I" dies with the body. The awareness that is left behind has no sense of self in the way we do, but it will eagerly assume whatever shape it is given.
Your soul loves to play act.
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