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Post by Grave on Feb 26, 2005 5:08:25 GMT -5
Another possibilty could be if we reach a point where there is such a level of acceptance of being that one ceases questioning & be? ~Dwayne~ I GUESS THATS THE ANSWER ! THANKS
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Post by Grave on Feb 26, 2005 5:59:20 GMT -5
Another possibilty could be if we reach a point where there is such a level of acceptance of being that one ceases questioning & be? ~Dwayne~ A Perfect answer (I am writing it again becaue I can't see it on board) By the way Dwayne ..Don't you have questions ? and if you don't then do you ask yourself that why don't you have any.. I mean how does it feel?
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Post by Dwayne on Feb 26, 2005 16:40:56 GMT -5
Grave ponders: "By the way Dwayne .. Don't you have questions ? and if you don't then do you ask yourself that why don't you have any.. I mean how does it feel?"Do I have any questions? Just answered that, have I not? In grasping for the right words to describe how it is to me, your asking "how does it feel" reminds me of a story, said to be true, long ago, of a group of young Buddhist monks informed by the Master one morning that "such-&-such" a fellow student had attained a certain level of enlightenment. The young monks excitedly sought out their fellow student & found him sitting by a stream on a rock under a shade tree, still & listening. "Tell us ... is it true?" they asked. "Yes, it is." came the response. His best friend approached him, asking, "How do you feel?"He matter-of-factly replied, "As miserable as ever." ~Dwayne~
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Post by JTWolf on Feb 26, 2005 23:02:21 GMT -5
If a person had the answer to "What?" would they have the answer to any question asked?
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Post by Edina on Feb 27, 2005 9:31:28 GMT -5
I get your point JT. Sometimes the ego gets in the way and likes to make us think that we got no more questions to ask. Oh, we all are so enlightened.
Not.
There are always some unturned rocks left behind.
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Post by Edina on Feb 27, 2005 9:38:18 GMT -5
Haha, I just had to open my magic book (talking about the Messiah's Handbook here ) and it basically says the same: "To learn anything, you must put aside the safety of your ignorance." ....and ask?
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Post by JTWolf on Feb 27, 2005 10:05:18 GMT -5
Strange questions....hmmm....I like em! Here's one; If you only had one word to be said one time and no more would you communicate, and on that one word, the fate of worlds would rest, what would be that word? And why?
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Post by Edina on Feb 27, 2005 22:53:11 GMT -5
Interesting question.
Mine would be: listen.
What would be yours?
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Post by JTWolf on Feb 27, 2005 23:46:34 GMT -5
Very good word....listen. Too little of that happens these days. My word would be....LOVE. Why is; through love can all things be overcome. Love of self, love of friend, love of stranger, love of life, love of living, love of learning......the list goes on. You get the idea. I imagine the great minds of all the worlds pondering that one Word from beyond, and all the transient meanings that could be implied to it and the final analysis and outcome of that one word. Then having it put into practise. Take the phrase, "love your enemy". Now, how can one love their enemy? Afterall, if you loved your enemy, how then can they be called an enemy. I think it means that through loving your enemy you can then gain an understanding of whys they might be your enemy and learn a path around a future possible "enemy", thus not having another "enemy". Let alone being able to reconcile why they are your enemy in the first place and through that reconciliation, gaining an ally! If you didn't love your enemy, then you would have anger, and anger leads to a dead end street when it comes to learning. I sure don't want to learn more about anything I have anger against. I'm done. NO more needs to be said about that particular thing/being. I'm angry and that's all I need to know. Not how can I be/do to change that. Those/them that I am angry against needs to do/be/change in order for me to accept. Anger puts my responsibility for living on someone else, when it is mine. And that's just one tiny example. Love, in the deeper sense, overcomes all that. Could you imagine a world/life when all beings within it understood that one word and put it into practise? As blotter would say, "Yumyumyum, crunchcrunch!" *grin* Okay, off to the hay stack......got a Health food store that I need to visulize to get the layout of how it's supposed to be. Must open on April 2cnd! Time to put into practise some of the truths RB spoke to us! Nite, JT
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Post by Dwayne on Feb 28, 2005 0:50:24 GMT -5
Couldn't agree with you more, JTWolf. ~Dwayne~
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Post by Grave on Feb 28, 2005 2:50:28 GMT -5
Grave ponders: "By the way Dwayne .. Don't you have questions ? and if you don't then do you ask yourself that why don't you have any.. I mean how does it feel?"Do I have any questions? Just answered that, have I not? a group of young Buddhist monks informed by the Master one morning that "such-&-such" a fellow student had attained a certain level of enlightenment. The young monks excitedly sought out their fellow student & found him sitting by a stream on a rock under a shade tree, still & listening. "Tell us ... is it true?" they asked. "Yes, it is." came the response. His best friend approached him, asking, "How do you feel?"He matter-of-factly replied, "As miserable as ever." ~Dwayne~ Hee Hee.. Tell me we aren't addicted to this misery. But Dwayne(*the resigned GOD*), tell me please.. Is this addiction because of our honesty or because of our ego? Grave
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Post by Grave on Feb 28, 2005 2:52:22 GMT -5
If a person had the answer to "What?" would they have the answer to any question asked? Hi JT I'm a bit confused JT .. do we not have answers to "what" isn't the sticky part "Why" ? Grave (I guess we can answer most "Whats") Please elaborate.
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Post by Grave on Feb 28, 2005 2:54:44 GMT -5
Sometimes the ego gets in the way and likes to make us think that we got no more questions to ask. There are always some unturned rocks left behind. I agree, "ego" intially plays an important part in growth, until one day we can just smile at ourselves and wondner..."what a fool have I been". And I wonder how many rocks do we need to turn, I want to ask "Is every Man(woman) for himself(herself) ? DAMN! I keep on asking question but hink I'm over with them... (EGO?) Grave
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Post by Grave on Feb 28, 2005 2:56:19 GMT -5
Haha, I just had to open my magic book (talking about the Messiah's Handbook here ) and it basically says the same: "To learn anything, you must put aside the safety of your ignorance." ....and ask? ....yea... and start answering honestly.
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Post by Grave on Feb 28, 2005 3:00:39 GMT -5
Strange questions....hmmm....I like em! Here's one; If you only had one word to be said one time and no more would you communicate, and on that one word, the fate of worlds would rest, what would be that word? And why? What a question! (hats off) "End" This is because I think even me as a soul that learns is an illusion. I am no one and I have no one else. On my own, I can hardly think of an answer to how does "I" live as "I" and in it us(or I as us). And that is it the Charachter(role) of "I" to think and create US who think We exist? Is I a role too like us by even some one beyond roles? I would want to end these questions and answers journey and rest there where the End is. And when I said "I want to" that would mean fate of the whole world. I don't know how many would like to come out of this illusion. It needs courage.. I guess even I am not ready for it yet. But all in all this is what I'd say. Thanks for such a wonderful question JT. Grave(A measley learner)
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