07-26-2010, 12:06 AM
Gonzo said: "Heh. Don't these notions have impact on some of the discussions here? That is, if there is such a thing as individuality, it flies in the face of non-dualism, for one thing...in addition, it seems to me, it also impacts the notion of essence being empty, or of there being no essence at all.
Ingested crazy wisdom, eh? I hesitate to ask."
Well, to me it's very simple : either one verifies through direct experience whatever teaching one is studying or it's just philosophy. And i warn again about the hypnotic power of words. As far as i'm concerned, i've been practicing meditation for 20 years as well as studying different spiritual teachings and the realization i came to during the last 10 years or so is the direct experience of seeing what i thought or felt myself to be was only an artificial and ephemeral construct maintained in memory. So of course a good amount of useless and non-essential burden in the form of suffering to different degrees is gone with it concomitent with the emergence of what i call unconditioned awareness, which also gives a totally different view of the so-called outer world. More objective i would say because non-judgmental and non-conceptual. More fluid or more energetic. More direct, unfiltered. But i'm far from feeling that i uncovered the mystery of life. As i see it, it seems a neverending journey.
As for my ingestion of crazy wisdom, it's not what you think even though i had my share in the past of magic brews.
Ingested crazy wisdom, eh? I hesitate to ask."
Well, to me it's very simple : either one verifies through direct experience whatever teaching one is studying or it's just philosophy. And i warn again about the hypnotic power of words. As far as i'm concerned, i've been practicing meditation for 20 years as well as studying different spiritual teachings and the realization i came to during the last 10 years or so is the direct experience of seeing what i thought or felt myself to be was only an artificial and ephemeral construct maintained in memory. So of course a good amount of useless and non-essential burden in the form of suffering to different degrees is gone with it concomitent with the emergence of what i call unconditioned awareness, which also gives a totally different view of the so-called outer world. More objective i would say because non-judgmental and non-conceptual. More fluid or more energetic. More direct, unfiltered. But i'm far from feeling that i uncovered the mystery of life. As i see it, it seems a neverending journey.
As for my ingestion of crazy wisdom, it's not what you think even though i had my share in the past of magic brews.