| Jan Panteltje 2006-09-12, 4:31 pm |
| On a sunny day (12 Sep 2006 06:28:53 -0700) it happened ozcan64@gmail.com
wrote in <1158067732.157226.183470@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>:
>So much negativity here in this topic. I don't know how I got myself
>into this.
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I have a little moment, and i will use this now to write something.
Let us simplify this to the extreme, without any 'hocus pocus'.
We all (humans) have a brain.
That brain is in essence a net of neurons, just a bit more advanced then 'animals'.
It is a 'neural net'.
And the peculiar thing about the human neural net is, that it has 2 states:
1) One state consciousness increases, we like that, and
2) one state consciousness decreases, we do not like that.
In 1) all gets brighter, we smile even if things go wrong.,. it does not matter, feelings
get deeper.
2) No matter how much money you win in the lottery,. you get pissed because you drop your coffee,
_anything_ will do.
In fact is it not these external things that happen, that run the show, it is that process within
of increasing consciousness, or not.
So how do we know what state we are in (look at map where we are?) we meditate.
meditation focusses on what happens _inside_ rather then outside.
You will see where you are at, when it changes, and finally figure out the key how to stay
with that process within.
A master is somebody who lives to be with that process within, he may or may not choose
to tell others about it.
He has 'mastered' the art of being with that process.
And you can learn from him, but the ultimate lesson is to learn to look within YOU.
Do meditation.
What meditation, and how, and taught by whom, maybe it does not matter so much, as long as
your neural net is reprogramming itself so some layer watches it[self], its own activities.
This higher layer we humans have, can use, must use to be [truly] 'knowledgeable'.
All the other stuff you bring in is secondary, something else.
If you love the true self, you love the masters, the real ones who are with the true self,
_when_ they are with the true self.
If you have those children, and maybe somehow because of hormones got into all that, then
you _should_ not use that as excuse not to do meditation..... Your understanding and _being with_
that experience will help them more then anything, any concept you can convey to them.
There are limitations, but if you love the true self you will sacrifice anything to be with it.
So, here is the light.
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