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Originally posted by Geladinhu
Here lies your problem I believe.
Those who nothing want, have it all.
And how can you want nothing? Being fully present in the moment.
The wanting is your attachment to the future and probably even to the past.
Originally posted by Mr Green
Originally posted by Geladinhu
Here lies your problem I believe.
Those who nothing want, have it all.
And how can you want nothing? Being fully present in the moment.
The wanting is your attachment to the future and probably even to the past.
I think you are totally right. To want means you have nothing but those who want nothing have everything.
I am learning to want less, to be fully in the present , to be in my now because my now is all there is.
However its easier said than done.
Originally posted by OmegaPoint
Well I just read your signature
and perhaps the truth is there is no escape
Originally posted by bsbray11
How often do you guys like feeling depressed?
You all make this sound too easy. Here I am preparing to subject myself to greater and greater hardship.
What happens when I leave happiness and joy, and take on suffering, this time trying not to wince and retreat again?
Originally posted by Geladinhu
Actually, not necessarily.
It's only difficult to do it if you keep saying it.
[edit on 13-7-2009 by Geladinhu]
Oh just the same as you, just a couple of inch's higher of the floor
And anyone who has had any experiences may understand this more than those who dont...
No expectations,
Let go of past and Future, Mine , his, Yours, why, When
Let Go
Relax
Relax a bit more
NOW
Love
It will happen a lot sooner than you might imagine.
Originally posted by OmegaPoint
I know there's joy in non-seeking non-grasping, but again, that's not what I'm talking about. Joy is a feeling. The unborn undying mind is a state of being, and awareness, of being in eternity, which is beyond feeling content.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to belittle your Joy, I too want to experience joy, and I do, but if what I'm beginning to understand about Buddhism is right, it's about liberation, not any feeling or experience, but it is about awareness now, without seeking or grasping at anyting at all, just pure acceptance.
And I don't need to be taught here, anything.
This is a mutual discussion, a mutual exploration, of what that state of being means, signifies or how it can be experienced or realized.