John Butler - Discussion
That cat is the real deal. It's a joy to hear him speak, like a drink of clear water from a mountain stream.
Thanks for that.
Thanks for that.
What's interesting is that when people get advanced enough they just look at it as: "Here's darkness and here's the light. This is away from God and here is God." Yet the path they got to was roundabout for a number of years.
He does say that, but he uses that analogy as thinking mind vs. nature of mind, from what I can see.
The "self" always needs some kind of practice or thing it is "doing" or sense of agency to get to the point where it can see that none of that exists. It's merely working within the "relative" framework that the thinking mind understands - the "I" as a separate self with its own drive, determination and ability to create future actions.
When the reality of unity is seen, it IS understood to be simplistic. Having it explained from that perspective can REALLY be annoying for those with overdeveloped intellects.
seth tapper:
It seems to me that God is just everyday reality. I have not understood that quite so clearly before. This is it folks.
Yes, though I see even the idea of a God that isn't inseparable as "just this" still an illusory separateness, so I shy away from that as a terminology.
Indeed, as Watts said, "This is it".
Or:
"It is right in front of you!" - Huang Po
