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practice log
Jacki, muokattu 7 Vuodet sitten at 5.9.2016 0:35
Created 8 Vuodet ago at 1.11.2015 16:03
practice log
Viestejä: 5 Liittymispäivä: 1.11.2015 Viimeisimmät viestitKaralee Peltomaa, muokattu 8 Vuodet sitten at 1.11.2015 21:52
Created 8 Vuodet ago at 1.11.2015 21:52
RE: practice log --- self inquiry and non-duality practice
Viestejä: 401 Liittymispäivä: 19.6.2014 Viimeisimmät viestit
So, from what you report as a result of self-enquiry, there is really not much to say about ourselves except that we are aware of being aware. That has been my conclusion when I've had a very good look. Everything I ever thought was me is not me and everythng I thought was not me is from me. I can get into the viewpoint of having caused everything, and into a viewpoint that wants to surprise itself. I think the problem lies in getting myself stuck.
To carry on from awareness of awareness, I seem to have the desire to know, and to create. It seems that what is important is what I say is important and I seem to have an URGE from which I form goals, and creations to fulfill those goals which seems to give me desired sensations, such as bliss. And my interactions seem to be stuck in a postulated and created universe that includes time and so I have a past that I can get stuck with.
My current practice involves self-enquiry into Life and its purposes, and re-discovering how to be complementary with the original intent of this universe. On a visceral level it is some work to get unglued from the hellishness of non-life viewpoints and interactions. I think the Buddha went far in achieving this while he sat unflinching under the Bodhi tree.
From above, my next logical self enquire as aware of being aware, is, "Do I have a basic urge? If so, what is it?". I take it from there, from whatever answers I get. The further I go with this logically methodical questioning the better I see how I arrived at my current condition within this particular universe/mind.... End of disconnect.
To carry on from awareness of awareness, I seem to have the desire to know, and to create. It seems that what is important is what I say is important and I seem to have an URGE from which I form goals, and creations to fulfill those goals which seems to give me desired sensations, such as bliss. And my interactions seem to be stuck in a postulated and created universe that includes time and so I have a past that I can get stuck with.
My current practice involves self-enquiry into Life and its purposes, and re-discovering how to be complementary with the original intent of this universe. On a visceral level it is some work to get unglued from the hellishness of non-life viewpoints and interactions. I think the Buddha went far in achieving this while he sat unflinching under the Bodhi tree.
From above, my next logical self enquire as aware of being aware, is, "Do I have a basic urge? If so, what is it?". I take it from there, from whatever answers I get. The further I go with this logically methodical questioning the better I see how I arrived at my current condition within this particular universe/mind.... End of disconnect.
Jacki, muokattu 7 Vuodet sitten at 5.9.2016 0:36
Created 8 Vuodet ago at 2.11.2015 20:39
practice log
Viestejä: 5 Liittymispäivä: 1.11.2015 Viimeisimmät viestitJack Hatfield, muokattu 8 Vuodet sitten at 4.11.2015 11:55
Created 8 Vuodet ago at 4.11.2015 11:55
RE: practice log --- self inquiry and non-duality practice
Viestejä: 98 Liittymispäivä: 5.7.2010 Viimeisimmät viestit
Jaki,
How do you do self-inquiry? I find some people might be better served if they do self-inquiry in a different way.
One example: If you wanted to see what was in a box, you wouldn't just keep saying, what is in the box. You would look in it.
How do you do self-inquiry? I find some people might be better served if they do self-inquiry in a different way.
One example: If you wanted to see what was in a box, you wouldn't just keep saying, what is in the box. You would look in it.
Jacki, muokattu 7 Vuodet sitten at 5.9.2016 0:37
Created 8 Vuodet ago at 10.12.2015 14:01
RE: practice log
Viestejä: 5 Liittymispäivä: 1.11.2015 Viimeisimmät viestitDerek, muokattu 8 Vuodet sitten at 11.12.2015 6:55
Created 8 Vuodet ago at 11.12.2015 6:55
RE: practice log --- self inquiry and non-duality practice
Viestejä: 326 Liittymispäivä: 21.7.2010 Viimeisimmät viestitJacki:
I do find "who am i" to be a bit too conceptual.
Yes, the problem with "Who am I" is that educated Westerners think they're being asked to produce a verbal answer.
It's intended to be more like a goad to direct the mind inward. The object of attention becomes the nature of experience itself, and in particular the experience of a sense of personal identity -- which turns out, when investigated, to be about as solid as a mirage.