urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:presentnonexist cee cee 2004-07-20T14:31:31Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:presentnonexist:40320 2004-07-20T14:31:31Z 2004-07-20T14:31:31Z Compassion is natural in relations with others. But before spending too much time on it, and if you are ready, why not inspect the whole matter in a much deeper way. <br /><br />When you have compassion for another, a big assumption has already been made. You are assuming that there is someone else that is (different from) not you. You have assumed you are somebody or something or you wouldn&#8217;t be cognizing someone or something &#8220;else&#8221;. Before you go about trying to correct or help the apparent others, it is wise to see if there really are any others and who it is that is assuming such a thing. In order to know if there are any others you should first see who it is that cognizes them. <br /><br />Who sees the others? This seems like such a remedial question, yet to honestly and sincerely ask it could change your whole outlook to the point of radical joy. Understanding the truth of your own existence will clear up the question of how to treat others. <br /><br />If you inspect the conceiving of those others, who perhaps need your compassion, you may come to the understanding that there are no others unless you imagine them.<br /><br />Consider your dream state. You may have deep compassion for the others in your dreams, and go about all kinds of maneuvering to help them out, yet upon waking you see the whole thing was a bunch of mind fluff. Not only were the others unreal, but yourself as a dream character was unreal. Is it ultimately important to spend time nursing phantoms? Is dispassion called for?<br /> <br /><br />Teachings about dispassion toward the world and others are meant to turn your attention inward toward the source of all arising phenomena. The whole notion of others depends on who you are taking yourself to be. If you are an ant, the others will appear to be ants. If you are a dream character of some kind, the others will appear accordingly. Instead of looking outward towards the others, try looking at yourself. If it is obvious you are not an ant or a dream character, what makes you think you are a human being? Is a human body your real identity? When attention is turned inward toward the essence of your own existence it is possible to discover the wonderful truth of who you really are. Dispassion towards what seems to be outside of you is simply a tool to quiet the mind and thus wake up to what is real about yourself and others. <br /><br />Dispassion gets interesting when it is directed at your own assumed identity. The real dispassion should be toward your own persona because all the &#8220;others&#8221; stem from that initial assumption. Instead of assuming an identity as a human being and then trying to be compassionate toward the apparently human others, it is more wise to question your own identity. <br /><br />When you deeply and thoroughly look at your self, where do you find your self? If you find yourself objectively, can it really be you? To be dispassionate toward what you have wrongly taken to be yourself will allow you great clarity and freedom. When there are no notions about yourself and others, what remains? To find this out for yourself is liberation.<br /><br />Once found, it is so enjoyable that no dispassion is needed! When you know who you really are, it is clear that there is only one Self with no others. If there appear to be others they are yourself. From this point of view where is the need for compassion?<br />. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:presentnonexist:39989 2003-11-20T04:32:46Z 2003-11-20T04:32:46Z Master Nome, (cee's beloved teacher)<br />timeless shapeless consciousness<br />has penned the perennial wisdom of Being<br />in a new book "SELF KNOWLEDGE"<br />available at <a href="http://www.satramana.org/html/self_knowledge.htm">http://www.satramana.org/html/self_knowledge.htm</a><br /><br />REALLY, <br />it is all you need to know,<br />THE (your) SELF.<br /><br /><br /><br />with love and all the help you need,<br />cee urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:presentnonexist:39886 2003-07-22T11:51:14Z 2003-07-22T11:51:14Z at some point the body became inert<br />like a lamp post <br />just this enormous radiation<br />certainly not from it<br />more like through it<br />in spite of it, outshining it <br />and everything urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:presentnonexist:39670 2003-06-23T02:19:37Z 2003-06-23T02:19:37Z *<br />*<br />*<br />one thought, one heartbeat, one foot<br />follows the next<br />yet<br />a ripple never occurs<br />in your perfect peace<br />*<br />*<br />* urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:presentnonexist:39377 2003-06-21T03:41:01Z 2003-06-21T03:41:01Z this dream<br />can be an open door<br />out of ALL dreaming<br />just reverse your outlook<br />look into the origin <br />of the character you assume urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:presentnonexist:38950 2003-05-10T00:21:30Z 2003-05-10T00:21:30Z *<br />*<br />*<br />some people in every era <br />really want to understand<br />most want to be comfortable and consoled<br />some will challenge their own beliefs<br />most won't<br />*<br />but in every era of (apparent) human history<br />there is at least one enlightened being<br />he/she/it may speak or remain silent<br />nonetheless <br />he/she/it is the OPEN DOOR to existence itself<br />*<br />*<br />* urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:presentnonexist:38803 2003-05-01T10:05:26Z 2003-05-01T10:05:26Z "<br />used to make a lot of art<br />painted myself into a corner!<br />*<br />the highest art -<br />discovering there is no artist<br />" urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:presentnonexist:38554 2003-04-29T04:50:31Z 2003-04-29T04:50:31Z *<br />throw in the towel<br />*<br />give up the ghost<br />*<br />abandon the persona<br />*<br />die while alive<br />* urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:presentnonexist:38191 2003-04-29T04:43:14Z 2003-04-29T04:43:14Z *<br />utter complete peace<br />AND (equals)<br />extreme awareness<br />*<br />exactly aware of every minute detail AS oneself <br />every cell pulsing with life into (as) every other cell<br />subject is object <br />environment IS oneself<br />no difference anywhere<br />who hears this silence?<br />who can fathom this profound joy?<br /><br />*<br />utter complete peace<br />AND (equals)<br />extreme awareness<br />* urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:presentnonexist:38083 2003-04-21T01:22:53Z 2003-04-21T01:22:53Z play pass it's a gas<br />i alone exists<br />up down all around <br />i alone exits<br />live dead in yer head<br />i alone exists<br />in out all about<br />i alone exists urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:presentnonexist:37703 2003-03-11T16:19:35Z 2003-03-11T16:19:35Z *<br />*<br />*<br />some modern teachers give much validity <br />to the world <br />like you are supposed<br />to realize the Absolute and then kind of <br />reemerge in the world more radiant and loving <br />and save all sentient beings. or be more exactly <br />here (meaning more here as a human being in a world) <br />or be here now (making what appears &#8220;now&#8221; real) <br /><br />do you think that &#8220;awakening from all fixed points of view&#8221; <br />has a point from which to view from? <br />humanness is a point of view. <br /><br />the world IS an illusion. (ancient scriptures were<br />not just kidding or trying to make hell for spiritual seekers) <br />find the truth in that statement <br />and THEN see if you can come back to a world<br />and love and save everybody<br /><br />as to how an awakened being is supposed to act---<br />some awakened ones appear loving, some don&#8217;t<br />if they are really awake &#8211;there is NO identity<br />how they appear to "others" has nothing to do with them <br /><br />how can something formless and absolute <br />manifest in ANY particular way <br />in an apparent world of form? <br /><br />there is only ONE dreamer <br />only one wakes<br />the only enlightenment there is<br />is your own urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:presentnonexist:37469 2003-03-11T05:34:17Z 2003-03-11T05:34:17Z *<br />*<br />was talking to awesboss about lucid dreaming <br />so we decide in this dream to meet tonight in that <br />dream and we would buy some dream incense just <br />like these two dream characters had just bought <br />some dream incense <br /><br />in the dream you could <br />see the incense all colors and sizes <br />(there was one huge stick about the size of a baseball bat) <br />feel the fluffy incense with dream fingers <br />the fragrance was amazing even though <br />there are no real eyes or ears or nose<br />to actually perceive any thing<br />* <br />both the day dream and the night dream (seem to) <br />occur in the now&#8212;fully equipped with corresponding <br />time and space<br />there is exactly NO difference between the two<br />*<br />so who is experiencing the dream(s)? <br />sense organs couldn&#8217;t possibly be the lens of experiencing <br />as they are not real in either dream <br />how could the fragrance of incense be perceived <br />-when dream senses have no power of themselves to function? <br />is there some individual entity behind these dream characters <br />with dream senses that is perceiving dream objects? <br />who gives validity to the dream? <br />and where exactly would that perceiving entity be? <br />inside a dream body?<br /><br />there is no individual perceiver or experiencer to be found anywhere<br />which gives exactly no (objective) validity to <br />the objects of perception<br /><br />sweet and pungent. <br /><br />awesboss seemed to have the same experience. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:presentnonexist:37139 2003-03-11T05:30:47Z 2003-03-11T05:30:47Z <b>[Bad username: was talking to awesboss about lucid dreaming so we decide in this dream to meet tonight in that dream and we would buy some dream incense just like these two dream characters had just bought some dream incense in the dream you could see the incense all colors and sizes (there was one huge stick about the size of a baseball bat) feel the fluffy incense with dream fingers the fragrance was amazing even though there are no real eyes or ears or nose to actually perceive any thing * both the day dream and the night dream (seem to) occur in the now—fully equipped with corresponding time and space there is exactly NO difference between the two * so who is experiencing the dream(s)? sense organs couldn’t possibly be the lens of experiencing as they are not real in either dream how could the fragrance of incense be perceived -when dream senses have no power of themselves to function? is there some individual entity behind these dream characters with dream senses that is perceiving dream objects? who gives validity to the dream? and where exactly would that perceiving entity be? inside a dream body? there is no individual perceiver or experiencer to be found anywhere which gives exactly no (objective) validity to the objects of perception sweet and pungent. awesboss seemed to have the same experience. ]</b> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:presentnonexist:36905 2003-03-09T04:05:55Z 2003-03-09T15:36:30Z *<br />nonperception of objects<br />* urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:presentnonexist:36797 2003-03-08T04:22:04Z 2003-03-08T04:22:04Z *<br /><br /><br />having fallen into the <br />well of peace<br />ubiquitous <br />effulgent<br />deep bright silence<br />needless to say i don&#8217;t go out anymore<br />swooning in bliss<br />in fact it is impossible<br />as all of the universes have fallen in (with) me<br />and dissolved urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:presentnonexist:36561 2003-03-05T03:37:47Z 2003-03-05T03:37:47Z *<br /><br /><br />drove by a billboard today<br />for a movie i guess<br />it said: <br />"The Only Way out is through the Core"<br />the words ring true in a spiritual sense.<br />because if you want out of the round of births and deaths <br />there is only <br />one way<br />out.<br />Do you think that people who commit suicide actually get out?<br />not a chance.<br />physical existence occurs in mind.<br />if someone puts an end to their apparent physical form<br />it doesn't end much.<br />mind goes on<br />dreaming goes on<br />another body, another world, another drama<br />bodies worlds and dramas occur for as long as <br />MIND MAKES THEM.<br />*<br /><br /><br />"The Only Way out is through the Core"<br />what is "core"?<br />the best definition the dictionary comes up with is: <br />"the basic or most important part; the essence"<br />so if someone wants out<br />the only way out for that someone is<br />for that someone to <br />find the core.<br />the core of what?<br />the core of that someone.<br />there is no mind at the core.<br />*<br />*<br />if you want out<br />*<br />find your own core <br /><br /><br /><br />* urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:presentnonexist:36107 2003-03-04T02:00:23Z 2003-03-04T02:00:23Z *<br />understanding the world to be illusory<br />your whole life a dream<br />all your loved ones phantoms<br />your own persona a joke <br />all this <br />may seem to make everything<br />worthless or futile.<br />but exactly the opposite is true!<br />*<br />if a dream <br />or a lifetime <br />or loved ones seem to occur<br />it is of the greatest value <br />and wonderful indeed<br />*<br />for All are (is) the Perfect Self<br /><br /><br />* urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:presentnonexist:35900 2003-03-02T21:32:55Z 2003-03-09T15:30:58Z *<br />finally found my place<br />where there is no such thing as <br />"my" or "place"<br />utter dissolution<br />*<br />no one sees me <br />i experience no other <br />*<br /><br />funny thing is <br />the apparent dissolution<br />was of nothing <br />that ever really was<br />* urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:presentnonexist:35672 2003-02-28T05:28:41Z 2003-03-01T03:00:02Z *<br /><br /><br />the (apparent to some) body<br />thin veil<br />mirror -no, really more like an open window<br />to DIVINE ALIVENESS <br /><br />*<br />jesus, if you were to hide in cees pocket everyday<br />like thumbelina or tom thumb<br />you wouldn't find any truth at all<br />just boring redundancy<br />grocery shopping <br />coffee toilet breaks <br />paying bills.<br /><br />where is the enlightenment?<br />*<br />look THROUGH the body<br />hers, your own<br /><br />can you find the core?<br />*<br /><br /><br />this is not a poem<br /><br />* urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:presentnonexist:35401 2003-02-28T04:46:29Z 2003-02-28T04:46:29Z just undrstand this simple thing:<br /><br />everything is for (from) I urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:presentnonexist:35228 2003-02-28T04:41:16Z 2003-02-28T04:41:16Z deep<br />* <br />deep well of Being<br />fathomless Deepness<br />*<br />the core of Existence<br />*<br />"core" -- "existence"<br />what possible meaning could these words have?<br /><br />*<br />it's difficult to come out here --to the dream.<br />and speak words<br />fingers punching keys (HA! HA!)<br />*<br />like words actually stand for something!<br />*<br />hermits, mystics, sages...<br />who gleens their wisdom?<br />*<br />we (all/I) <br />always saying the same thing<br />*<br />"look inside yourself"<br />* urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:presentnonexist:34987 2003-02-06T05:43:31Z 2003-02-07T02:46:32Z *<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />so long since .... words here<br />no more or less potent than<br />stomach grumbling<br />sometimes a flicker of a dream <br />speaking about Existence (ha! ha!)<br />flowers incense white clothes on and no one in <br />the room cept i-n-i<br />deeply keenly aware<br />christ! the mouth opens and light spews forth<br />nightmares are the same as celestial bliss<br />no differentiation possible<br />nothing occuring <br />sleeping deeply with eyes wide open<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />* urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:presentnonexist:34730 2003-02-02T02:15:24Z 2003-02-02T02:15:24Z there is only now<br />enlightenment can never be at a future time<br />time is an error occuring in mind<br />mind is illusory<br />concepts of time/space are superfluous<br />all concepts of identity are nil<br />mind is superfluous/dead<br />nothing has ever occured<br />YOU (i) alone IS<br />Consciousness/Awareness is all there IS<br />BEING IS BLISS urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:presentnonexist:34431 2002-11-14T11:08:27Z 2002-11-14T11:08:27Z *<br />*<br />"i" can not become choiceless awareness<br />*<br />I Am Choiceless Awareness Itself<br />*<br />* urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:presentnonexist:34251 2002-10-26T10:47:30Z 2002-10-26T10:47:30Z *<br />assume nothing<br />*<br />don't assume a thing<br />*<br />ass u me