tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835218475794207821.post342200167346146843..comments2024-02-08T04:20:25.937-06:00Comments on Enlightenment For No One: Where Is One After SatoriMaury Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15069923174216911346noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835218475794207821.post-16739424976444569522017-08-24T09:30:49.548-05:002017-08-24T09:30:49.548-05:0008/24/2017
This is why a Teacher is necessary.
To...08/24/2017<br /><br />This is why a Teacher is necessary.<br />To bring you back to earth.<br /><br />There are some experiences that arise either in the context of meditation or<br />simply out of nowhere. The emotional overload can shatter you. Following that,<br />the perception of VAST space can keep you almost immobile for days. There is<br />the temptation to simply walk away from everything in your life since it is<br />intensely clear that no-thing matters.<br /><br />This is where, in my view, a Teacher is critical.<br /><br />The Zen advice is " Have you eaten? Then wash your bowl."<br /><br />Maharishi Mahesh Yogi said this to someone in private and that person related the<br />comment. Maharishi: "Be practical in the world".<br /><br />Gassho<br />edAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835218475794207821.post-28901886168582702182017-07-06T19:51:54.387-05:002017-07-06T19:51:54.387-05:00Well... yes this is a difficult moment. Knowing bu...Well... yes this is a difficult moment. Knowing but not being anymore! After a Satori or that kind of experience nothing is the same. What was so importante before as job, money, girlfriend, frienship, family, success etc... doesn't make much sense anymore. We don't need nothing to be happy, happiness is already there, we are just a part of everything, what ever happends in our life is fine, this is what we discover in those moments and it's amazing, this is a profound truth! Then after a while this feeling tends to disapear and the "normality" comesback, and now what?! That was a few monthes ago now I feel I'm becoming a "seeker",meditating a lot, watching a lot of spirituls videos etc... as Branden commented, I've been taken over by the ego, "that was so amazing, I miss it, I want to be there again...". It's a bit difficult to deal with that duality, in one hand I know nothing realy matters, but this is only based on a remembrance, by the other hand what I'm really feeling at this moment is anxiety about the future (and other usual negatives thinkings). So this why I feel a bit stuck, do I keep seeking for somrthing I may never get? or just stop seeking as if nothing happends?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07530994908299965652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835218475794207821.post-42965394158634904852014-11-21T08:09:48.337-06:002014-11-21T08:09:48.337-06:00I believe to not be taken over by the ego after sa...I believe to not be taken over by the ego after satori, one can choose either of two paths. Abandon the world of desires as a recluse atop a mountain awaiting enlightenment and ideally making the eternal choice after death, or diving into the game we call world, life etc. However it must be done with sincerity. The difference between before satori and after satori is now you know full well that people are your brothers and sisters. Cats, plants, they too are a part of you and you love them all, but at the same time at the end of the day you don't take it too seriously because now you know its just a game. If the stakes aren't high then its not worth playing. Please comment on this thought if you feel anyway about it. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014983820233908860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835218475794207821.post-26618154775106907122009-09-10T13:31:16.596-05:002009-09-10T13:31:16.596-05:00An answer to your excellent question deserved more...An answer to your excellent question deserved more than a comment, so I made a blog entry "What is Enlightenment," in an attempt to respond. <br /><br />Thanks again for visiting my blog and asking questions that prompt me to answer my own questions.Maury Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15069923174216911346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835218475794207821.post-80516410544789026852009-09-10T12:29:45.167-05:002009-09-10T12:29:45.167-05:00I've just started reading Jed McKenna's &q...I've just started reading Jed McKenna's "Spiritual Enlightenment", and he mentions this problem - having Satori experiences vs. awakening. I'm not sure what to make of them, but I've heard it said many times, through different sources that that which can be experienced is not it. To experience still implies an experiencer. Who, or what is that?<br /><br />Admittedly, I'm as lost as most everyone else, and I'm still trying to find my way, but I appreciate your posts on the matter. Are you seriously questioning this, or are you making a point?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com