tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835218475794207821.post429223635834010891..comments2024-02-08T04:20:25.937-06:00Comments on Enlightenment For No One: Conscious CreativityMaury Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15069923174216911346noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835218475794207821.post-75798622244725573832009-02-23T11:41:00.000-06:002009-02-23T11:41:00.000-06:00Of course there's a director:In "Wholeness and the...Of course there's a director:<BR/><BR/>In "Wholeness and the Implicate Order," David Bohm called IT ‘Undivided Wholeness in Flowing Movement.'<BR/><BR/>In non-duality circles people call IT "Presence Awareness," and like to use capital letters.<BR/><BR/>Walking out of the grocery store yesterday I called IT "Absence" and it felt just as impersonally personal as "Presence."<BR/><BR/>Don't matter what you call IT, this Director don't come and don't go.Ron Marsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15593363364209491583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835218475794207821.post-10191484984366459442009-02-23T09:44:00.000-06:002009-02-23T09:44:00.000-06:00What appears very often seems hilarious. The grea...What appears very often seems hilarious. The great cosmic joke. It happens, and the thought arises: by Christ did I ever take all that unbelievably seriously. What a relief. Relief for no one, but relief nonetheless! And of course there's no director, silly.No One In Particularhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465987207757191972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835218475794207821.post-48752489872143868382009-02-23T06:09:00.000-06:002009-02-23T06:09:00.000-06:00Ah...........we've got a dance going on here. A pl...Ah...........we've got a dance going on here. A play withing a play. Is there a director anywhere in the house?Maury Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15069923174216911346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835218475794207821.post-59448823236451159972009-02-23T02:56:00.000-06:002009-02-23T02:56:00.000-06:00Dear No One in Particular,Yeah, I tell my mind to ...Dear No One in Particular,<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I tell my mind to shut the f*** up all the time, and it never listens.<BR/><BR/>RonRon Marsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15593363364209491583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835218475794207821.post-53270503263075065492009-02-23T01:00:00.000-06:002009-02-23T01:00:00.000-06:00Liked Ron's comment but I'm somewhat concerned for...Liked Ron's comment but I'm somewhat concerned for his welfare. Ron, staying aware that this is all of course just the story, and that's there's really no cause and effect, and everything is simply appearance, and it all seems to move in and out of nothing, blah blah blah etc etc (non-duality standard double-speak), have you ever tried telling your mind to just shut the f*** up?No One In Particularhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465987207757191972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835218475794207821.post-81545634372736569662009-02-20T13:50:00.000-06:002009-02-20T13:50:00.000-06:00Hi Maury,Like you, I experience qualities to great...Hi Maury,<BR/><BR/>Like you, I experience qualities to greater and lesser degrees: less identification, less desire, less duality overall; and more peace, more flow, more unity overall. These are stories in my mind that arise and disappear in time.<BR/><BR/>Like you, I want to create more consciously (less unconsciously), act more positively (less negatively), imagine a world of love, care, and social justice, and act to bring it to pass. These too are stories in my mind that arise and disappear in time.<BR/><BR/>Some people pursue money, fame, sex and power with compulsive passion. I pursue unity with compulsive passion, hang around blogs like yours, try to wrap my mind around and make sense of the Absolute, knowing full well that it's a fools errand. This too is a mind game, clearly seen. It is what I currently do.<BR/><BR/>Well.... What has all of the above got to do with me? Everything, obviously. And also nothing. It is this 'nothing' that ignites my passion. I'd like to compare notes with you on 'nothing' (absolute fullness). Here is what is noticed here:<BR/><BR/>1. Loving 'nothing' paradoxically places me in the flow of life, serving the need of each new moment. Attending to 'nothing' serves up a beautiful, conscious, creative, joyful dream.<BR/><BR/>2. 'Nothing' first appeared to come and go as peak experience. Now it appears as continuous background, always here. These are ways my mind experiences 'nothing' in translation. Perhaps it is better to say 'nothing' simply IS, neither continuous nor discontinuous.<BR/><BR/>3. My experience of self (mind) is of discontinuity, a blinking off and on within 'nothing'. 'Off' is free attention untranslated by mind. 'On' is conditioned attention mediated by mind. Off/on can be noticed cycling up to several times a second, and over much longer periods too. Free attention (off) of short duration it is more subtle than subtle. Free attention (off) of longer duration is flow ('doing' God's will).<BR/><BR/>4. Everything moves in and out of 'nothing'. Everything turns out to be the dream. 'Nothing' turns out to be reality. This is immediate and obvious anytime I STOP (turn off) and look.<BR/><BR/>5. In 'nothing' (stopping, off) there is no story of I, no past, no present, no future, no opposites, no guilt, no fear, no experience, no becoming, no drama, no life, no death, no nothing. Everything still appears, moving in and out of 'nothing' (as quantum physicists say).<BR/><BR/>6. The way I seemingly choose to suffer these days is wanting more of 'nothing.' How sweet these never-ending antics of my mind, working to keep me safe and secure and separate.<BR/><BR/>RonRon Marsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15593363364209491583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835218475794207821.post-12050523507697198512009-02-19T06:18:00.000-06:002009-02-19T06:18:00.000-06:00Great Post from No One in particular. It's all smo...Great Post from No One in particular. It's all smoke and mirrors, intention and inattention, joy and sorry, seeming separation and seeming union. All good. No one to judge. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the wonderful post.Maury Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15069923174216911346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835218475794207821.post-12429966635978797762009-02-19T00:59:00.000-06:002009-02-19T00:59:00.000-06:00Non duality and duality are oneness. Whatever ari...Non duality and duality are oneness. Whatever arises in awareness, or seems to, is perfect. Any judging thoughts about it all are just Oneness, thought-ing. It is so simple. Nothing is happening. It's all merely appearance, and all of it miraculous, including pain and suffering. Including the pile of dog poo on the pavement. The apparent separate individual makes deals with oneness, along the lines of, if I do this and that, and finally the individual dies, then there will be just oneness and that involves being unselfconscious and love and bliss and everything's better. Oneness is already oneness. This, just as it is, whatever it seems to be, is perfect and in balance. There is no one, so there is no one who can "awaken". Whatever arises is whatever arises. Unconditional love allows everything. It is itself, no matter what the appearance. Too simple for the mind. It is all right here, and it was ever thus.No One In Particularhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465987207757191972noreply@blogger.com