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Comment on How I learned to stop arguing with reality and pick up my children’s socks by Davidya

Davidya — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:15:40 +0000

(I’m back for 2 days, then off to internet-less land…

Comment on How I learned to stop arguing with reality and pick up my children’s socks by Davidya

Davidya — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:14:44 +0000

Thanks, Louise.
What you will find is the other planes are not really other at all but here and now. There is no difference between inner experience and outer, except that we segregate them mentally.

As for joy, its true we can better appreciate joy after experiencing pain. But if you experience full unadulterated joy, it will be by comparison to prior memories of joy. It will overshadow any idea of “happiness” you may ever have help before. Whats really remarkable is that it’s possible to get used to that joy as a constant presence. That is what is now happening for many, many people.

We live in a most remarkable time.

Comment on pause by Davidya

Davidya — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:07:12 +0000

Thanks, Shilpan.
Am back from the first round for a couple of days to close the work project. The computer moves Wednesday. Not sure when I’ll be back online after that. Really looking forward to the holiday within.

Comment on pause by Davidya

Davidya — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:04:42 +0000

Thanks, SD.
Just back from the main part of the move. I ain’t 21 anymore, so am rather stiff. But the new place is gorgeous - surrounded by parks, etc. I have to figure out how to get net-connected there tho.

Comment on How I learned to stop arguing with reality and pick up my children’s socks by Louise

Louise — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:47:39 +0000

Don’t think I could fully understand the meaning of joy unless I had experienced its opposite. I feel gratitude for everything that has come to me in this life for it has strengthend my spirit. My meaning in the use of the term “plane” would be the place we find ourselves when we are “out of form,” no longer bond onto the Earth. Hope your time of rest is everything you hoped for, Davidya!

Comment on pause by Shilpan|successsoul.com

Shilpan|successsoul.com — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:17:57 +0000

Davidya ~

I will miss you dearly for the moth as a friend and an inspirational force. It’s only a month so all is not bad. See you in a bit. I hope you enjoy conversation with the self.

Shilpan

Comment on pause by Shadowduck

Shadowduck — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:39:25 +0000

Hope the move and retreats go well! I look forward to your return.

Comment on It can be easier by Davidya

Davidya — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:41:19 +0000

Hi Tom
Many ins and outs in the process, yes. Nadeen wrote a whole book on the myths to overcome. There is only one awakening from the ego. A switch but a process around that. A before and an after in the integration.

When the Self moves forward and absorbs the heart, there is a second opening. Its not usually called an awakening but is described as another shift in consciousness or a realization. It’s quite distinct from the experience of first awakening as the aliveness is now seen everywhere.

When the Self moves forward and absorbs the lower centers, there is a second waking, a yet higher state described as Unity. The Self is now everywhere. It also has a distinct shift when the entire reality ceases and is seen completely differently. Even the whole identity goes.

Another way to look at them is waking from the dream of individual, the dream of universe, and the dream of God or creation. Only after waking from the whole dream is reality fully seen.

Suzanne described the first and third. She’ll have to continue refinement and pick up the middle. Adyashanti, like some others, jumped forward and did some of each, coming back to integrate them later.

Different teachers reached different levels so have different teachings about the process. This is where the value of old teachings comes in. It gives context to the process that is now becoming more common again.

Comment on It can be easier by Tom Stine

Tom Stine — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:46:05 +0000

The process is starting to make sense. There is only one Awakening, but many ins and outs throughout. The ego is tricky, just as the Buddha told us. So true, so true.

Comment on It can be easier by The Approach « In 2 Deep

The Approach « In 2 Deep — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:27:26 +0000

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