Let go

Brilliant stuff...

Thornton's Guerilla_Blog: Incarnari, Anger, & Maya. .:

“Of course, as soon as a goal is conceived, spontaneity is at once destroyed and the self-consciousness of the ego-entity, with its sense of personal doership, takes over. From then on, the vision is pin pointed on the goal, thus missing everything really worthwhile in life.

The ‘purposeful’ life indeed misses the purpose of day to day living, which is to enjoy the unity in the duality and the multiplicity of life. It is only when the ego-entity realizes this fact that there springs the sense of total freedom, and then comes the floodlight of true vision, which misses nothing and enjoys everything. Then spontaneous action, not being in conflict with the natural course of events, with What Is, enables the man of true understanding to be fully receptive through his senses to the entirety, of the universe.”
-Ramesh Balkesar"

“Consciousness is the only one, singular, identifiable with its universal Source. The perceived spatial and temporal plurality of consciousness or minds is just an appearance or illusion.”
-Erwin Schrödinger

“The plurality of sensitive beings is mere appearance (maya); in reality they are all only aspects of the ONE being.”
-Erwin Schrödinger 1961 (shortly before his death)

...I have friends that wonder why bother with the any of this at all. But I have a fairly firm conviction that if every individual ego does a thorough and honest investigation into their own personal experience, they will come to the unmistakable conclusion that every single action that they thought was ‘their’ action turns out in reality to be a reaction to an earlier happening over which they had absolutely no control.

But only every single time.

I am not talking about the surrender of defeat. . .that is the path all people who offer a method revolving around ‘action’ will be forced to admit at some point. But that is not what I am talking about. I am talking about a much higher level of surrender.

One that remains stronger then any show of force, will, or effort, by its very nature, at every single moment.

But if we are not independent entities, with choice of action, and responsibility for that action, then how do I conduct my daily life in the world? Or from another thought process. . .how can I stay moral, stay ‘good’, with such a belief system? Or more properly stated, why would I? After reading those last two sentences it must be obvious why I would refer to those questions as coming from a shallower thought process, because the answer to the question exists within the belief system itself.

I have read theories that matter/energy is a product of consciousness. That matter occurs within consciousness. And I have read theories that consciousness is created as a by product of matter. That matter precedes consciousness. But both theories assume two. In Hinduism this is known as Advaita = “not two”. In Buddhism this is called co-dependent origination, and interconnected whole. And in Christianity it is the trinity. But I don’t think an accurate understanding of any of the above set symbols points to a different actuality.

...A very sincere seeker went to Ramana, and with tears in his eyes, confessed that he was a simple man and learned discussions went over his head and his confusion remained. He requested, with much emotion, that Ramana would very kindly tell him in very few, simple words what he should do as spiritual effort.

Ramana said: “Just relax. . . . .and let go.”
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