And I would say that in general, the sage is more involved in What Is in the moment, because there is no filter there of, "Oh, this is just the functioning of Totality. It's all just illusion." There's no intellectualization involved in the
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“This is why Gandhi said, “When I despair, I remember that all through history, the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it—always.”
― Beyond Anxiety: Curiosity, Creativity, and Finding Your Life's Purpose
― Beyond Anxiety: Curiosity, Creativity, and Finding Your Life's Purpose
“To see the false as the false, you need to lay aside all the search-oriented teachings, and focus on (contemplate) the reality that your presence and the Absolute presence cannot be other than the same presence.”
― Living Nonduality: Enlightenment Teachings of Self-realization
― Living Nonduality: Enlightenment Teachings of Self-realization
“The obvious answer, of course, is by not identifying: period. There is only one thing that is ever going on: “That”, doing what it does. One of the things that it does is to re-present itself as a “person” who “thinks”. One of these thoughts, among the infinite variety, is “I am (or, they are) suffering.” Another such thought is “I am (or, they are) not suffering.” “Suffering” and “not suffering” are both That doing what it does. Thinking there is suffering/not suffering is also both That doing what it does. In fact, the very “thinker” itself re-presents That doing what it does: it “persons” (among other things).”
― Living Nonduality: Enlightenment Teachings of Self-realization
― Living Nonduality: Enlightenment Teachings of Self-realization
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