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by
Kapil Gupta
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May 9 - May 14, 2019
Descartes famously said, “I think, therefore I am.” I will say, “I think, therefore I am not.”
Because of the nature of mind. Mind can exist everywhere. But it cannot exist Here.
If you think about something as you are looking at it, you will not have truly seen it. Thought stands as a barrier between You and The Experience. When one Experiences, there is no thought. When there is no thought, there is no mind. When there is no mind, there is Atmamun.
The trouble with mindfulness is that it requires persistent effort. It is like attempting to empty the ocean with a teacup.
What he learned under the Bodhi Tree was not mindfulness, but Wakefulness.
It is a journey toward Questions rather than Answers.
It is often more productive to first look at the obstacles to a goal than to directly look for a path to that goal. For if you find the obstacles, you find the path.

