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Jed McKenna
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October 18 - October 27, 2016
During enlightenment you realize the human being you thought you were is just a character in a play, and that the world you thought you were in is just a stage, so you go through a process of radical deconstruction of your character to see what’s left when it’s gone. The result isn’t enlightened-self or true-self, it’s no-self. When it’s all over it’s time to be a human being in the world again, and that means slipping back into costume and getting back on stage.” “But now you know—?” “Sure, because now you’re actually in the audience,
Julie seems to have that ability to relax into the moment and let the universe do the driving. If there was a secret to happiness in life, I’d say that was it.
Life is not a race and the only destination is the journey itself.
“All thought is immoral. Its very essence is destruction. If you think of anything, you kill it. Nothing survives being thought of.”
Die While You’re Alive Die while you’re alive and be absolutely dead. Then do whatever you want: it’s all good. Bunan
The supposed mega-bliss of spiritual awakening is a carrot dangling from a stick no less than love or wealth or power.
The question is: Why? The answer is: Why not?
Roberts, Bernadette. The Experience of No-self: A Contemplative Journey. State University of New York Press, 1993.
Visiting your sister and having lunch shouldn’t be a confusing ordeal, but it is. Is she really my sister? What does that mean? We share some history and acquaintances, such as childhood and parents. Are my parents really my parents? Genetically
they are related to my body, but the person who lived my childhood is no longer here. The past I share with this person is about as real and important to me as if I’d read it in a brochure.
talking for the sake of talking,
Self is ego and ego resides exclusively in the dreamstate. If you want to break free of the dreamstate, you must break free of self, not stroke it to make it purr or groom it for some imagined brighter future.
