As I said before
Maybe like Ivory Soap
99.4%
Nick Ardagh called this Translucence…
And I recommend his book for practices that may be
helpful.
Of course it was during meditation that the above title
arose…
That was the feeling…
Then toward the end of meditation
when the ego pops back together…
The ego starts making commentary on what just happened…
Oh goody, that was fun, let’s call it TT!
Within it…
There is no naming…
There is no one there to do any naming.
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A brief interlude:
Currently reading Alan Watts’ biography, “In My Own Way”
And, yes, he endorses both meanings.
In Chapter 10 he is describing conversations with those who
feel that hard work and asceticism is the road to enlightenment…
I don’t think Alan Watts clearly states his path
But, my translation of his path is that of what we might
label “tantric”
He fully embodies food, drink, sex, nature, and intellect,
along with meditative practices to fully open to who you are…
An ordained priest and a married adulterer...
He did leave his order…
This book came up during a conversation with my dear friend
Rick this morning
We have lovely wide-ranging conversations from Mandelbrot to
religion and entheogens…
I mentioned that what we are doing is “seeing through” the
ego…
Seeing the ego for what it is
A construct
A useful construct when used to walk in the world
A burden
If you don’t know that you are a slave to it…
Same thing with religion
Often useful to teach kids some religion
Rules to live by…
And to see through these teachings…
Perhaps so they have something to reject later…
We have an ego to help us survive in the world as we are
growing…
But, then, in order to truly grow to the next level
We must see through the ego
See what it is…
A fluctuating, self-preserving, eddy current in a stream,
or
wave on the ocean (thanks Rick!)
Realizing
Feeling into this truth
Allows you
to take off
or put on
this ego overcoat
To change the coat to whatever color or fabric is needed
A continuum of ego
Regulating whatever is needed
It this very moment
Flowing with whatever is arising
Realizing the tendencies of your ego…
Transparent and Translucent
We are talking about the same thing…
Enlightenment, Samadhi, Nirvana…
This is the long-term argument…
How do we get there?
This is my take on “The Path”
Perhaps, the argument will always be there of the “Hard
Road” versus the “Easy Road”
In the end
There is no “Hard Road” nor “Easy Road”…
Each one of you must walk your own path…
Everyone else is telling you of their own paths…
Reminds me of the song “I Did It My Way”
Source…
All-That-Is and All-That-Is-Not…
Is playing a game of hide and seek…
Source cannot see itself
Except through your senses
Source
Cannot enjoy this day
This conversation
Without being more than One Thing…
Yet, seeing through the game
Seeing through the ego construct
Can be pure bliss…
Also, sometimes, pure terror…
As the ego is seen…
Ego feels torn to shreds
Then the light, and dark, of
Empty-Fullness
Arises
Transparency
Arises
No Karma
Nothing can stick…
All light shines through…
Seeing clearly…
This is offered…
In
Each
And
Every
Moment…
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