When I see a such a very mild-mannered spiritual teacher my first suspicion tends to be that he is blissed out on a sort of hypnotic idea or mental habit, living a very easy life with a very fuzzy mind... but he does speak a lot of sense; I reckon he knows what he is talking about. It's maybe a shame that Douglas Harding's methodology hasn't reached true mass attention as it's incredibly accessible without compromising on the fundamentals. Better than Eckhart Tolle - too much garnish.
The void is definitely unnerving if you have issuese letting go your familiar identity... Having encountered the issue that Richard describes here, i can attest to it. You reach a point where you feel like you might actually lose something if you go a bit further. My percept is that when fear is absent, one is ready to "establish" as the awareness back of all things perceivable.
I notice that the public self, and all its thinking, is 'there'. And here I am empty for it. I find no face here, no mind here, no thoughts, nothing - nothing except capacity for my face there in the mirror, for all my thoughts and so on. Just as it's face there to no face here, it's thoughts there to no thought here. World there to space here. Hope this helps. Yours, Richard.
It is wonderful to live from our center. How do you prevent the private self from getting reabsorbed by the thinking of the public self so you can stay centered?
I can see part of my nose, part of my eye sockets and eyebrows, my lips if I pout, my cheeks if I puff them up. I can also just look into a mirror and see me pointing at my head. I guess I'm like the lady at the beginning: I don't get it?
@wimsweden I agree. Yet that "I" that you refer to -- that aperture that is seeing all these sockets and mirror images, is clarity itself, wouldn't you agree? You are the aperture in which all these phenomena appear, I would suggest, like an invisible scaffolding for the dreaming of lives.. Just look back at where you're looking out from -- the infinite clarity lives where your own head is supposed to be!
When I see a such a very mild-mannered spiritual teacher my first suspicion tends to be that he is blissed out on a sort of hypnotic idea or mental habit, living a very easy life with a very fuzzy mind... but he does speak a lot of sense; I reckon he knows what he is talking about. It's maybe a shame that Douglas Harding's methodology hasn't reached true mass attention as it's incredibly accessible without compromising on the fundamentals. Better than Eckhart Tolle - too much garnish.
FrogmortonHotchkiss 1 month ago
The void is definitely unnerving if you have issuese letting go your familiar identity... Having encountered the issue that Richard describes here, i can attest to it. You reach a point where you feel like you might actually lose something if you go a bit further. My percept is that when fear is absent, one is ready to "establish" as the awareness back of all things perceivable.
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thegrandwazoooo 4 months ago
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thegrandwazoooo 4 months ago
I notice that the public self, and all its thinking, is 'there'. And here I am empty for it. I find no face here, no mind here, no thoughts, nothing - nothing except capacity for my face there in the mirror, for all my thoughts and so on. Just as it's face there to no face here, it's thoughts there to no thought here. World there to space here. Hope this helps. Yours, Richard.
headexchange 1 year ago
It is wonderful to live from our center. How do you prevent the private self from getting reabsorbed by the thinking of the public self so you can stay centered?
livenowdoing 1 year ago
Great job Richard.
Peace and joy of this void be with you always!
ER~
eroozdar 1 year ago
Wimsweden, do you call that gigantic pink/black cloud a nose? And these eye shockets of yours can block the sky...
If you have a head, then it must be huge (for you).
giannis321giannis321 1 year ago
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giannis321giannis321 1 year ago
I can see part of my nose, part of my eye sockets and eyebrows, my lips if I pout, my cheeks if I puff them up. I can also just look into a mirror and see me pointing at my head. I guess I'm like the lady at the beginning: I don't get it?
wimsweden 1 year ago
@wimsweden I agree. Yet that "I" that you refer to -- that aperture that is seeing all these sockets and mirror images, is clarity itself, wouldn't you agree? You are the aperture in which all these phenomena appear, I would suggest, like an invisible scaffolding for the dreaming of lives.. Just look back at where you're looking out from -- the infinite clarity lives where your own head is supposed to be!
AwakeSpace 8 months ago