We are either attracted to or repelled by various events, things, people, etc. There is a physical 'tug-of-war' going on internally (thoughts) or physically...health, relationships, etc.
We wrangle with life...struggle against or for something, constantly! It is the way of life...thus, there is much suffering.
Some say, we have no choice...we are "being lived" divine puppets. Then there are those who say that there is a tiny seed (the main ingredient) that can grow into a vast reality... and that is...*awareness*.
We always have a choice to 'not attend to thought'... to not follow it. We have a choice to not react, blindly, to life events, we have a choice to forgive...many choices, but only through bringing awareness to our thought/actions.
Heightened awareness is possible. It may take a little more effort, but gets easier. If "Godliness" is to be experienced, if peace, joy, freedom is to be experienced, a new awareness must be present.
2007-07-18 08:59:42 · 16 answers · asked by Eve 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"Some say, we have no choice...we are "being lived" divine puppets. Then there are those who say that there is a tiny seed (the main ingredient) that can grow into a vast reality... and that is...*awareness*."
It's helpful, though difficult for some, to see that these do not contradict. To say that 'we' have no individual choice is not to say choosing doesn't happen. To say 'we' are being lived is not to say that evolution and awareness don't happen. That which is living it is what You are, but there is only the living of it, not the controling of it. There is no need for control.
What 'you' choose is important. What 'you' can realize is critical. Pursue Truth to the exclusion of all else. To imagine that this process does not take place because 'you' are not causing it, is a means of retaining your control rather than surrendering it. If there is no one to cause it to happen, there is also nobody to prevent it from happening. See?
As far as what to do about the dualistic nature of life, there's nothing to be done about it, and this is the realization that makes it fine the way it is. You don't need to make dualistic life nondualistic. If you cease struggling with it, your nondualistic nature arises 'behind' that dualistic experience and duality ceases to be the problem it was once thought to be.
2007-07-18 11:53:33 · answer #1 · answered by philmeta11 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The main ingredient is love. The problem is that those with faith and love for others feel vulnerable to those who don't live by the same code and their faith is often broken when harm comes to them. The level of awarness that it takes is not attainable to every person and we are to imperfect to produce/follow any sort of common leader. Those who can reach it will do so, but trying to get everyone else to their level will always be a struggle.
2007-07-18 09:34:45 · answer #2 · answered by thisguy 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hi Eve! well put, well said.
I would say, right discernment.
Because the only way to "control"emotions is to either
feel them fully, and then let them be, or
suppress them, renounce them, will them into going away.
I have had no success with the latter, so I focus on the former.
And therein lies the kicker -to feel your passing emotions fully, compels some/most? to then express said emotions.
But to feel, observe them, and use discernment in expression gives one the opportunity to avoid being at the effect of them. Observation leads to cognition of the conditioned root, and so then choice - shall I continue on this way, or re program the conditioning?
Humans are destined to feel, and it a true joy of being human. Awareness is enlivened when the emotions are no longer "who" you are, no longer running your world.
It is not always a choice which emotions will pop up.
It IS always a choice which ones you choose to act upon.
2007-07-18 09:18:33 · answer #3 · answered by cosmicshaktifire? 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I find in Buddhism many "untruths" which lead to inner truth. For instance, it's patently obvious that "all is NOT one" and that dualism exists (eg black, white, day, night, wrong, right) ... yet when I accept "non-dualism" as truth, I obtain the inner ability to "judge not" (a Christian truth).
Another example is the Buddhist idea of one's Path inevitably leading to nirvana.... ie that we cannot fail. While my mind says this is not literally true, when my heart accepts it, I suddenly have the inner attribute of "faith"... and I can do miracles because of the confidence that inspires.
Christianity often teaches literal truth... but Buddhism teaches "untruths" that prompt discovery of the inner truths of the heart.
I love it. Christianity, Buddhism, and many other religions, all prove to me that there is a God... and a universal realm of truth that we are all approaching towards.
2007-07-18 09:56:41 · answer #4 · answered by MumOf5 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Steel
2007-07-18 09:03:07 · answer #5 · answered by dr strangelove 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
*Ode To the Goddess*
Life flowers softly,
softly like a flower,
this is the way;
the Goddess unfolds.
This is her nature,
enlightenment itself.
To see the true Goddess,
one must enter the womb,
of creation.
To see the Goddess naked,
with no-thing on,
you will see the Mother,
of all things,
that gives birth,
to the pairs of opposites!
*sip*
2007-07-18 09:34:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Intentionally creating addictions to starve other addictions is the key to wholeness, wellness, natural flow of love energy, and whatever else one wishes.
2007-07-20 05:22:50 · answer #7 · answered by canron4peace 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you need not see the world as dualistic. Yes, you guide your own thoughts. Yes it feels good to achieve this awareness.
2007-07-18 09:07:33 · answer #8 · answered by Herodotus 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Baking soda!
2007-07-18 09:03:04 · answer #9 · answered by marbledog 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Unity. Then getting beyond even that.
2007-07-18 15:51:21 · answer #10 · answered by goodfella 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋