Dispassion
Ian Goddard
igoddard at EROLS.COM
Sat Jun 8 10:06:31 CDT 1996
At 03:47 PM 6/7/96 GMT, egodust wrote:
> Agree wholeheartedly. Well put, too. However, from the naive mundane
> standpoint (which is where the [impossible dream of] ego operates)
> the implication is "how attached we THINK we are..."
IAN: This, I believe, brings up the matter of levels in nondualist
teachings. Is it proper to tailor statements about the absolute
truth to accommodate different "levels"? If so why?
>> The attachment of internal mind (A) to external world (~A) is
>> a logical expression of their inherent unity. Thus attachment
>> is liberation, samsara is nirvana, the light is the dark.
>>
>
> Here again is revealed the silliness of the mind's Commander-in-Chief:
> Reason.
IAN: Reason is logical thinking. I define logic as simply "that which is
true." Accordingly, logical thinking is thought that leads to or defines
the truth. Logic -- i.e., the truth -- is the instantaneous reality that
is the I am-here-now reality free-base. Logical thinking is not a curse
to be feared but a celebration of the truth. Thought binds no one.
> Of course we're not expected to carry around the information that 1 = 0
> or A = ~A. These are tools devised by mind to dissolve mind. When the
> job is done--like cannon fodder--they're thrown away.
IAN: Can we destroy or throw away that which is null and void?
What is "away" ?
As we know: Atman (I am part) and Brahman (I am whole) are not
two, (part = whole). Mind and I Am are not two. Everything is
in I Am, nothing deviates or leads away from I Am. There is
not two; there is no division, no duality, thus no levels.
I am poetry: http://www.erols.com/igoddard/iam-free.html
Law of Identity: A is A, relative to not-A. A = {A, ~A}
Law of Nonidentity: If there is 100% A, there is 0% A. A = ~A
absolute reality: http://www.erols.com/igoddard/reality.html
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