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Charles A. Hillig
chillig at JETLINK.NET
Wed Oct 22 00:44:35 CDT 1997
At 08:28 PM 10/21/97 +0100, you wrote:
>Allow me to state a position I am slowly but relentlessly approaching:
>
>^ÓThere is only the One, the Absolute.
>^ÓThere is nothing else at all.
>^ÓThere is no (1: see note) body, no soul, no ego, no world.
>^ÓThere is no Vedas, no Sankara, no Ramana, no Nisargadatta.
>^ÓThere is no maja, no creation, no illusion, no dis-illusioning.
>^ÓThere is no karma, no re-incarnation, no liberation.
>^ÓThere is no Shiva, no Krishna, no gods.
>^ÓThere is no Advaita, no religion, no philosophy.
>^ÓThere is no me, no you, no we.
>^ÓThere is no two, no three, no four, just the One.
>^ÓAnd I^Òm this One, and nothing else.
>
>End of expositon ot the position.
>When I^Òm in this position I don^Òt understand
> any of the discussions about anything.
>But I feel extremely at rest.
>Am I oversimplifying? Please comment.
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>(1) When I say ^Óthere is no X^Ô, I mean:
>
>^ÓX is not real, it^Òs only a mental object in the One^Òs consciousness^Ô
>"Being thus unreal, why bother at all about it?"
>
If "I" were "here" at all to comment on it,
"I" would agree with "you." :-)
With Blessings,
Chuck Hillig
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