Beyond the limitations of self. Question: You say that we are ‘not the body and not the mind’, are you going to tell us what we are? Answer: (laughing) Good question. When I said this one time somebody answered ‘the self’, but what does that mean? When we use terms like ‘soul’ or ‘self’, they are just more ideas, more fantasy. What exactly is this ‘soul’ or ‘self’ and where can we find it? As long as we have not experienced the source of the mind we are always caught up in concepts and belief. The Tao te Ching tells us that ‘the Tao that can be named is not the eternal Tao’. Once something can be identified and labelled it becomes limited. If it is limited, it is not eternal. That which is ‘not body’ and ‘not mind’, cannot be named or described but it can be experienced. It can be known. Knowing is the point of practice. With knowing comes the falling away of the small mind that needs to grasp and cling to labels. Language is always limiting. We can never really say what we mean, sometimes we cant even get close. How much truer is this with the depth of spiritual pursuit? So, let go of trying to find out what you are and see what you are not. You’re not the body and you’re not the mind. Be open. Dont label, dont identify, simply be. May all beings be happy.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 13:57:09 +0000
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