There are two types of existence: one where everything - even separation - exists as an appearance and one where a person experiences separation as being truly real. In separation joy and pain definitely occur and it seems like the person, the world and all things have an intrinsic nature or essence. There is always a goal: to lose pain and put a final end to suffering. Something better is the aim in the future and there is a strong feeling of body, "me", past and present. Personal autonomy is taken for granted and the task is then what each person can achieve and how the world and self can be changed and improved. But there is something else. The person, separation, the world and all things may also simply arise and disappear without there ever being a centre that experiences them or an essence within them which permanently endures. Here something like separation is simultaneously real and unreal - it passes of its own accord - making personal autonomy redundant. Here there is no time, no space, no world, no thing, and no "me". Here there is not truly such a thing as enlightenment to attain and no truly separate person to attain it. Here things simply happen the way they do and there is neither cause, reason, wrong nor right. Here we can say: as it is, as it is ...
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
Arguing whether someone is enlightened is for fools. There is no difference between a cat and a rabbit. All beings are merely an appearance - a realness which is unreal. In separation, the world is a quest for the ultimate state. In the absence of any direct experience where there is neither person nor thing, the seeker philosophises, interprets, worships and objectifies that which they cannot find, for this is all they can do. This is yet another appearance, neither wrong nor right. The world takes care of itself. A fascinating world full of seekers and gurus, religious worlds and enlightenment. Magic bubbles in the air. So complete, full and rich and yet hardly what they seem to be.
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