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James123ParticipantDear Anita,
First, deeply accept that forget about controlling others people behavior towards you, you can’t even yourself.
Second, deeply know that insights are like a flashlight, appears in moment. Yet, ego activity feels heavy, based on compulsive thinking and planning.
Lastly, deeply know that not you, but the greatest power in control.
All you need to do is digesting that you can not control.
Therefore, the relief that you need will hit you inevatibly.
Even with your birth, you didn’t choose your family, county, religion, friends. Your all difficulties now just accumulation of your past, the environment you lived in and circumstances.
Therefore, free will is unnecessary. Then relief is inevatibly.
James123ParticipantDear Thomas,
Enlightenment or awakening is not something that to celebrate or share as i am enlightened. That’s ego play.
But, i can tell you this, there is not a person in body to claim something. Body and mind is it’s own.
Seeing emptiness in all appearances or claiming enlightenment belongs to the body and mind. Not me.
And if someone tells that i am enlightened or i see emptiness on everything etc… Do not trust.
James123ParticipantDear Thomas,
Enlightenment is simply being where You already are.
Mind job is talking, try to suppress it creates mora chaos and gives more power to mind.
Simply watching and not involving is the key not empty or still the mind, but recognition of our True nature is stillness itself.
Then even if mind talks doesn’t affect us, therefore mind inevitably becomes quite. Only, works with the body to take necessary actions when it is necessary.
James123ParticipantDear Thomas,
All i am saying that step back,
Then it will be cristal clear that mind makes all this attachment speaking as knower mind or not knower mind.
Talk but do not attached (don’t turn into a belief)
Peace.
James123ParticipantDear Thomas,
Any knowledge and experience arises and falls within. İncluding knower mind or dont know mind. Because, when you say ” don’t knower mind”, it is already knowing that there is a “don’t knower mind”.
You are none and untouched.
Peace.
James123ParticipantDear Anita,
İ am here to always help.
Only, sometimes people here something that they don’t want to hear, yet, the words are on their sake.
The bird can not stop the bullet with it’s chest.
Peace.
James123ParticipantDear Peter,
Great topic.
I would like to add very key point(which i have spent years on it and when i realized ox was domesticated) :
Actually it is not finding stillness, but it is stepping back from that which who tries to find stillness.
The key is action, finding or doing not, but with effortless, non action or just stopping mind or ego activity becomes so obvious.
Peace.
James123ParticipantDear Anita,
Actually, this is a great question.
Do your best, but always, no matter what, leave the outcome to God after you’ve done it. If you can do this completely, you’ll be taking action in the moment and won’t be overthinking and constantly thinking.
Tawakkul, leaving the outcome to God, is the breaking point of the ego. Because you never wonder, “Did I do something wrong?” or “Why didn’t I do something?” You’ve done what you had to do and left the outcome to God.
There is a great say of prophet Muhammad about it, “Tie your Camel and trust in Allah.
Peace.
James123ParticipantDear Anita,
The lesson is showing the most strongest part of ego.
İt can be not wearing woman dress but eating a stake (for vegetarian), cutting hair of a person, who is more confident with, putting aggression down for aggressors or putting the people on right place who doesn’t know his/her place.
İf you cut the person hair, who has already lost most of the hair, it is not going to affect him. İt is hitting point he/she most confident or trusts the most.
Peace
James123ParticipantDear Anita,
Do you think that when i say “you are lying yourself” is a judgement? Or something should be point out for Thomas to realize?
There was a sufi story, one sufi master never accepted any student, but one day a student showed up and wanted to be his student so badly. And sufi master agreed.
The student was ready to pray, meditate, help others etc… Yet, master told him to wear a woman dress and walk in town entire day.
After that student left the master immediately and never went back there again.
James123ParticipantDear Anita,
Kindness is not about being polite or patting people.
Kindness is behaving to people the way that they understand in order to lead on the path of Truth.
Some people need a zen stick and some people need a hug for leading them to Truth.
I am just too straightforward that some of you get offended and that’s good.
Because, path is painful and roses are not waiting for you. This is only Truth.
Many people got lost on mentors who make them feel good.
I really don’t care what you think about me. All i care is Truth. That’s it.
Peace.
James123ParticipantDear Thomas,
As i told forget about me and what i do.
Evaluate your life that are you happy or not.
There is path showing you, if you like walk or just talk.
Peace.
James123ParticipantDear Thomas,
Love is not being alone or isolated.
İt is sharing, caring and compassion.
Returning to market place.
Why does all teachers, Sufi’s and prophets dedicated them life to share these with humanity?
Because, when body and mind are surrendered or returned to factory settings or so called self returned to source, this is what body and mind’s condition. Love, sharing and caring, and telling to Truth is inevitable.
I am here not to pat people, I am here to help, care and specially warn.
Don’t waste the life, this is first and last.
Peace.
James123ParticipantDear Thomas,
Of course. Yet, even if i do, will it affect to your surrendering?
Everyone bears the consequences of their own deeds.
James123ParticipantDear Thomas,
Yes, wanting something the way it is not at the moment. However, If the sentences you say or tell are not just sentences and you are attached to these sentences and thoughts, this is also an expectation and therefore it is impossible not to attract the suffering.
When you truly believe what you said, that’s already an attachment. Therefore, as i told you before trying to protect your belief and ideas is the reason of your suffering. Because of that anytime i say something, you are taking a position to protect yourself (actually the thoughts you are attached to) right away.
As zen master said, you can’t be something that You are not already.
That’s what i am pointing out as do not lie to yourself. Because, attaching to beliefs as my beliefs or these are true beliefs are already create an separation and therefore lying to yourself as you are something that (accumulation of these beliefs, right or wrong) actually you are not.
Therefore, when you stop lie to yourself as my beliefs are right or wrong, and surrender your beliefs, you (as separate believer) ends, and what You already are shines.
Yet, you=action=effort Empty mind=non action=effortless. Therefore, empty mind is not to achieve something, but dropping all achievements (including any knowledge, belief and experiences).
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