When you walk you use your legs and when you sit in your chair what is the point of moving your legs? It is mad! When there is a dialogue, words are needed; when there is a situation, action is needed. But let the whole decide it; you should not be the deciding factor, you should not decide. Then there are no karmas, then you move, from moment to moment, fresh. The past dies by itself every moment, and the future is born and you move into it fresh like a child.
Tilopa says:
THE SUPREME ACTION EMBRACES GREAT RESOURCEFULNESS WITHOUT ATTACHMENT.
Actions happen but there is no attachment; you don't feel, "I have done this." The whole has done it, and the whole is neither me nor you -- the whole is both and neither. And the whole hovers around and the whole decides: you are not the doer. Much happens through you, but you are not the doer. Much is created through you, but you are not the creator. The whole remains the creator -- you become simply vehicles, mediums for the whole. A hollow bamboo... and the whole puts his fingers and his lips on it and it becomes a flute, and a song is born. From where does this song come? From that hollow bamboo you call a "flute"? No. From the lips of the whole? No. From where does it come? Everything is involved: the hollow bamboo is also involved, the lips of the whole are also involved, the singer is involved, the listener is involved -- everything is involved. Even a small thing can create a difference. Just a roseflower by the side of the room and this room will not be the same, because the roseflower has his own aura, his own being. He will influence: he will influence your understanding, he will influence whatsoever is spoken by me -- and the total moves, not parts. Much happens but nobody is the doer.
... GREAT RESOURCEFULNESS WITHOUT ATTACHMENT.
And when you are not the doer how can the attachment happen? You do a small thing and you become attached. You say, "I have done this." You would like everybody to know that you have done this and you have done that. This ego is the barrier for the supreme understanding. Drop the doer and let things happen. That's what Tilopa means by being loose and natural.
THE SUPREME ACCOMPLISHMENT IS TO REALIZE IMMANENCE WITHOUT HOPE.
This is a very deep thing, very subtle and delicate. Tilopa says, "What is the supreme accomplishment? It is to realize immanence without hope; that inside, the inner space is perfect, absolute -- without hope.
Tilopa says:
THE SUPREME ACTION EMBRACES GREAT RESOURCEFULNESS WITHOUT ATTACHMENT.
Actions happen but there is no attachment; you don't feel, "I have done this." The whole has done it, and the whole is neither me nor you -- the whole is both and neither. And the whole hovers around and the whole decides: you are not the doer. Much happens through you, but you are not the doer. Much is created through you, but you are not the creator. The whole remains the creator -- you become simply vehicles, mediums for the whole. A hollow bamboo... and the whole puts his fingers and his lips on it and it becomes a flute, and a song is born. From where does this song come? From that hollow bamboo you call a "flute"? No. From the lips of the whole? No. From where does it come? Everything is involved: the hollow bamboo is also involved, the lips of the whole are also involved, the singer is involved, the listener is involved -- everything is involved. Even a small thing can create a difference. Just a roseflower by the side of the room and this room will not be the same, because the roseflower has his own aura, his own being. He will influence: he will influence your understanding, he will influence whatsoever is spoken by me -- and the total moves, not parts. Much happens but nobody is the doer.
... GREAT RESOURCEFULNESS WITHOUT ATTACHMENT.
And when you are not the doer how can the attachment happen? You do a small thing and you become attached. You say, "I have done this." You would like everybody to know that you have done this and you have done that. This ego is the barrier for the supreme understanding. Drop the doer and let things happen. That's what Tilopa means by being loose and natural.
THE SUPREME ACCOMPLISHMENT IS TO REALIZE IMMANENCE WITHOUT HOPE.
This is a very deep thing, very subtle and delicate. Tilopa says, "What is the supreme accomplishment? It is to realize immanence without hope; that inside, the inner space is perfect, absolute -- without hope.
hans-wolfgang - am Dienstag, 28. März 2006, 23:04
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Despite its numerous incarnations across continents, the complete Tao has never existed in one place as a single text. After evidence of its existence was discovered among some dust-covered texts in a subchamber of the Cairo Museum, scholars were led to locating and compiling the disparate elements of a text which had been "hidden" in numerous publications throughout antiquity. Thus began the arduous task of piecing together this unique work. It was often likened to constructing a massive jigsaw puzzle the pieces of which had been scattered in a million places in a corn field. The monumental discovery and reconstruction of the Tao raises many questions: How has this arcane knowledge been transmitted from generation to generation? Was there ever a secret sect of so called "Tao Masters" who possessed the full unedited texts? Or, has it simply been through chance that individuals have stumbled upon a combination of actions and thoughts which have led to their success? Is the Tao simply common sense which can be deduced by any rational thinking human being? Or, as some have postulated, is it an example of what is called Instinctual Knowledge which, like the instinct in lower animals, passes mysteriously from generation to generation? Answering these questions and putting the Tao in historical context in relation to other great works across several continents, beliefs, languages and cultures, and human understanding, awareness and consciousness is an extremely difficult, if not impossible task. At this stage, it may never be known how and where the text originated. But what is of greater importance is the effectiveness of the knowledge contained therein. The Tao is a compendium of truths which, applied appropriately, is believed to create extraordinary success in any endeavor. Its origins coincide with the earliest known human writing in 3300 BC. It has experienced resurgences and rebirths, in various forms and identities, just prior to every major cultural, economic and industrial revolution in Africa, Asia, Europe and America. Despite major advancements in communication (ie. paper, the printing press, etc.) it has existed under the cloak of secrecy, and has defied attempts to maintain it in written form for the masses.... until now. Every generation's hope lies in its unhindered access to the best of all preceding generations. The challenge is to find the ever deepening meaning behind the Tao Master's poetic responses.
Mastering The Minds of Men
The average of men seek a master to be told when, and what they should do
And lo if you master the ways of all men their very rights they will surely hand you
The average of men will say freedom is the thing that they most wish to gain
But the average of men will decisions avoid so as slaves they will always remain.
Mastering The Minds of Men
The average of men seek a master to be told when, and what they should do
And lo if you master the ways of all men their very rights they will surely hand you
The average of men will say freedom is the thing that they most wish to gain
But the average of men will decisions avoid so as slaves they will always remain.
hans-wolfgang - am Sonntag, 26. März 2006, 01:25
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Eduard Albert "Billy" Meier ist nicht nur ein primitiver Fälscher und Geschichtenerzähler, sondern auch ein Tyrann, der auf dem Hof, auf dem er mit einigen Getreuen lebt, ein diktatorisches Regiment führt. Widerspruch wird nicht geduldet - und der Spruch aus 2. Mose 2 "Du sollst keine anderen Götter neben mir haben," scheint auch hier Gültigkeit zu besitzen, denn Meier bezeichnet nicht nur Adamski als Betrüger, sondern er läßt seine außerirdischen Freunde auch die Wahrheit über eine weitere angebliche außerirdische Kultfigur sagen: Asthar Sheran.
Dabei ist der in den Augen seiner Anhänger ein guter außerirdischer Raumschiffkommandant, der uns retten will. Für Meier ist er jedoch der Inbegriff des Bösen - eine negative außerirdische Macht.
Daß wir es bei UFO-Kultfiguren nicht mit harmlosen Spinnern zu tun haben, zeigt die Affaire um die Sekte "Heavens Gate". Im Frühjahr 1997 konnte ein Guru namens Marshall Applewhite zahlreiche Anhänger seiner Sekte davon überzeugen, daß hinter dem damals am Himmel erscheinenden Kometen Hale-Bopp ein Raumschiff warte, das bereit sei, Applewhite und seine Getreuen abzuholen. Man müsse sich "nur" seines irdischen Körpers entledigen, und tatsächlich kam es zum kollektiven Massenselbstmord.
Eine ähnliche Aktion wurde allem Anschein nach auf Teneriffa im letzten Moment verhindert. Die Polizei hatte einen Tip erhalten, daß die Psychologin (!) Dr. Heide Fittkau-Garthe eine "UFO-Abholaktion" auf dem Berg Teide prophezeit hatte. Die Anhänger von Fr. Dr. Fittkau-Garthe hätten sich durch Gift ihres irdischen Körpers entledigen sollen.
Die angebliche Heilerin und Leiterin der Sekte "Fiat Lux", Erika Berschinger-Eicke alias Uriella, die ebenfalls die UFOs als Heilbringer sieht, verkündete gar den Weltuntergang für die Zeit ab 1998, während sie ihre Heilwässerchen aus der Schweiz nach Deutschland schmuggelte. Wetten, daß die Außerirdischen sie nicht vor dem Strafantritt bewahren können?
In der Nacht vom zwölften auf den dreizehnten April des Jahres 1997 sollten nach Auskunft des channelnden Ehepaares Erika und Wolfgang Ressler asylsuchende "Trigonier" in deren Wohnort Lausitzort Seifhennersdorf landen. 400 Schaulustige warten auf das UFO. Verschiedene Fernsehteams kamen, der Karnevalsverein rückte an, und einige besondere Gestalten brüllten "Außerirdische ‘raus -Deutschland den Deutschen". Kein Wunder, daß da die Außerirdischen nicht kamen... Erschreckend ist, daß das UFO-Sekten-Problem mittlweile auch eine politische Komponente bekommen hat.
Dabei ist der in den Augen seiner Anhänger ein guter außerirdischer Raumschiffkommandant, der uns retten will. Für Meier ist er jedoch der Inbegriff des Bösen - eine negative außerirdische Macht.
Daß wir es bei UFO-Kultfiguren nicht mit harmlosen Spinnern zu tun haben, zeigt die Affaire um die Sekte "Heavens Gate". Im Frühjahr 1997 konnte ein Guru namens Marshall Applewhite zahlreiche Anhänger seiner Sekte davon überzeugen, daß hinter dem damals am Himmel erscheinenden Kometen Hale-Bopp ein Raumschiff warte, das bereit sei, Applewhite und seine Getreuen abzuholen. Man müsse sich "nur" seines irdischen Körpers entledigen, und tatsächlich kam es zum kollektiven Massenselbstmord.
Eine ähnliche Aktion wurde allem Anschein nach auf Teneriffa im letzten Moment verhindert. Die Polizei hatte einen Tip erhalten, daß die Psychologin (!) Dr. Heide Fittkau-Garthe eine "UFO-Abholaktion" auf dem Berg Teide prophezeit hatte. Die Anhänger von Fr. Dr. Fittkau-Garthe hätten sich durch Gift ihres irdischen Körpers entledigen sollen.
Die angebliche Heilerin und Leiterin der Sekte "Fiat Lux", Erika Berschinger-Eicke alias Uriella, die ebenfalls die UFOs als Heilbringer sieht, verkündete gar den Weltuntergang für die Zeit ab 1998, während sie ihre Heilwässerchen aus der Schweiz nach Deutschland schmuggelte. Wetten, daß die Außerirdischen sie nicht vor dem Strafantritt bewahren können?
In der Nacht vom zwölften auf den dreizehnten April des Jahres 1997 sollten nach Auskunft des channelnden Ehepaares Erika und Wolfgang Ressler asylsuchende "Trigonier" in deren Wohnort Lausitzort Seifhennersdorf landen. 400 Schaulustige warten auf das UFO. Verschiedene Fernsehteams kamen, der Karnevalsverein rückte an, und einige besondere Gestalten brüllten "Außerirdische ‘raus -Deutschland den Deutschen". Kein Wunder, daß da die Außerirdischen nicht kamen... Erschreckend ist, daß das UFO-Sekten-Problem mittlweile auch eine politische Komponente bekommen hat.
hans-wolfgang - am Samstag, 11. März 2006, 21:16
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Most of us live in such a way that we are not aware why we are living, where we are going and why. We do not ask of ourselves, "Why?" Our whole life is spent without asking these basic questions. Maybe a few of you know it, but the possibility is very small. We live and walk and see and hear in such a state of sleep, in such a state of deep unconsciousness that we fail to see that which is. We fail to hear that which is said, and we fail to come in contact with and experience that which surrounds us from all sides -- within and without. We do not know why we are alive. And we are not aware of what we do -- so much so that we are not conscious even of our breathing. Man's quest continues through lives, and it is after the endeavor of countless lives that he gets a glimpse of what we call bliss or peace or truth or God or moksha or nirvana -- call it what you like, although there is no word that can say it. One attains to it after many many lives. And all those who seek it think that they are going to enjoy completely after they have found it; but they are very mistaken. They find after attainment that it is just the beginning of a new labor, a new undertaking, that there is no resting. Until yesterday they strove hard to find it; now they are rushing about to share it with others. If it was not so, Buddha would not have visited our towns, Mahavira would not have knocked at our doors and Christ would not have called on us. After coming in contact with the supreme, a new kind of work begins. In fact, whatsoever is significant in life brings great joy and bliss when you find it, but it is much more joyous and blissful when you share it with others. One who is blessed with bliss or God becomes restless to share it with others. Just as a flower on blooming broadcasts its fragrance, or as a cloud rains or a wave rushes to embrace the seashore -- similarly, when somebody finds something of the beyond, his soul thirsts to reach everywhere with its fragrance and spread it. Jesus has said again and again that people have eyes but they don't see and they have ears but they don't hear. Not only the blind are blind and the deaf are deaf, even they are blind and deaf who have both eyes and ears That is why you don't see and hear and feel that which is so near and which surrounds you from everywhere. What is the matter? Undoubtedly there is some small obstruction in the way of your vision. It is, however, not a big obstruction. It is like a speck of dust that gets in the eye and obstructs the view of a whole mountain. Just a tiny speck of dust can blind your eyes. Logic will say that it should be a huge thing that obstructs the view of a mountain. Arithmetic will say that the thing that prevents you from seeing a mountain must be something bigger than the mountain itself. But in reality the speck of dust is a very small thing and so are our eyes. But because the dust covers the eyes the mountain is covered and thus made invisible to the eyes.
hans-wolfgang - am Donnerstag, 9. März 2006, 19:51
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Have you watched? When trees bloom and the fruit comes and the seeds ripen, every tree tries to send its seeds far away -- with the wind, with the birds. And if the tree sometimes feels that the wind will not be able to take the seed, that the seed is heavy, then it creates devices, naqshbandis, to send the seed far away -- because if the seed falls underneath the big tree it will never grow. It has to be on its own; it has to find its own space.
There are trees which grow their seeds with a small bit of cotton around them. The seed is heavy but the cotton is weightless; the wind can take the cotton away. Then the seed will also go away, far away, and will fall onto some open space where it can become a great tree.
That's what God did with Adam. He tried to push him away -- because you can grow only when you are on your own. One day the child has to be sent to the school, one day the child has to be sent to the hostel, one day the child has to go to the university. He goes crying and weeping. He does not want to leave the family and the familiar. He does not want to leave the past, the comfort, the protection, the security, the safety. He does not want to leave, but he has to be pushed. He has to be thrown into the world. That's what God did. It was a device.
Once you are thrown into the world you will learn on your own. Many times you will fail, that's natural, but by failing again and again, some insight will start arising in you. And that insight will take you back.
Adam came into the world... he had to come. When Adam learns, becomes, attains to his being, he becomes Christ. Christ is nothing but Adam who has become grown-up. Now he can go back home. Now God will welcome him there. He has learned. The world itself is a naqshbandi for people to be.
Consciousness is not like a thing: solid, complete, full and given. It has to be learned, it has to be grown, it has to be guarded. You have to be a gardener of consciousness. You have to provide water, space, sun rays, fertilisers. You have to protect this small sprout -- very delicate it is, vulnerable it is, soft it is. It can be crushed by anything.
So remember: Consciousness is not like a thing: solid, complete, full and given. It is a process and a self-creation. It is our continual improvisation based on the rejection of what it has been up to this moment.
This has to be understood. Consciousness grows only if you go on rejecting your past. Ordinarily we cling to the past -- then the consciousness does not grow. Whatsoever you have learned, forget about it. It is finished. You have learned it; you have absorbed it. Whatsoever you have been up to now, drop it so that you can be something more. Never be confined by your past. People who become confined by the past are the prisoners.
That's what naqshbandi Sufis call the prison, the prison of the past. It has to be broken every day.
There are trees which grow their seeds with a small bit of cotton around them. The seed is heavy but the cotton is weightless; the wind can take the cotton away. Then the seed will also go away, far away, and will fall onto some open space where it can become a great tree.
That's what God did with Adam. He tried to push him away -- because you can grow only when you are on your own. One day the child has to be sent to the school, one day the child has to be sent to the hostel, one day the child has to go to the university. He goes crying and weeping. He does not want to leave the family and the familiar. He does not want to leave the past, the comfort, the protection, the security, the safety. He does not want to leave, but he has to be pushed. He has to be thrown into the world. That's what God did. It was a device.
Once you are thrown into the world you will learn on your own. Many times you will fail, that's natural, but by failing again and again, some insight will start arising in you. And that insight will take you back.
Adam came into the world... he had to come. When Adam learns, becomes, attains to his being, he becomes Christ. Christ is nothing but Adam who has become grown-up. Now he can go back home. Now God will welcome him there. He has learned. The world itself is a naqshbandi for people to be.
Consciousness is not like a thing: solid, complete, full and given. It has to be learned, it has to be grown, it has to be guarded. You have to be a gardener of consciousness. You have to provide water, space, sun rays, fertilisers. You have to protect this small sprout -- very delicate it is, vulnerable it is, soft it is. It can be crushed by anything.
So remember: Consciousness is not like a thing: solid, complete, full and given. It is a process and a self-creation. It is our continual improvisation based on the rejection of what it has been up to this moment.
This has to be understood. Consciousness grows only if you go on rejecting your past. Ordinarily we cling to the past -- then the consciousness does not grow. Whatsoever you have learned, forget about it. It is finished. You have learned it; you have absorbed it. Whatsoever you have been up to now, drop it so that you can be something more. Never be confined by your past. People who become confined by the past are the prisoners.
That's what naqshbandi Sufis call the prison, the prison of the past. It has to be broken every day.
hans-wolfgang - am Sonntag, 19. Februar 2006, 20:15
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