Ὀρφεύς
When you have a certain emotion, let's say fear. I said one day if you identify with the emotion it will disappear. What I mean is this. When there is a hurricane and you go to the centre of the hurricane what do you find? (S: Silence?) Peace and silence. At the centre of the hurricane there's total peace, total silence. When you see the ocean and the turmoil. Giant waves hurricane size hitting the shore, destroying property but when you go deep into the centre of the ocean what do you find? Total peace, total quietness.
This is true of every emotion you have. If you can only become quiet enough and identify with the centre by going deep within the Self, deep deep within. The deeper you go the quieter you become. And if you go to the centre of the emotion, the emotion will disappear in its entirety and you will never have it again. I can assure you of this.
I'll explain it to you again. If you have anger or greed or any kind of emotion. If you sit still and you observe the emotion, you look at the emotion, you go through the emotion deeper and deeper to it's centre. When you reach the centre there will no longer be an emotion left. You've destroyed it and it will never bother you again.
You get the same result with self-inquiry. By inquiring, "Who has this emotion?" You will come to the conclusion that I have it. Where does this I reside? What is the home of the I? The heart. When you follow the I to the heart it'll be dissolved in absolute reality. This is the way to work on yourself. If you try to get rid of the emotion by any other method you will fail. Do no try to change the emotion or change it to something positive. All the emotion is doing is abeyance. Waiting to sprout once more at a certain time.
So again, you either follow the emotion to the centre by identifying with it deeper and deeper and deeper and deeper and deeper and when you get to the centre it will be gone forever. Or in self-inquiry you inquire, "To whom does it come? It comes to me I am experiencing this emotion. What is the source of the I?" The heart. You follow the I to the heart where it will be totally dissolved and obliterated.
.... Dive deep, deep, deep within the pain. Deep, real deep, feel yourself diving deep to the centre of the pain. At the centre there is no pain and you'll be at peace. ...
Or again you can inquire, "To whom does the pain come? The pain comes to me, to the I. I am not the I. I have nothing to do with that I. The I has the pain not me." Follow the I to the heart centre and it will all be dissolved, assimilated and eliminated. The more you work on yourself spiritually the easier these things will be for you to do.
... ry to remember also that to the extent that we bring peace to our self to that extent do we bring peace to the world. This is why even today there are many Sages, many Jnanis, many Saints that you never even heard about who are today sitting in caves, on top of mountain tops, in forests simply being themselves. And that Self becomes the world. If it weren't for these beings we would be back in the dark ages.
Robert Adams
Leica R8 - Kodak Ektar 100
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Ὀρφεύς
When you have a certain emotion, let's say fear. I said one day if you identify with the emotion it will disappear. What I mean is this. When there is a hurricane and you go to the centre of the hurricane what do you find? (S: Silence?) Peace and silence. At the centre of the hurricane there's total peace, total silence. When you see the ocean and the turmoil. Giant waves hurricane size hitting the shore, destroying property but when you go deep into the centre of the ocean what do you find? Total peace, total quietness.
This is true of every emotion you have. If you can only become quiet enough and identify with the centre by going deep within the Self, deep deep within. The deeper you go the quieter you become. And if you go to the centre of the emotion, the emotion will disappear in its entirety and you will never have it again. I can assure you of this.
I'll explain it to you again. If you have anger or greed or any kind of emotion. If you sit still and you observe the emotion, you look at the emotion, you go through the emotion deeper and deeper to it's centre. When you reach the centre there will no longer be an emotion left. You've destroyed it and it will never bother you again.
You get the same result with self-inquiry. By inquiring, "Who has this emotion?" You will come to the conclusion that I have it. Where does this I reside? What is the home of the I? The heart. When you follow the I to the heart it'll be dissolved in absolute reality. This is the way to work on yourself. If you try to get rid of the emotion by any other method you will fail. Do no try to change the emotion or change it to something positive. All the emotion is doing is abeyance. Waiting to sprout once more at a certain time.
So again, you either follow the emotion to the centre by identifying with it deeper and deeper and deeper and deeper and deeper and when you get to the centre it will be gone forever. Or in self-inquiry you inquire, "To whom does it come? It comes to me I am experiencing this emotion. What is the source of the I?" The heart. You follow the I to the heart where it will be totally dissolved and obliterated.
.... Dive deep, deep, deep within the pain. Deep, real deep, feel yourself diving deep to the centre of the pain. At the centre there is no pain and you'll be at peace. ...
Or again you can inquire, "To whom does the pain come? The pain comes to me, to the I. I am not the I. I have nothing to do with that I. The I has the pain not me." Follow the I to the heart centre and it will all be dissolved, assimilated and eliminated. The more you work on yourself spiritually the easier these things will be for you to do.
... ry to remember also that to the extent that we bring peace to our self to that extent do we bring peace to the world. This is why even today there are many Sages, many Jnanis, many Saints that you never even heard about who are today sitting in caves, on top of mountain tops, in forests simply being themselves. And that Self becomes the world. If it weren't for these beings we would be back in the dark ages.
Robert Adams
Leica R8 - Kodak Ektar 100
repost -------------
- comments without personal words might get deleted! -