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"...And with that, the entire world self-liberates, because there
is simply no "me" to expect anything of it, to make demands of it,
to claim to know how any of it works. Freed from the stranglehold
of thought, freed from the burden of "me and all my problems",
there is a great ease which permeates everything. Freed from goals
and meanings, every moment is a goal in itself, everything is
intrinsically meaningful, because every moment is all there is, or
ever was. Freed from self-consciousness, everything is permissible
and consequences are not even possible. And there may still be pain
and anger and sadness, but this happens for nobody, and so it
doesn't matter anymore (since there's simply nobody here
to whom it could possibly matter!). There's pain and anger
and sadness, but they don't belong to anyone. And so, since nobody
is claiming them, they just dissolve of their own accord, in their
own time.
And everything being talked about here is already the
case, for all of us (and yes, that includes "you", of course!).
Already, there is liberation. Already, there is freedom from it
all. Truly, right now, there is nothing more to attain. Thoughts
arise, sounds arise, sights arise, feelings in the body arise, but
they always already arise for nobody.
And this may be noticed, or it may not; it really doesn't make a
blind bit of difference. There's nobody there to notice it, anyway.
And nobody would "get" anything from noticing this, even if they
could...
~ Jeff Foster (do check his site, http://www.lifewithoutacentre.com/)
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"...it seems that lots of effort need to be put in -- which is
really not the case. The entire practice turns out to an undoing
process. It is a process of gradually understanding the workings of
our nature that is from beginning liberated but clouded by this
sense of ‘self’ that is always trying to preserve, protect and ever
attached. The entire sense of self is a ‘doing’. Whatever we do,
positive or negative, is still doing. Ultimately there is not-even
a letting go or let be, as there is already continuous dissolving
and arising and this ever dissolving and arising turns out to be
self-liberating. Without this ‘self’ or ‘Self’, there is no
‘doing’, there is only spontaneous arising.
"
~ our forummer, Thusness (source: Non-dual and karmic patterns)
"...When one is unable to see the truth of our nature, all letting
go is nothing more than another from of holding in disguise.
Therefore without the 'insight', there is no releasing.... it is a
gradual process of deeper seeing. when it is seen, the letting go
is natural. You cannot force urself into giving up the self...
purification to me is always these insights... non-dual and
emptiness nature...."
~ Thusness
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From a pure insight practice point of view, you can’t ever
fundamentally “let go” of anything, so I sometimes wish the
popularity of this misleading and indifference-prod
Then the venerable Sariputra said to the goddess, "Goddess, how
long have you been in this house?"
The goddess replied, "I have been here as long as the elder has
been in liberation."
Sariputra said, "Then, have you been in this house for quite some
time?"
The goddess said, "Has the elder been in liberation for quite some
time?"
At that, the elder Sariputra fell silent.
The goddess continued, "Elder, you are 'foremost of the wise!' Why
do you not speak? Now, when it is your turn, you do not answer the
question."
Sariputra: Since liberation is inexpressible, goddess, I do not
know what to say.
Goddess: All the syllables pronounced by the elder have the nature
of liberation. Why? Liberation is neither internal nor external,
nor can it be apprehended apart from them. Likewise, syllables are
neither internal nor external, nor can they be apprehended anywhere
else. Therefore, reverend Sariputra, do not point to liberation by
abandoning speech! Why? The holy liberation is the equality of all
things!
Sariputra: Goddess, is not liberation the freedom from desire,
hatred, and folly?
Goddess: "Liberation is freedom from desire, hatred, and folly"
that is the teaching of the excessively proud. But those free of
pride are taught that the very nature of desire, hatred, and folly
is itself liberation.
~ Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
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"Good sons, all hindrances are none other than ultimate
enlightenment. Whether you attain mindfulness or lose mindfulness,
there is no non-liberation. Establishing the Dharma and refuting
the Dharma are both called nirvana; wisdom and folly are equally
prajna; the method that is perfected by bodhisattvas and false
teachers is the same bodhi; ignorance and suchness are not
different realms; morality, concentration and wisdom, as well as
desire, hatred and ignorance are all divine practices; sentient
beings and lands share the same dharma nature; hell and heaven are
both the Pure Land; those having Buddha-nature and those not having
it equally accomplish the Buddha's enlightenment. All defilements
are ultimately liberation. The reality-realms's ocean-like wisdom
completely illumines all marks to be just like empty space. This is
called 'the Tathāgata's accordance with the nature of
enlightenment.' "
~ The Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment