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More:
"I was walking to work, alongside the Sengawa river, just like
every day, when in an instant I got it. Every damned thing I'd ever
read in a Buddhist book was confirmed that day. The Universe was me
and I was the Universe. I looked up at the sky and it was exactly
like looking at a mirror. I don't mean that metaphorically either.
You know the feeling of recognition you get when you look in a
mirror? That's me, you say. Well I got that feeling no matter where
I looked. There was no doubt that this state was true. I had no
need to confirm it with anyone. And this state has stayed with me
ever since then. Even if I want to put it down I can't.
Sometimes it's painful. You know those assholes that rammed
those planes into the World Trade Center? That was me. The people
that died in the collapse. Me again. I don't mean I identify with
them or sympathize with them. I mean I am them. It's
impossible to explain, but this isn't a figure of speech or bad
poetry. I mean it absolutely literally.
"But the Universe is soooooo much bigger than any of that. The sky
is me, and the stars too, chirping crickets and the songs they
make, sparkling rivers, snow and rain, distant solar systems and
whoever may live there, it's all me. And it's all you, too." - Brad
Warner, author of Hardcore Zen
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Another topic,
Interesting site about stages of progress
....All the myriad phenomena before his eyes-the old and the young,
the honorable and the base, halls and pavilions, verandahs and
corridors, plants and trees, mountains and rivers-he regards as his
own original, true, and pure aspect. It is just like looking into a
bright mirror and seeing his own face in it. If he continues for a
long time to observe everything everywhere with this radiant
insight, all appearances of themselves become the jeweled mirror of
his own house, and he becomes the jeweled mirror of their houses as
well. Dogen Zenji has said: "The experiencing of the
manifold dharmas through using oneself is delusion; the
experiencing of oneself through the coming of the manifold dharmas
is Satori."....
So now you know why it's virtually impossible for enlightened
people to enjoy sadistic fun.
