To experience reality directly without subject-object division.
Becoming the Becoming, not as a seperate person seeing things
arising and then grasping them as a 'thing'. Truly seeing
consciousness as a continuum, not as fragmented entities.
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Sinweiy:
Originally posted by casino_king:
What is that which is permanent does the seeker finds when he
transcends?
if u want to know the real and pure essence that do not change.
it's the origin ability of the senses, MINUS off the attachment,
discrimination and wandering thoughts.
impermanence is permanent.
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Pls also read the article written by Chan Master Sheng Yen in
Interesting site about stages of progress:
When you are in the
second stage, although you feel that the "I" does not exist, the
basic substance of the universe, or the Supreme Truth, still
exists. Although you recognize that all the different phenomena are
the extension of this basic substance or Supreme Truth, yet there
still exists the opposition of basic substance versus external
phenomena. Not until the distinctions of all phenomena disappear,
and everything goes back to truth or Heaven, will you have absolute
peace and unity. As long as the world of phenomena is still active,
you cannot do away with conflict, calamity, suffering and crime.
Therefore, although philosophers and religious figures perceive the
peace of the original substance, they still have no way to get rid
of the confusion of phenomena.
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One who has entered Chan
does not see basic
substance and phenomena as two things standing in opposition to
each other. They cannot even be illustrated as being the
back and palm of a hand. This is because phenomena themselves are basic
substance, and apart from phenomena there is no basic
substance to be found. The reality of basic substance exists
right in the unreality of phenomena, which change ceaselessly and
have no constant form. This is the
Truth.
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Second stage is Amness, and even Amness has varying degrees as I
have told you. The highest stage of AMness lies in the fusing into
everything, individuality into nothingness, and finding AMness in
everything. There is already a certain degree of Non-Duality
experienced, however still there is a subtle attachment to that
transcendental experience. This is the highest stage in Hinduism
and many other contemplative paths.
Even that, is not yet there. In fact 2nd stage is the basis of all
major religions, and only Buddhism transcends that.
Naturally, all great
religious figures must have gone through the experiences of this
second stage, where they free themselves from the confines of the
small "I", and discover that their own basic substance is none
other than the existence of the entire universe, and that there is
no difference between themselves and everything in the universe.
All phenomena are manifestations of their own nature. They have the
duty to love and watch over all things, and also have the right to
manage them; just as we have the duty to love our own children and
the right to manage the property that belongs to us. This is the
formation of the relationship between the deity and the multitude
of things he created. Such people personify the basic substance of
the universe which they experience through meditation, and create
the belief in God. They substantiate this idea of a large "I" the
self-love of God and formulate the mission of being a savior of the
world or an emissary of God.
More of that can be found in the website so read up.
