White Lotus wrote:to me this means that there is a ''samata'' or sameness of all things seen. the experience of seeing the computer screen presents the same sensation as looking at the table on which the computer rests or as the hands typing at the computer. there is a continuum of all things seen. a non-differentiation. very simple, but takes a while to see this. i saw non differentiation of objects a while before i saw non differentiation of observer and observed (objects).
later one sees that there is nothing to differentiate, no self, no objects seen... this is seeing emptiness. one is able to look within and see that there is no within, to look without and see that there is no without.
its all a matter of becoming familiar with ordinary perception. analysing what one sees and feels and how one sees and feels. (i call this meditation with your eyes open!) there is an evolution of perception. what one is able to see on any level, or bhumi develops as one reaches higher bhumis and so there is an increasing understanding of awareness, and a larger range of what can be seen/experienced.
best wishes, Tom.
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later one sees that there is nothing to differentiate, no self, no objects seen... this is seeing emptiness. one is able to look within and see that there is no within, to look without and see that there is no without.
Because "within" and "without" are merely two self-generated illusions of one continium?
its all a matter of becoming familiar with ordinary perception. analysing what one sees and feels and how one sees and feels. (i call this meditation with your eyes open!) there is an evolution of perception. what one is able to see on any level, or bhumi develops as one reaches higher bhumis and so there is an increasing understanding of awareness, and a larger range of what can be seen/experienced.
Yes, and that's interesting and "fun".
But I've recently had to consider whether that "fun" has any real meaning...I'm still considering that point, in fact.
And still, the question is as always, "What's next" ?
I'm not sure I know, or ever will know (I'm not young).
Anyway, however it ends, the journey is a damn fine ride.
Shame on you Shakyamuni for setting the precedent of leaving home.
Did you think it was not there--
in your wife's lovely face
in your baby's laughter?
Did you think you had to go elsewhere (simply) to find it?
from - Judyth Collin
The Layman's Lament
From What Book, 1998, p. 52
Edited by Gary Gach