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There is no such thing as another.
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Here is another little thing to take a look at, about what we call another. That’s one of the questions in the Satori Group. One of the significant’s is, “What is another?” Listen! Not, who is another? What is another?
Often you get disturbed at the other person and you don’t really get what it’s about. You think you know what it’s about. They’re not behaving in a way that suits you, or not convenient. But there’s another depth to that, you know. And what the depth is, you see their pain. You can see the pain they’re in and you feel for them.
It doesn’t matter whether you know, you’re feeling for them or not. And I’ll tell you why. And the … the mind is not capable of registering this, but I’m going to tell you, and you open up … and you be with it. You see, there is no such thing as another. It’s an illusion.
There’s no such thing as another. It’s an illusion. That’s you out there, in many different ways. First of all, you project you’re out there, but I am not talking about that. I’m talking about the source … from which we all arise. “Out of the whole comes the whole … and the whole remains, whole!” so says Buddha. We … are … that.
And this other person, who is in pain, disturbs you for two things. One thing is, you don’t want them to be in pain. And another thing is, it … is … also … your … pain. There isn’t another.
When you have come to see that part in you … and you say, “Yes, I have that part.” then there’s no judgement. There is caring, and the caring is conditional. And I want to try and explain that. Conditional meaning: you see their pain, you would prefer them not to be in their pain. First of all, because you feel pain at their pain, but secondly, you don’t want them to be in pain.
But the other thing is, you see their pain, you register their pain, and somewhere you know that is what they need. And it doesn’t make sense, but you see, if you look at your life, you usually find … look at Clare’s. She had this dramatic accident and look what’s happened for her. Often in our most tragic times, we’re given the opportunity to see things differently, to snap us out of our dream, … and see.
So, you see the pain in this person, and you know … this is what they need, until they get their message, until they get what they need to get. And then, it will dissolve away – dissolve.
I’ll just come back to this thing again. Many people have this realization in the Satori Process … and it doesn’t matter whether it lasts or not. Once you had a glimpse, your life is different. Even although it’s still a memory, your life is different.
There is … something else!