In reply to a recent email Kira wrote:
“perhaps (therapy/spirituality) is needed for some levels of communication
and stepping stones.”
Devesh wrote:
“which is how I see the various styles of expression;
(spiritual teachers) with their spiritually and Paul with his
own unique language and way of using it…”
I am now attempting to share at another level.
I know it is said that any progress is better than none. I don’t agree.
Plus, anyway, even if stepping stones worked,
they are certainly not working very well.
We have had Gurus, teachers and religious leaders for centuries –
and look at us,! – and the state of the planet!
We could say that things are changing – but even if so, ain’t very fast.
We could say that all is always perfect – if so, what are we doing
trying to be different!
Stepping stones can be seen as steps forward – or islands.
Therapy can be seen as improvement – or first aid that is
treating the symptoms – not dealing with the source.
What we are now attempting to share is beyond all this.
Talk to a person who is really hungry and they will not hear anything
that does not have to do with food.
Mention Buddhism or spirituality to a seeker, and off they go –
into the known. We want to understand. We feel helpless
when we do not understanding, and we hate feeling helpless.
So when something is mentioned that we think we understand,
off we go – into the old.
Anything that is not unconditionally of this moment is dead – and rotting.
What we are now attempting to talk about cannot be said –
so any references to anything past is just a diversion – into the
irrelevant.
Krishna Murti saw it clearly (and got frustrated about it)
Kira sent this except:
“And you have been helped, you have been guided, politically, religiously,
psychiatrically, and at the end of it all you are what you are.”
Kira also wrote:
“ahhhh ? feeling touched and alive reading your words ?one of the main
things I gained from the Krishnamurti notes I read the last days was
something like what you are saying here, that any position/thought/concept
is in the way and the feeling sense I had in reading him was allowing
‘no-thingness’ of not knowing ? reminds me of something that you
frequently say of ‘not knowing being the most intimate'”
Time to let it all go?
Sending love…