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Diana: You realize, of course, that the Buddhist teacher actually approached your question wisely - it was just your reaction to the instruction that was unfortunate! :) There is an old Sufi saying that says: "If you don't stop there"......you will find in the next hill gold, and if you do...

Diane: The only similar sensation that I can attest to occurs in the opposite direction for me: and always, as you indicate, it occurs when interacting with another. It is a rising up the spine out through the top of the head, which is an exquisite sensation, similar to goose-bumps, but internally f...

On this auspicious day of Easter, and the rising of spring, and life, and all the rest of it, the question posed by a friend the other night, "what is love?" rose this morning in my mind, and I thought I'd write out my response. There are two kinds of love: one is human love, which require...

An interesting topic, teaching. I would differentiate between teachers "teaching" and teachers "being" - the latter of course, teaches, in that observing or listening to an individual that actually "is" the teaching, teaches. Most teachers, however, are of the "tea...

Welcome aboard, Diana, nice to see your post. I enjoyed your clarity and sense of certainty - so pleasant to hear such no-nonsense statement of purpose and understanding. I particularly relate to your statment about the teacher and student being the same. Nicely put, and I agree completely. I think ...

Meant to add this to the above entry - your pig is adorable, Bhakti!

Nothingness makes a good point, seems to me. In the final analysis, when you get right down to it, everything anyone says, or does, or thinks, or dreams, is essentially nonsense, because it has virtually no significance except to the subject that does it, and that subject's world. That said, of cour...

Perhaps we need to define terminology here. The way I see it, to be enlightened is different from being realized. Being enlightened is knowing truth and understanding its ramifications. Being enlightened brings an end to suffering, but does not bring an end to birth and death. Being realized, which ...

Someone mentioned Gangaji - has anyone had the pleasure of meeting this woman face to face? And if so, what did you come away with? And is she still living? And where? Just interested.

Bahkti: What a beautiful story, and what a gorgeous ending! Thanks for the reminder, I needed it to put things into perspective. I think when it comes to family relationships, there is so much under the water that it takes real effort and friendly reminders to put things into perspective. and you di...

Yes, yes, "life is simple, not easy" - aint' that the truth!

So, That I Am, where would you put consolation in the scheme of things? Is there a place for it? Or is this question just designed to prolong the discussion?

Yes, "it is as it is......and all is well." Well put.

That I Am - yes, good point, great point! But you see, that's no fun, is it? That's a solitary, gripping and disciplined undertaking that requires a willingness to grapple with the unknown and one's own devious mind, and involves a kind of heavy duty "prayer" of a kind that doesn't guarant...

Taking the following from Lewis' quote, which, incidentally, is beautiful. "Supposing we really found him? We never meant it to come to that! Worse still, supposing He had found us?" Isn't this the whole point? Isn't this the ecstacy of communion with God, isn't this what the whole "s...