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ByMartynCan the ego ever consent to its own destruction? Is there ever informed consent for awakening? Perhaps not Because the grasping ego is like a victim of Stockholm Syndrome Conditioned into loving its own captivity It’s a false consciousness That needs rescuing Liberating But it’s only the true consciousness that can do this Only awareness…
Awakened Mind Has No Prescriptions
ByMartynAwakened mind has no prescriptions, only descriptions. But since the world at large is dualistic, we have to translate much of what we hear into non-personal terms. So doing becomes happening. And moral or spiritual injunctions become the recognition and description of our nature and tendencies rather than actions we take as autonomous individuals.
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The Limits of Words
ByMartynUse your words, they say. But recently I saw a sunset that was so sublime words couldn’t even get near it. The subtlety of colour and form of the endlessly changing expressionist painting in the sky, the deftest touch, the impossibly tender sensibility of the creator. There’s really nothing I could say that could begin…
The Vast Majority of People
ByMartynThe vast majority of people simply are not interested in discovering their true nature. They don’t even know that such a thing exists or that there’s any other way to be than being caught up in the Samsara of impermanence, grasping and desperate pleasure-seeking. I guess the Matrix movie had it right when it said…
Nihil Extra Conscientiam
ByMartynYou can’t find anything that exists outside of mind/consciousness. That’s a different claim than there *is* nothing outside of mind. But there’s zero evidence for anything *extra conscientiam* and the hypothesis there’s an *objective* world is unprovable. https://t.co/2b1TbrWjT2 — Martyn… (@martynwebber) March 28, 2024
