What if...
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What if...
...your search was over
... you knew yourself to be what you've been looking for all your life
... you understood that what you are has never changed and always will be
... you understood and recognized that you are the creative impulse that is responsible for all that is
... you were willing to accept this new found identity and live as That
... what would you do?
... how would you live?
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Hmm....thinking of the past and thinking of the future is not recommended as it is ultimately fruitless.
But to answer your question, look towards actions and way of living of the Buddha and the Arya ones after they got enlightened.
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A Zen Master was asked how his life changed when he became enlightened. He replied “Well, before enlightenment, I would carry water and chop wood. After I became enlightened, I carry water, and chop wood.”
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine. —Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
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Originally posted by JonLS:
What if...
...your search was over
... you knew yourself to be what you've been looking for all your life
... you understood that what you are has never changed and always will be
... you understood and recognized that you are the creative impulse that is responsible for all that is
... you were willing to accept this new found identity and live as That
... what would you do?
... how would you live?
Not until i'm there, will i truly know
Becoz no sufficient inner knowledge to understand.
But i bet that i would be freeeeeeeeeeee...
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Originally posted by JonLS:
What if...
...your search was over
... you knew yourself to be what you've been looking for all your life
... you understood that what you are has never changed and always will be
... you understood and recognized that you are the creative impulse that is responsible for all that is
... you were willing to accept this new found identity and live as That
... what would you do?
... how would you live?
Why don't you answer us.
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In the first note, the student wrote, “I feel an expansion of consciousness and experience oneness with the universe.” The master glanced at the note and threw it away.
The following month, the student wrote: “I finally discovered that the Divine is present in all things.” The master seemed disappointed.
In his third letter the disciple enthusiastically explained, “The mystery of the One and the many has been revealed to my wondering gaze.” The master yawned.
The next letter said, “No one is born, no one lives, no one dies, for the self is not.” The master threw up his hands in despair.
A year passed, and the master reminded his disciple of his duty to keep him informed of his spiritual progress. The disciple wrote back, “I am simply living my life.”
The master read this and cried, “Ah, he's got it at last.”.....................
Thusness:
http://awakeningtoreality.blogspot.com/2009/03/on-anatta-emptiness-and-spontaneous.html
Ordinariness has always been Taoism’s forte. In Zen we also see the importance of this being depicted in those enlightenment models like Tozan’s 5 ranks and the The Ten Oxherding Pictures. But ordinariness must only be understood that non-dual and the Maha world of suchness is nothing beyond. There is no beyond realm to arrive at and never a separated state from our ordinary daily world; rather it is to bring this primordial, original and untainted experience of non-dual and Maha experience into the most mundane activities. If this experience is not found in most mundane and ordinary activities then practitioners have not matured their understandings and practices.