The Zen N! #51
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The Paths, 0, 1, 2 Part I
The Paths, 0, 1, 2 Part I on YouTube
I have a background in hacking and reverse-engineering, and I've had a mystic's experience of life. I am endlessly fascinated by the highest wisdoms and seek to search for them to the ends of this earth.
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Path 1:
I followed from Osho. This leads to, at this moment, though there are others–Vishrant.
Once a person moves toward their own emptiness,
when they find a teacher who has developed qualities in their emptiness,
intimacy, warmth, enjoyment, love, connection—
when their being is exposed to a teacher who has done this,
Their space of emptiness begins to transform.
If their space transforms,
then they may connect with that which exists in that space.
in a negative space, a person might experience the so-called negative entities in the subconscious, and all manner of misery.
A person perhaps meditating on the Holy Spirit might find a comforting peace within their dwelling, it seems that light angels and spirits are in their space.
If a person were to bring these certain harmonious qualities into their space, they might connect to that which shares those qualities.
This can be understood by Gurdjieff’s statement,
“Knowledge by itself does not give understanding. Nor is understanding increased by an increase of knowledge alone. Understanding depends upon the relation of knowledge to being...It appears only when a man feels and senses what is connected with it.” - George Gurdjieff
Knowledge may have no connection.
What we call understanding is:
When we connect to an understanding that exists outside of ourselves.
We do not feel knowledge, but we feel–we sense– understanding.
When two people feel an understanding, they are sensing the same understanding. The understanding is outside of them.
Consider what a person like Osho is connected to, where he says,
“See that all of existence is celebrating.. The rivers and the oceans are wild, and everywhere there is fun, everywhere there is joy and delight.
Watch existence, listen to existence and become a part of it.” - Osho
Can you fathom how Osho is connected to this, and how he intends to bring others into this?
If we connect to the things that are of a similar quality,
If we identify the quality of existence,
Then we may become connected to it.
If the fundamental quality of existence is celebration,
And we connect to celebration,
If the same quality of celebration is cultivated within our being, within the space of our own emptiness,
Then we may connect to the quality of celebration outside of us.
then you can see that in a single instant, you might instantaneously be connected with the whole of existence, the whole totality which possesses these qualities.
The direct word for this is:
Love.
The metaphorical word for this, which is easier to comprehend, is:
Music.
In Tilopa’s song, in his words, there is no Tilopa.
There is only the song Tilopa hears.
Tilopa is putting words to that song.
Tilopa is singing the song with his being.
He is expressing the song that he hears.
Poetry achieves the same.
If you work it out, if you understand that we connect to understanding,
then you know that the idea of connecting to the quality of the universe is not imagination,
It is the work of what we call science and mathematics.
This is describing a mechanical, mathematical process to “connect to creation.”
That is, to, in a single moment, “become one with the universe.”
Thank you for reading! - Tyler
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