A Useless Issue
"One who understands and imbibes the knowledge will come to the conclusion that whatever is seen, heard, experienced and acquired is totally useless and redundant. Even the highest is useless to the highest."
Nisargadatta
What does this mean to you?
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This relates to the inner understanding of desirelessness and detachment, which accompanies the spiritual experience of enlightenment, causing you see the world in a different light. A light that reveals the true nature of things and your mistaken understanding that embroiled you in the body and world is now corrected, and all that you see, hear or experience is understood as part of that grip that was surrendered. The superimposed transient reality of the living with individual dreams, concepts, desires and accolades isn’t important anymore compared to the real state of affairs, which is a much easier existence. Being able to stay with the Eternal reality is a byproduct from witnessing the everlasting grip of the Almighty, and that naturally downgrades any fleeting grip, which the mind and world once held over you.
You see only one thing that doesn’t perish and worth striving for, and you never really lost touch with it, because it’s with you all the time. And, That what they call, God or Eternity is labeled as the Highest and your identity now identifies with that State of Being. Your being knows for certain that it is the Highest potential and will always be a fragment of the Highest being, making life a misrepresentation and impersonation. You now understand the battlefield of manifestation, and understand its impotency towards rediscovering the Eternal identity.
Why would you want anything besides the Highest and once you find the Highest within the Self you realize the Highest can’t give you anything more or higher than it has already given you, because it is the source of everything.
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True desirelessness and detachment seem to be possible and natural only in the enlightened state.
In the unenlightened state I can only *see* all the desires and attachments in the clarity/silence of being, and this has eased off the reactions.
For instance when someone works twice as hard but earns half as much or even less, it's hard not to react. But the reactions do ease off with constant practice of meditation, by reflecting and inquiring in the soul. The event doesn't get resolved (something the mind is always after!) but it does exercise knowings such as the unpredictability of life, acceptance, conscious action etc. So much to learn, and each small lesson takes so much time redefining and refining.
I hope to keep on learning in the silence/soul
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The tug of life is very compelling, because we identify with it and once that identity gets reset it loosens the grip that a fleeting reality had over the Eternal Self.
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It means to me that nothing is ever what it seems? I would hope that all the things experienced are a little more meaningful then that.
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Things are not more meaningful, but youare. Find for yourself the answer to "Who am I". When you get the answer you will get the total meaning. I was told this and I worked day and night for 2 weeks and suddenly everything changed, yet nothing changed. This site is a God given gift.
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Thanks for the comment Tony and keep up the good work.
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That is the paradox of life.
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To me that quote represents someone who hasn't experienced enough love to feel like they matter to someone. If everything is useless, then why do people love each other?
Steve Hill
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