LIFE

egodust egodust at DIGITAL.NET
Mon Sep 30 11:38:38 CDT 1996


> On Mon, 30 Sep 1996, egodust wrote:
>
> >
> > Rewind the question to its source: "Who is having the doubt?"
> >
> > Firstly, 'who' is the product of the trumped-up 'I' (the 'I'-thought,
> > which is the Maker of Mind).
> > Secondly, 'doubt' is the product of this same Mind.
> >
> > Therefore, this *rumored* ego-Mind is the thief of one's equilibrium.
> >
> > How to treat this "problem"...?
> >
> > ***********
> >
> > 'Doubts' are dreadful gadgets of maya fabricated by MindWorks, Ltd.
> > It's best to sneak into the factory late at night when nobody's around,
> > plant a 10lb chunk of dynamite insight under the giant file cabinets of
> > historic judgements, light a 10 minute fuse of contemplation and,
> > without regrets of any conceivable allurement, walk away without
> > ever looking back...knowing full well the ensuing explosion [ever was,
> > is, and will be] That Silence Unchained in the tenhundred directions
> > within the Unknowable Itself...
> >
> > namaste.
> >
>
> Why ten minute fuse of contemplation ? My preference is not to give even
> one minute for the explosion to take place so that Silence and Quietness
> is unchained and liberated. Ten minutes is too long a time for the mind
> to work its by now well-known web of illusion.
>
> The biggest source of all problems we encounter is the Mind, the
> uncontrolled and which roams as it wishes without any leash.
>
> Mindworks Ltd (with its Managing Director, the maaya) is a factory which
> creates all sorts of unnecessary and banned (to an advaitin) substances.
> I will even add, it creates only unrequired gadgets and puts hindrance
> at every step of the way.
>
> The sooner we get rid of this factory, the closer we are to remove the
> veil of ignorance.
>
> Regards
> Gummuluru Murthy
>

Concur--without reservation.

namaskaaram.



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