Tony says it in one of books in the most wonderful way "I don't even have to wait for grace to descend. For I am, you are, it is already that abiding grace"
4 noble truths of Buddhism: 1) there is such an experience called suffering 2) suffering is a conditional effect (a symptom) 3) Suffering is transitory, impermanent; in the absence of the conditions that produce suffering, the experience of suffering cannot endure. 4) the "middle way" of moderation recognizes the possibility of suffering, rather than avoiding the subject of suffering or trying to escape from the natural arising of suffering, which does not work anyway. Let it come and go.
You can't induce non-duality because the word "induce" is saying something is inducing and something is being induced, so that's two things involved. Really the thing trying to do the inducing and the thing it's trying to induce are one and the same, so any sense of duality is confusion caused by trying to induce something.
@Love2GoHiking I think that can happen if you get so fed up with practicing that you just give it up - but if you are practicing you are doing so to build up some part of you. If you practice with the purpose of self-destruction then you are giving life to that purpose and so will not be destroyed. There's nothing there to be destroyed anyway. In practices I think you just temporarily stop giving life to that false sense of self, but then you bring it back so that you can try to destroy it =p
in a way it could happen at any moment, but the thing is when it happens it is seen that nothing has happened, and thus there are no prerequisites or conditions. does that make sense? it could happen in the case of a zen buddhist or a seeker, but also in the case of a someone who works at McDonalds or George Bush jr, well forget i said George Bush, he's the exception hahaha it can't be induced but the construct that is the mind or individuality could collapse and then there is Oneness
Thanks for uploading this. Mr Parsons is one of my favourite western spiritual teachers.
Tony says it in one of books in the most wonderful way "I don't even have to wait for grace to descend. For I am, you are, it is already that abiding grace"
Hey Patrick K. -- thanks for this very nice interview with Tony. Love it!
The great thing about Tony is that he sees you as not being out there, but at the same time you can talk to him. Or not lieten, and see it as it is.
4 noble truths of Buddhism:
1) there is such an experience called suffering
2) suffering is a conditional effect (a symptom)
3) Suffering is transitory, impermanent; in the absence of the conditions that produce suffering, the experience of suffering cannot endure.
4) the "middle way" of moderation recognizes the possibility of suffering, rather than avoiding the subject of suffering or trying to escape from the natural arising of suffering, which does not work anyway. Let it come and go.
for a person who isn't there, he's hilarious.
@Ponferrada22 especially for you I will edit the other 2 parts of the interview back to 10 minutes, first one will be up late this evening
VERY GOOD VIDEOS. IT COULD BE GREAT TO SUBTITLE THEM INTO SPANISH FOR THE BENEFIT OF MANY PEOPLE IN SPANISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES.
You can't induce non-duality because the word "induce" is saying something is inducing and something is being induced, so that's two things involved. Really the thing trying to do the inducing and the thing it's trying to induce are one and the same, so any sense of duality is confusion caused by trying to induce something.
@Love2GoHiking I think that can happen if you get so fed up with practicing that you just give it up - but if you are practicing you are doing so to build up some part of you. If you practice with the purpose of self-destruction then you are giving life to that purpose and so will not be destroyed. There's nothing there to be destroyed anyway. In practices I think you just temporarily stop giving life to that false sense of self, but then you bring it back so that you can try to destroy it =p
in a way it could happen at any moment, but the thing is when it happens it is seen that nothing has happened, and thus there are no prerequisites or conditions. does that make sense? it could happen in the case of a zen buddhist or a seeker, but also in the case of a someone who works at McDonalds or George Bush jr, well forget i said George Bush, he's the exception hahaha
it can't be induced but the construct that is the mind or individuality could collapse and then there is Oneness
frustrating as hell ,all there is is sitting on a fucking chair