Your pointers remind me of the Bahiya Sutta. "In reference to the seen, there is only the seen". Absolutely zero division. Can't describe how much your pointers have helped. Whether through your videos or your older blog posts. Every moment feels fresh and everything feels unbelievably intimate. I can taste the ocean when it appears, feel the trees when they are being blown by the wind. And it's not in the classic non-dual state where everything is subsumed into an artifical space where things appear and disappear from, nor is it the eternal witness that stands apart from the appearances. It's much more subtle, yet utterly free from extremes of existence and non-existence. Even words like "totality" and "infinity" cannot adequately describe this moment.
Okay thats all great and it is absolute comprehendable (although ultimately not show- or explainable in the end) - but what does it help the world and me (the non existing me that still experiences the suffering - even if it is ultimatlely not existing - it feels hell sometimes) What helps it realizing the true nature if reality still keeps you stuck in it - whatsoever this reality might be in the end. For me that makes the existence here even worse - as realizing the true nature lets you lose even more meaning in everything - and the search (often started out of suffering) distracts evenmore from the real life issues the persons has and has to heal or overcome. Means - knowing that everything in the end is nothing (but potential) helps the me that‘s lost in no way in the end. So what meaning does all the realization than has in the end? As the moment still realize it self in suffering for the experiencer in the end.
Hi Willy. If you'd like to email me: john@johnastin.com I'd be happy to respond there to your questions. I do also offer individual inquiry sessions if you felt moved to explore your questions in that way. www.johnastin.com/inquiry-sessions.
I am not John but I would advise you to either read his blog posts on his website, or have a 1 on 1 session through zoom. What he is pointing to is substantially more freeing than anything words and concepts can point to. I was in the same boat as you when I had non-dual experiences and started to dabble into a form of nihilism. I was completely wrong and off the path because I was trying to conceptualize said experiences and made everything worse. What John is pointing towards is liberating in every shape or form. It's almost like being high off of life all the time.
Thanks John! I really loved that talk! This is Infinity! This timeless moment ( if we could call it a moment!!) is all and everything
It’s simply miraculous! ❤
Beautiful
Your pointers remind me of the Bahiya Sutta.
"In reference to the seen, there is only the seen". Absolutely zero division.
Can't describe how much your pointers have helped. Whether through your videos or your older blog posts. Every moment feels fresh and everything feels unbelievably intimate. I can taste the ocean when it appears, feel the trees when they are being blown by the wind. And it's not in the classic non-dual state where everything is subsumed into an artifical space where things appear and disappear from, nor is it the eternal witness that stands apart from the appearances. It's much more subtle, yet utterly free from extremes of existence and non-existence. Even words like "totality" and "infinity" cannot adequately describe this moment.
Thank you for your beautiful words, Murad. Moving to read...
Endless exploration and discovery!😊
Okay thats all great and it is absolute comprehendable (although ultimately not show- or explainable in the end) - but what does it help the world and me (the non existing me that still experiences the suffering - even if it is ultimatlely not existing - it feels hell sometimes)
What helps it realizing the true nature if reality still keeps you stuck in it - whatsoever this reality might be in the end.
For me that makes the existence here even worse - as realizing the true nature lets you lose even more meaning in everything - and the search (often started out of suffering) distracts evenmore from the real life issues the persons has and has to heal or overcome.
Means - knowing that everything in the end is nothing (but potential) helps the me that‘s lost in no way in the end. So what meaning does all the realization than has in the end? As the moment still realize it self in suffering for the experiencer in the end.
Hi Willy. If you'd like to email me: john@johnastin.com I'd be happy to respond there to your questions. I do also offer individual inquiry sessions if you felt moved to explore your questions in that way. www.johnastin.com/inquiry-sessions.
I am not John but I would advise you to either read his blog posts on his website, or have a 1 on 1 session through zoom. What he is pointing to is substantially more freeing than anything words and concepts can point to. I was in the same boat as you when I had non-dual experiences and started to dabble into a form of nihilism. I was completely wrong and off the path because I was trying to conceptualize said experiences and made everything worse. What John is pointing towards is liberating in every shape or form. It's almost like being high off of life all the time.
Being as naught to be.