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Dakini · 01-21-2009, 09:33 PM

I love your willingness to ask questions.

So is there a tick list or a blueprint?
I think the tangible blueprint is in our DNA.

"...so what is all the studying for? Why shall I go 'educate myself' about all this through the exercise of my upper conscious and learning by heart if all that is ALREADY THERE?"

This is a big subject. I guess it depends on your intent...what are you seeking, specifically, bc until you are clear, you will be drawn to all kinds of teachings, maybe in order to clarify what you want. You say you aren't interested per se in "enlightenment," so some of the 'knowing' available at that level (had by a very small fraction, anyway) would not be conferred.

At some point in the seeker's education about spiritual matters, he naturally decides to put down the books and just BE...just LIVE the knowingness. In terms of mysticism, the seeker wants to read the accounts and experiences of the Masters that have gone before him in order to understand and place his/her own experience in the greater context. It helps. On many levels.
Even Eckhart Tolle, in his own enlightenment experience didn't get what happened until much later, when he read the accounts of Masters.

One thing I have seen over and over with clients - they want to be "spiritual," and they have 20 bookcases filled with "spiritual" books...they keep reading, expecting something to happen. They keep going to seminars and classes. Some say they don't know enough yet. Maybe they don't feel ready to do the real work, which is doing, loving, being. I ask how they are applying what they are learning, and I tell them that one way you will know if you've changed is when your thoughts have changed - and when you don't react defensively. I tell them they are ready.

What are you seeking?

01-21-2009, 09:33 PM	#14
Dakini Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Connecticut Posts: 152	Re: Spiritual Afterburner? I love your willingness to ask questions. So is there a tick list or a blueprint? I think the tangible blueprint is in our DNA. "...so what is all the studying for? Why shall I go 'educate myself' about all this through the exercise of my upper conscious and learning by heart if all that is ALREADY THERE?" This is a big subject. I guess it depends on your intent...what are you seeking, specifically, bc until you are clear, you will be drawn to all kinds of teachings, maybe in order to clarify what you want. You say you aren't interested per se in "enlightenment," so some of the 'knowing' available at that level (had by a very small fraction, anyway) would not be conferred. At some point in the seeker's education about spiritual matters, he naturally decides to put down the books and just BE...just LIVE the knowingness. In terms of mysticism, the seeker wants to read the accounts and experiences of the Masters that have gone before him in order to understand and place his/her own experience in the greater context. It helps. On many levels. Even Eckhart Tolle, in his own enlightenment experience didn't get what happened until much later, when he read the accounts of Masters. One thing I have seen over and over with clients - they want to be "spiritual," and they have 20 bookcases filled with "spiritual" books...they keep reading, expecting something to happen. They keep going to seminars and classes. Some say they don't know enough yet. Maybe they don't feel ready to do the real work, which is doing, loving, being. I ask how they are applying what they are learning, and I tell them that one way you will know if you've changed is when your thoughts have changed - and when you don't react defensively. I tell them they are ready. What are you seeking?