Eckhart Tolle’s book, The Power of Now, should be retitled to read, The Power of Samsara, because this is exactly what the now is. Using the analogy of a movie, the now is like one frame of samsara. Whether the now is a frame at a time or an entire movie, the now can never be nirvana.
Truth be told, there is no now when we awaken to our true nature. Such a nature cannot be squeezed into a now. All the nows that have ever been are illusory.
Before we are purified, enough to come to our first initial realization of pure Mind, we must first lose all faith in now, i.e., this moment. It is not enlightenment.
I can remember once when I gave myself up to cleaning out the Zen temple's garden being focused on the here and now as my teacher instructed. Later, I realized that it wasn't any different than when my Zen teacher and I got drunk together on cheap beer (and I mean cheap). The series of nows that made up my life pointed in one direction. It was samsara—not awakening.
Thanks to a few great mentors like Bishop Nippo Shaku, I sought to find the pure essence of my ordinary mind and its thoughts—an essence that was anything but ordinary or now. Looking back to this time from my present vantage point I can say, with absolute surety that, primordially, we are the Buddha-nature or if your like we are the One Mind. Unfortunately, if we don't recognize our Buddha-nature we remain stuck in the nows of suffering and rebirth.
The real path we should be on goes beyond the now or the present moment. This path is about a search for our true nature. I can assure you that if we look hard enough, exhausting every possible avenue, eventually this true nature will discover us exactly when we discover it. There will be mutual recognition followed by what is called the light of Mahayana (mahâyana-prabhâsa).
check out this pudwacker on youtube,...hes been lifting the same sutta passages i post as evidence against no-soulism, ...too bad he looks like a pedophile and creepy to boot. I have no idea who this dufus is, however hes been lifting my videos and articles... funny stuff. At least hes wearing a suit.
his video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G04XOuFpx4M
Posted by: Java Junkie Junebug Julius | June 02, 2012 at 07:26 PM
My master told me;
"The truth (body) found in the dhyana of no corporeal position is the only path. This is the reason most beings fail to see (it) and much less understand (it).
I have spoken about this truth more times than I can count and yet till this day you have failed to see it, much less understand it. If you cannot see it, you cannot understand it, and if you cannot understand it you cannot use it. How are you supposed to obtain the deathless body of a bodhisattva if you cannot see it? How are you supposed to aid sentient beings in distress if you cannot use it?
To those with little sand in their eyes, this truth is obtained by means of a singular entrance by the grace and untainted aid of the imageless Mind. To those with entire rocks blocking their sight, this truth, I speak of, is but a dream, a story, a tall tale presented to children of vivid imagination.
Being denied this truth you are not a warrior of a great light and a fearless heart. You are but a slave, following a cruel master, under the spiritual burden of dark skies and heavy chains."
Posted by: minx | June 02, 2012 at 04:43 PM
The following is a video representation of this teaching:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyIsTtp-g1c
Posted by: MStrinado | June 01, 2012 at 01:02 PM
It is found and you stop looking for it simultaneously.
It's like yelling for your secretary as you complete the task yourself.
Posted by: CL | May 31, 2012 at 11:23 AM