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Sse
Saṃsāra

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Re: Have you experienced oneness? [Re: lessismore]
#19208928 - 11/30/13 02:54 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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"if frustrated about others, one is frustrated about oneself.."
seems to be true, perceptions/reactions;interpretation of(all built on internal experiences)are conditioned forms of self. I guess compassion is self-compassion. 
"When I supervise people learning to be Mindfulness teachers, I reassure them about their ability to respond to any question a student might ask. I say, "Just assume that the answer to every possible question is 'Compassion.' I also say, "Try to include a technical answer as well-"
"Everyone agrees. Everyone knows compassion is the right response. The problem, students remind me, is with ourselves, not with other people."
"When the heart is at peace-body notwithstanding, outside events notwithstanding-a thanking, grateful, awe inspired benevolence is all that's left. The heart has no questions."
"I tell them-and remind myself-that the human heart has its own built-in, self-healing intent and its own timetable. So far, that's the best I know."
Pay Attention For Goodness' Sake by Sylvia Boorstein
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http://www.gratefulness.org/readings/jh_equanimity.htm
Equanimity: The Fourth Abode
"Equanimity is grounded in the experience of letting go."
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Monk, Angkor Wat, Cambodia - The fourth boundless abode, equanimity, is the perfect partner of compassion. Equanimity is the stability of mind that allows us to be present with an open heart no matter how wonderful or difficult conditions are. It is said that the boundless qualities of lovingkindness, compassion, and sympathetic joy stem from equanimity.
Equanimity is grounded in the experience of letting go. The world in and around us is constantly changing. One moment your brother is alive; the next moment he is dead in a car accident. One morning you feel a lump in your breast, and your life changes in a way that you cannot avoid. One afternoon the doctor says that you have inoperable cancer with three months to live. The following year, free of cancer, you are putting your life together again.
What kind of mind and heart can stay strong and open and not fall prey to conditioned reactions? Can we grieve fully and not cling to our grief? Can we feel the post-operative pain and not cling to it? Can we be with the unknowable and open to trust at the same time? The mind that has realized the truth of change and the truth of cause and effect, what Buddhists call karma, can do this. Planting seeds of kindness, love, compassion, and joy helps us ride the waves of change without drowning.
Equanimity is the capacity to be in touch with suffering and at the same time not be swept away by it. It is the strong back that supports the soft front of compassion. These interdepending qualities are the foundation for effective work with suffering. Equanimity allows us that radiant calm, peace, and trust that receive the world and at the same time make it possible for us to let go of the world.
This traditional equanimity meditation helps us remember the truth of the nature of impermanence and cause and effect: “All beings are owners of their karma. Their happiness and unhappiness depend on their actions, not on my wishes for them.” This might sound a little hard, a little ruthless, but it is true. Equanimity is ruthless compassion."
Edited by Sse (11/30/13 03:06 PM)
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lessismore
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Re: Have you experienced oneness? [Re: Sse]
#19209628 - 11/30/13 06:32 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Very true, the heart doesnt think about everything
we should all live more with the heart :-)
"love is all you need" -John Lennon , its true
Edited by lessismore (12/01/13 05:25 PM)
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cbub
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How did you achieve this state, or was it spontaneous? I wasn't looking for it. I didn't know it existed. I never heard of it. Best way of putting it - I completely surrendered and stopped. Cessation of every desire. Nullifying myself into not being worthy of anything through complete failure.
Do you draw any parallels in media to your experience, i.e. religions, stories etc? All of it  Parallels all over the place.
How would you describe it, if it indeed may be described. Imagine nothing. Like a state lacking anything. Any-thing and any-where to put it. No space, no time, no senses, to perceive anything. But there is something, something we know very well. The feeling of existence. The 'I am'. The life itself. And it has imagination and through it emerges everything we know. So it is all It, everyone and everything is it and of this source. And we most intimately know it, because we ARE it and It is us. And everything but It, is nothing but imagination, a dream, illusion.
How has this event effected your life, or has it had an effect on your life? It turned the life upside down. Things make sense and gives life a reason. It ended most of suffering, but in some areas ego tends to continue to act is if it didn't happen and chooses to punish itself for some reason. It's a game of sorts.
Any other questions i'm not asking the right way? I wonder that too.
-------------------- It's fine.
Edited by cbub (12/01/13 08:56 AM)
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BlueCoyote
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Oneness is just forgetting/ignoring/silencing the other side  Yes I experience(d) it on many different occasions, many different things 'start(ed)' it and it feels too good
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