Empty Hands and Empty Mind
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Bevor das Äußerste erreicht ist…
sieht es jedes feine Härchen.
Ist das Ohr dem Taubsein nahe,
hört es kleinster Mücken schwirren.
Eh´ der Gaumen völlig stumpf wird,
kennt er Wasser nach der Quelle.
Will sich der Geruch verlieren,
kennt er dürren Holzes Moder.
Ist der Körper am Erlahmen,
rastlos muss er sich bewegen.
Eh´ im Herzen Wahnsinn dunkelt,
scheidet klar es Recht und Unrecht.
Eh´ das Äußerste erreicht ist,
kehrt sich nichts ins Gegenteil.
Liä Dsi
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SCIENCE AND NONDUALITY Conference 2012 @ Zonheuvel Netherlands
“Tear down the immagination that there is some “thing” called self and there is some “thing” called Supreme Self.” - Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
” A human being is part of a whole, called by us “universe”, a part limited in time and space. He experience himself, his thughts and feelings as something separated from the rest… a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons near us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in it’s beauty.” - Albert Einstein
THE NATURE OF THE SELF
Mystics in all ages and cultures describe the self as infinite, stable and ever-present phenomena. Modern physics describe the world as a self-moving, self-designing pattern, an undivided wholeness, a dance. We, as a society, relate to the self mostly as an individual, unique, time bound form. Our common sense, as individuals and society, hasn’t caught up with this picture and it still based on long-held biases and stories. The Earth is clearly round but we still act as if it was flat…
The Theory of Natural Connection
It’s time to update Darwin’s theory of Natural Selection with the far better theory of Natural Connection. Natural Selection, and its corollary, Survival of the Fittest, has too long been used to rationalize selfish behavior. We need a new theoretical lens.
The theory of Natural Connection posits that the engine of evolution is not the selfish drive to survive, but rather the innate impulse to connect— the impulse to be part of something bigger than ourselves. It’s a far better explanation for evolution since everything that exists must figure out how to stay in balanced relationship with the greater whole of which it is a part.
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