08-18-2021, 03:11 PM
(08-18-2021, 01:08 PM)Anders Wrote: I came to think of how some people may benefit from following one particular teaching. Nonduality teacher Roger Castillo who was a student of hardcore nonduality teacher Ramesh Balsekar was asked a question about what the thought about the even more hardcore nonduality teaching of Tony Parsons.
Roger said that some teachings can fit some people and other teachings fit other people. And there are levels of teachings, Roger said. So if we look for consistency in spiritual teachings that can be a mistake. As an example he mentioned how in A Course in Miracles it first teaches one thing and then later it changes to another thing! It depends on the level of the student.
Nonduality is the perfect example because the theory is, everything is complete and there is no need to search for Knowledge. I only discovered that a few months ago. It also depends on the individual evolution and their place in understanding Knowledge. If you accept everything, AS IT IS, then we have already achieved the Absolute. Although there are also different levels of Enlightenment. That too can be a diversification because it becomes a stumbling block, and not a step upwards. The point is, if you accept the AS IT IS, as complete, (and it depends on the individual), they create a different interpretation on an agreed possibility. Even in Nonduality, is not to make assumptions and conclusions, because it then becomes a clinging. Any Philosophical concept must always be viewed from the "Neutral". Or, in Zen. Accept everything, and then destroy everything. Neutrality is probably the deepest teaching in Zen. If we observe every observation, (of Philosophy), from a "Neutral Viewpoint", then we are not persuaded by a positive or negative reaction to the viewpoint. Accepting and not accepting, and the neutrality of neither. All three aspects are correct, and also not correct. Meanwhile, we remain in the Neutral Viewpoint, because we are not clinging to association.