Theos-Talk Archives (August 2010 Message tt00055)

Yes of course these teachings were available, but were inaccessible to most 
people in the west. As far as I know it was only Gurdgieff and Krishnamurti 
that brought them to the west. Both of which were laughed at as metaphysical 
try-hards.
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>CassÂ
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>Sent: Fri, 6 August, 2010 3:22:45 AM
>Subject: Re: theos-talk Elijah Crow â The Silence of the Mind
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>Hmmm, 
>After reading Blavatsky and all, how can Theosophists be ignorant of the Void? 
>The Tibetans Kunje Nonparshespa original primordial clear void/empty 
>Mind/Consciousness. And almost all the Tibetan Sects teach the void. The 
>Mahayana Void or Empty mind. The Vedanta Adwaita. The Krama Kashmiri Advaita. 
>The Tao Te Ching - Way of the Dao, The Korean and Japanese Zen all have the 
>Void. The Heart Sutra has the Void. And Krishnamurti also spoke of the Non-dual 
>Paradigm in his orations even if he would not name historical Parents of it. The 
>Yoga Sutra teaches arrival to Queisence of Mind which reveals the Void of 
>Primordial Self-nature.The Sufi also taught of the original Void, It is the 
>Primary Metaphysical Cognition and is sometimes called Home. Find out "Who" you 
>really are. Find out "Where" you really are. Lila is the illusion of the filling 
>of the Void of original Self Beingness. This Doctrine of the Void is Primordial 
>because it is the projection of Truth from Truth to Truth when Truth is cloaked 
>during the Projection's of Lila. 
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>Just my personal view. 
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>John 
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "M. Sufilight" <global-theosophy@Xrklh4frlXhWUUanK8dd_KUuWHkvYm4LfI3FcW4JxaYbfcc2fl3EGcYQokDigVVJlY4d0xtV4YZmlRAIaj_RD_BvZLIS.yahoo.invalid> 
>To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com 
>Sent: Thursday, August 5, 2010 10:06:55 AM 
>Subject: Re: theos-talk Elijah Crow â The Silence of the Mind 
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>It looks a bit like Eckhat Tolle's: "The Power of Now". 
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: MKR 
>To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com 
>Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 2:28 PM 
>Subject: Re: theos-talk Elijah Crow â The Silence of the Mind 
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>I found the following quote from Krishnamurti. Yet to locate where it was 
>made. 
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>"Reality is the interval between two thoughts" 
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>Looks like two people coming up with the same statement, independently. 
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>MKR 
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>On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 2:10 PM, MKR < mkr777@BQ9WbKWeEPALZ1wi3rqXV6tZO5eqEIyFN8mwRvYeYmfub9jXT-o2hSSXdUqNt2rQLz4MO3vxqQVj.yahoo.invalid > wrote: 
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>> The 'void' he is talking about seems to be same as what Jiddu Krishnamurti 
>> has been discussing. May be some others would jump in and share their 
>> observations. 
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>> By the way, in what language did Crow write his book? 
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>> MKR 
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>> On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 7:55 AM, Witnessing Presence < 
>> witnessing_presence@CuJWBIGk8TcfeWEDUVPjwg6tyXTjUyAg3pTvAX_6we7EoVjIbIVJ5QgS5AJtqQCaHKNswp7o4P8VI0prQ-UQbcaV1O7E1La_.yahoo.invalid > wrote: 
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>>> 
>>> I would like to share an unknown enlightened mystic - Elijah Crow â The 
>>> Silence of The Mind, have just finished translating his book 
>>> 
>>> Elijah Crow does not belong to any nonduality lineage or tradition, his is 
>>> a personal expression and experience of nonduality. 
>>> 
>>> Read the whole book here 
>>> 
>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/34607176/Elijah-Crow-The-Silence-of-the-Mind 
>>> 
>>> The Power of Emptiness 
>>> 
>>> The "void" or " psychological emptiness" is a strange 
>>> phenomenon, 
>>> It appears spontaneously, in the pause between two 
>>> thoughts, 
>>> As the old thought ends its course and disappears, 
>>> Its end is the gate, natural silence ensues. 
>>> 
>>> Insist in being with it, as much as you can, 
>>> The mind is completely silent, we are attentive â a clear 
>>> consciousness, 
>>> All meanings, boundaries disappear â us and the Infinite 
>>> are "One"; 
>>> Practically, we have a new mind â always fresh. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Being in the pause â I become infinite! 
>>> It separates two worlds. I leave the limited world 
>>> And enter Boundlessness, through total melting; 
>>> The whole being is calm â a constant sparkle. 
>>> 
>>> There is no time, no space â just everlasting Eternity; 
>>> I move in direct contact with life, in a permanent present. 
>>> I am Pure Energy, without motivations, 
>>> The simplicity of existence integrates us completely. 
>>> 
>>> We really encounter Life only through this "now", 
>>> Free from the old, we are able to embrace the new. 
>>> All this beauty vanishes, when another thought appears, 
>>> It comes from the knowing mind â an old recording. 
>>> 
>>> Let it play its game, do not oppose any resistance, 
>>> Encounter it as it is, without any purpose, 
>>> It will certainly disappear, and "emptiness" ensues again, 
>>> Another opportunity to encounter it practically. 
>>> 
>>> We find the real meaning of Life through this "void", 
>>> It is a boundary line between the two worlds: 
>>> On the one side the limited, where the "ego" is the 
>>> master. 
>>> On the other, the Infinite, where Love is the master. 
>>> 
>>> Emptiness also separates Light from the darkness, 
>>> The permanent chaos through struggle, contradictions and 
>>> conflicts, 
>>> From the harmonious being, equilibrium and joy; 
>>> The whole egocentrism perishes, by encountering the 
>>> void. 
>>> 
>>> Peace, divine order becomes our nature 
>>> It changes our way of being, without effort or will, 
>>> Only through this psychological void, we become honest 
>>> and humane, 
>>> The Purity of the Energy â makes titans out of pigmies . 
>>> 
>>> Let this "psychological emptiness" be your guide, 
>>> In everything you encounter on your spiritual path. 
>>> If it is not the starting point, we easily get deceived, 
>>> Only through emptiness â we become Love! 
>>> 
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