dharma talking
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February 3rd, 2023
realizing I want to orient more to the existing field of … › interesting article by Andrew Cohen (who I heard is sort … › Is the Next Buddha a Sangha?
- cool experience of collecting awakening / dharma talking
- > This was a pivotal moment in the evolution of my teaching work. Finally a latent potential I’d been aware of for many years became manifest and realized. What was different about this emergence was that simultaneously each individual was aware of their own uniqueness while remaining fully cognizant of their non-dual essence as Self. Even more extraordinary was that inherent in this intersubjective awareness was the mind of enlightenment itself.
- > The miracle of what happened on July 30th is that this direct access to the source of enlightened wisdom itself was present in a shared experience of presence in which all the individuals were immersed. The mind of the Guru had dissolved and had become one with the many. Everybody bore witness as the unique voice of unquestioned spiritual authority spoke through the hearts and minds of many of the individuals present. It was literally awe-inspiring.
- he describes an experience of thinking he had no shadow then becoming disillusioned (tho he doesn't really go deep on this... the writing feels quite surfacey/shallow)
- > In the midst of all this I had an unconscious need for others to see me as being perfect. My new mythic identity reinforced this, and it was constantly reflected back to me. Simultaneously I was deluded enough to actually believe the impossible: that I had no shadow.