Eckhart Tolle

Tape 5 

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So, make sure the seeing doesn't become a renewed labeling by the mind.  Leave it on the level of seeing.  Ohhh.  Otherwise, you personalize again and then you have another...a 'me' problem.  (Chuckles)  And then it happens that in the middle of pain-body, using your mind, and perhaps using other people - you may already be in the middle of drama - you can suddenly see it.  It may not stop immediately, but you can see the energy of it. 

Scott Kiloby

  

July 25th

More on dualistic thought and non-dual teachings

Although all thought is dualistic by nature, to deny thought is to deny the very expression of 'This.'  Some non-duality or enlightenment teachings point very directly, leaving no room for the seeker to believe that he or she needs more time in order to be free or that there is even a seeker who could do anything to reach enlightenment.  Other teachings provide the seeker with methods and practices for recognizing presence.   

The method may be to watch thoughts and emotions, question thoughts, practice inner body awareness, or follow the "I" thought back to its source until it is realized that there is only emptiness within.

Each of these expressions is pointing to the same Oneness, enlightenment, non-duality, liberation, nirvana, or whatever you like to call it.  Yet none of these expressions are the truth.  The truth to which all these words point cannot be expressed through dualistic thought.

Keep it simple.  Use whatever works.  Comparing one teacher or teaching to another is just more seeking energy.  When you take a position for or against a teaching, notice that there is always an opposite position.  In seeing that opposite positions are dualistic and arise together, you are recognizing your own non-dual nature.  It is then realized that thought is not a problem.  Although words fail, This loves to express itself in a multitude of ways.

Michael Brown

31. I am a heroine user attempting to resolve the cause of my addiction. Since starting the Process I have repeated nightmares about similar past life experiences. I am struggling with the fear these nightmares generate. THE PRESENCE PROCESS focuses on healing the child within us, but what about working with our past life traumas? What if the cause of addiction is not in this life?

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No matter what happens, it is important to remember we are not a drug addict; we are a beautiful soul projecting itself into this lifetime to experience addiction because there is a great lesson here for us. We must intend to learn it, to keep taking the necessary action, to ask for Grace, to have faith in our purpose, and then we shall move through and beyond the challenges of our present circumstances.     

Chapter 83

The True Guru

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Q:  After you die, will you come again?  If I live long enough, will I meet again?

M:  To you the body is real, to me there is none.  I, as you see me, exist in your imagination only.  Surely, you will see me again, if and when you need me.  It does not affect me, as the Sun is not affected by sunrises and sunsets.  Because it is not affected, it is certain to be there when needed.

You are bent on knowledge, I am not.  I do not have that sense of insecurity that makes you crave to know.  I am curious, like a child is curious.  But there is no anxiety to make me seek refuge in knowledge.  Therefore, I am not concerned whether I shall be reborn, or how long will the world last.  These are questions born of fear.