Many think that they can encounter the divine by reading or hearing stories about God, and firmly believing them. Many also think that humans are created as an image of God, and that due to our mind, we humans are the only species capable of enlightenment. However, rather the opposite seems true; due to our mind we seem to be the least likely species to experience God, so much so that it takes us one or more lifetimes (depending on who you believe) to shut up our mind and finally experience God. Words and believes are concepts of the mind. The mind, with its labels and concepts, memories, fears and needs, projects us away from what is, into the past and future.
To experience God, to experience enlightenment, we need to experience what is.
Here is how you can do it in an instant:
Imagine you are a cow. Feel you cow body, your cow head - a head without words and preoccupations. As a cow you can not label anything, because you do not have words. You do not anticipate anything, because you do not have words. Once you really have adopted the mind of a cow, look around you. Observe without labels, without conclusions, without expectations, without words. Simply be a cow and observe what is.
Graham Joyce- Au cœur du silence
8 years ago
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