tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281529310440398717.post1125973822476613361..comments2015-10-29T12:37:42.030-07:00Comments on Just life...: Nothing is ever really yoursXavierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11948677999088597578noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281529310440398717.post-13484683314714733832015-07-13T11:59:29.204-07:002015-07-13T11:59:29.204-07:00Well eventually it is neither about the words nor ...Well eventually it is neither about the words nor about a me who can find anything at all. LU is absolutely not about semantics, words are used to help people look totally without any words/thoughts of the labeling mind. To look for the thing you think is I to find out if it really exists. So yes the saying you are That hasn't got a thing to do with what you think you are so the saying should be just That. Xavierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11948677999088597578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281529310440398717.post-73835991645595837412015-07-13T03:25:08.159-07:002015-07-13T03:25:08.159-07:00re: It has been said by Ramana Maharshi and others...re: It has been said by Ramana Maharshi and others that the observer, observing and the observed are one. And although I neither agree nor disagree I would like to ask you if there really is an observer? And if so how you are it? And if so how you are doing it? Do you snap your fingers and stop observing/noticing? <br />jim: IMO, and current experience, it's all about semantics - how words and phrases are interpreted or intended. When I walk down a street, observing my body, the cement, trees, fences, houses, other pedestrians, etc. I am an Observer who is observing observed objects BUT I am also life living or Experience experiencing (itself). I suppose it could be said (depending on what semantics I use) that there is only Life lifing or Experiencing or whatever special LU terminology is currently fashionable but the point is that I do experience an Observer/Observing/Observed event - at least for now.<br />re: There is only the Self/That/Life/Awareness/Consciousness are ways of putting it, but why add ''and you are that''? Isn't that redundant and just another way of holding on to having an identity? Nothing ever really yours..<br />jim: Again, I see this as just another game of semantics. If there is only That and then someone tells me I am that, the obvious conclusion would be that there is no separate me/self and all there is is That, etc. Even the teachings of LU are fraught with semantic issues, IMO so, it's up to me to figure out how to make use of various words and phrases to find the Truth.jimrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02597385889777456949noreply@blogger.com