To: K-list
Recieved: 2001/11/03 08:17
Subject: [K-list] Steven Harrison
From: Michael Read
On 2001/11/03 08:17, Michael Read posted thus to the K-list:
Over on the Allspirit list someone posted a link to Steven Harrison's
web site. After
reading through most of that this is what I emailed to Steven:
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Dear Steven,
I just found your web site via a link posted on the Allspirit email list
on Yahoo.
What a delight it is to find a 'parallel thinker' such as yourself. At
some point in
my education I was taught to think. Who the particular teacher was must
not
be important, because I cannot remember that person's name. <grin>
What I learned about thinking is that thought is a tool. Or, a mechanism
that one can
use to solve problems. I was also taught that not every thought will be
the right one
to solve the problem. Deciding which thought is appropriate would come
about through
experience or, the process of trail and error. The trick about thinking
well is to take
an objective stance or attitude. At least to be objective enough to use
the answers presented
by thinking without becoming - um - overly objective or disconnected
from life.
I appreciate what you have to say about myth. Yes, it does seem that
folk will do anything
to protect their personal myth about - everything. The concepts of
religion, philosophy, science, politics, and so on do seem to hold the
world in thrall. What a drama!
Your observations on gurus/teachers/mystics - thanks for the grins! The
thing about taking on the mantle of guru or teacher - hoo boy! - what a
trap. The guru who allows even one person to worship him or her has
'blown it' big time. These types of gurus are eventually self
destructive. Hmm...victims of their own publicity? Perhaps. Yes, you are
correct when you say it is about power.
I must confess that there was a time when I wanted to gain enlightenment
more for the power of it than as, say, a process of self discovery.
Fortunately, I was able to think that one through to its logical
conclusion <grin>. Basically it is that if indeed there is only one
thing, one god, one universe, who is there to wield any power and over
whom could power be projected?
The whole thing fell apart. What a relief! lol!
When, for lack of a better term, the awakening event happened for me,
everything was turned upside down, so to speak. The events leading up to
that 'fateful' afternoon are only story. There is one amusing
circumstance which occurred that afternoon. I was at that moment reading
a passage from some book on Buddhism where Gautama is reported to have
said, "When I gained pure and perfect enlightenment, I realized that
there is no such thing as pure and perfect enlightenment! Marvelous!
Marvelous!"
At that point something strange and wonderful began to happen. All of my
concepts and beliefs about enlightenment began to fall away. Then what I
can only refer to as a 'stream' of information began. It was information
about everything - spiritual, physical, emotional, reality/unreality -
just everything. And, this stream of information was accompanied with
power. Great power - the power to do anything.
Good grief, what a temptation! For sure my mind/ego wanted to lock this
experience down and use it. Everything I thought I had wanted was there.
Fortunately, something, be it grace, luck, intuition, or <grin> that
ability I learned as a schoolboy, to think, intervened. The information
and accompanying surge of power were
allowed to drop away like the beliefs and concepts did.
All that was left was awareness. It was everywhere (and not really
anywhere) and every person, place and thing in existence. The experience
was not an accomplishment on my part. The whole thing was merely another
event. Yet, it has changed how this character lives and interacts with
everything.
Well, this email is getting quite long. I'll close with a little poem I
wrote about the whole silly thing.
Nothing higher
Nothing lower
No you
No me
Just this
Abundance!
Love and blessings,
Michael
http://www.kundalini-gateway.org
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