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**asharbiq** · 05-25-2011, 05:30 PM

A very good article and straight to the heart of the matter. I liked this line in particular, as it sums up my practice:
“I am” arises in this awareness, this consciousness. As you investigate it, you can question what this is about. Awareness is not a creation, is it? I am creating the “I am…” This is the 'stress and its release' of which Buddha speaks. 'Being' a 'person' is stressful, it is dukkha. Awareness contracts, like a tight, tense fist - this is "you".

The zen guys ask: "What becomes of the fist when the hand is unclenched?"

Find that out for yourself - cultivate jhana

05-25-2011, 05:30 PM	#3
asharbiq Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 558 Senior Member	A very good article and straight to the heart of the matter. I liked this line in particular, as it sums up my practice: “I am” arises in this awareness, this consciousness. As you investigate it, you can question what this is about. Awareness is not a creation, is it? I am creating the “I am…” This is the 'stress and its release' of which Buddha speaks. 'Being' a 'person' is stressful, it is dukkha. Awareness contracts, like a tight, tense fist - this is "you". The zen guys ask: "What becomes of the fist when the hand is unclenched?" Find that out for yourself - cultivate jhana
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