tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175308756311112967.comments2022-10-19T20:24:55.153-07:00Finding the BuddhaNatalie G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12021745361112803593noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175308756311112967.post-84288284163154952742015-03-05T10:26:38.052-08:002015-03-05T10:26:38.052-08:00This film was a 'gamechanger' for this ...This film was a 'gamechanger' for this 'form,' as it decided to stop the struggle, but not the search. As the bumper sticker says: "I feel so much better now that I've given up hope!" Your comments in the film were very helpful, and I'm so glad you've chosen to share your experience with your fellow Absolute -ettes!Bradley Dean Stephanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10735141320100233658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175308756311112967.post-10060460019264467132015-02-05T14:13:46.304-08:002015-02-05T14:13:46.304-08:00I see your answer differently now. The answer is ...I see your answer differently now. The answer is in the now. The answer is right now. We need to be okay with right now; whatever that right now happens to be.Daniel E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14816364097215866235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175308756311112967.post-41996587946101878742014-11-02T23:19:55.973-08:002014-11-02T23:19:55.973-08:00...just GREAT :)
signed by another ripple...
Rolly......just GREAT :)<br />signed by another ripple...<br />RollyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175308756311112967.post-36389995845421165402014-09-26T17:41:26.475-07:002014-09-26T17:41:26.475-07:00I'm sorry but this makes no sense to me. I wo...I'm sorry but this makes no sense to me. I would end up rather quickly in a deep depression...SylviAnn Murrayhttp://www.samurrayart.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175308756311112967.post-34113280019480445482014-04-12T21:01:55.729-07:002014-04-12T21:01:55.729-07:00Wow... I thought I understood it until I read what...Wow... I thought I understood it until I read what Kurt wrote. Now I feel somehow doomed. lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175308756311112967.post-69628799087717382012013-03-13T02:55:40.125-07:002013-03-13T02:55:40.125-07:00I guess the answer would be that the Absolute is e...I guess the answer would be that the Absolute is expressing itself as "I, the seeker". It's playing a game of I, Me, Myself. When the game is over all that's left is the original Absolute.Heenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10053314854401179260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175308756311112967.post-40058541844753550342012-08-22T18:49:41.606-07:002012-08-22T18:49:41.606-07:00O.K., so let me take a stab at this.............So...O.K., so let me take a stab at this.............So, all there is, is "The One". If "I" say "I have the realization", it is "The One" experiencing itself as "realization". If "I" say........."I am not realized" then it is "The One" experiencing itself as not realized. But it is "The One" experiencing either "realization" or "non-realization". 'I" or "me", doesn't really exist, it is an apparent illusion, so can't experience anything. So why am I seeking, when all there is, is "The One" expressing itself through this body mind organism and experiencing itself through this body mind organism and "THAT" is what I really am. Oh.......my head hurts!Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11151874241313704850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175308756311112967.post-81472511268412829572012-06-26T07:23:31.712-07:002012-06-26T07:23:31.712-07:00Hi. It's my question, and here's what I fo...Hi. It's my question, and here's what I found: mind made up the question, mind tried to answer the question, and it was all made up, no permanence, just ever-changing thoughts. Much ado about nothing....If I believe mind, I create more questions. That's just too much work! How many times did I have to hear before I heard? Thanks for the clarity, Natalie. Love your stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175308756311112967.post-55618403274785497682012-06-23T07:20:02.091-07:002012-06-23T07:20:02.091-07:00Thank you for sharing these thoughts Natalie. I dr...Thank you for sharing these thoughts Natalie. I drift into the habit of being separate, and then I'm reminded by something like this, or Richard Lang, and go 'oh, yeah...' Like Leonard Cohen sings: Here it is. Here it is indeed. It. Or not. And now it's a giggle.Pamela Holmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12049409301760242657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175308756311112967.post-91974772131484627602012-05-23T20:08:39.728-07:002012-05-23T20:08:39.728-07:00So separation is necessary for reality to exist. A...So separation is necessary for reality to exist. Awareness playfully sees this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175308756311112967.post-43765803439714014582012-05-23T01:37:04.871-07:002012-05-23T01:37:04.871-07:00P.S. Lovely readers...please do check out Ron'...P.S. Lovely readers...please do check out Ron's blog: www.nondualitystatepark.blogspot.com. Ron's writings on nonduality are beautiful, eloquent and timely!Natalie G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12021745361112803593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175308756311112967.post-90861674393766674972012-05-23T01:34:08.964-07:002012-05-23T01:34:08.964-07:00That's beautiful, Ron ("The Absolute is n...That's beautiful, Ron ("The Absolute is not just the anvil...". So good to hear from you, love. I'm off to read your latest posts!Natalie G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12021745361112803593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175308756311112967.post-33777130440913947402012-05-22T03:11:35.795-07:002012-05-22T03:11:35.795-07:00Bravo Natalie! The emperor is indeed naked.It'...Bravo Natalie! The emperor is indeed naked.It's so good to see another person not afraid to say that life is lived in shades of separation, or dare I say it,"duality". Our world is an illusion, we are an illusion, both are but aspects of the Absolute, the only reality. Yet we have no way of experiencing our illusory world except as an illusory person. I think that the non-dual community needs to understand deeply that the relative is contained in, and owes it's existence to the Absolute. Quoting Adi Shankara "The world is an illusion<br />Brahman (The Absolute) alone is real<br />Brahman is the world".<br />Understanding this, we can now go out and experience apparent reality without fear. We can experience as you suggest, "beautiful sunsets, birds singing, the embrace of another, the sting of rejection, the pain of acid reflux, aging in the body, a solar eclipse, being flipped off by another driver, and on and on and on".<br />Let me end here with something I wrote a while back in my blog. "The Absolute is not just the anvil upon which the vessel of the relative is shattered, it is also the potters wheel upon which the experience of life is shaped. To say otherwise is to miss: the wonder and mystery that is Life". Peace be with you Natalie and again Bravo"<br /><br />Much Love,<br /><br />RonRon Bonillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06462495263717427428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175308756311112967.post-61773884863533307252012-03-26T08:39:35.169-07:002012-03-26T08:39:35.169-07:00I read this entry a few days ago - I know it was w...I read this entry a few days ago - I know it was written a long time ago, I'm just rummaging thruogh the blog... :) - and kept thinking about it... So is it 'non attachment'to not care if a cat dies or not? Not sure I get it... <br />I also kept wishing you'd have been able to adopt the cat... and wondering if you'd considered that option.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175308756311112967.post-43681967860707844412012-02-24T12:00:24.646-08:002012-02-24T12:00:24.646-08:00Hi Pam!
So nice--your comment.
Yes, yes. And why...Hi Pam!<br /><br />So nice--your comment.<br /><br />Yes, yes. And why not? What is sickness? Another form of the One, yes? What was your experience of "sickness" from the place of that realization?Natalie G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12021745361112803593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175308756311112967.post-60270974607985174082012-02-23T15:05:28.929-08:002012-02-23T15:05:28.929-08:00So when the one called 'me' or 'Pam...So when the one called 'me' or 'Pam' the other morning was trying to find some physical relief, hands squeezing as hard as they could some intense pain in the head, stomach contents appearing forcefully and the bathroom floor so so cold, the one I call me asked 'Who is suffering?' The answer was a low and sustained moan. It felt so personal. Oneness experiencing itself as sickness? Close??Pamela Holmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12049409301760242657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175308756311112967.post-16026496151227867572012-02-22T14:08:48.098-08:002012-02-22T14:08:48.098-08:00thank you.
I smiled while I read all of it...that ...thank you.<br />I smiled while I read all of it...that is what was...and now there is calm with a side of smile that remains.Giannahttp://beyondmeds.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175308756311112967.post-56911789168183116332011-12-07T03:46:48.582-08:002011-12-07T03:46:48.582-08:00Well done Natalie - very well put. You have clarit...Well done Natalie - very well put. You have clarity and great understanding in the way you explain things.<br />Also saw you on Buddha at the Gas Pump.<br />The Absolute is indeed very lucky and fortunate to be experiencing itself through Natalie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175308756311112967.post-90521331949577348192011-12-05T12:51:42.392-08:002011-12-05T12:51:42.392-08:00Wow!
Super stuff and so true.
Thank you for sharin...Wow!<br />Super stuff and so true.<br />Thank you for sharing this.Bill Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175308756311112967.post-44273812206848688152011-11-30T08:18:09.012-08:002011-11-30T08:18:09.012-08:00Natalie, This is what I want to do after listening...Natalie, This is what I want to do after listening to your you tube video - remove the pronoun 'I' from my speech for today and see where that puts my awareness.<br />For example: (and this one actually heard B Katie do this once in awhile; new insight there)"This one is going to devise a way to exercise on the elliptical machine in the basement while enjoying the rest of the Natalie Gray interview." This one, or she, wants to get her body moving but also wants to have the computer at easy access. A challenge! Yipee! This is how the One will experience itself in the form called me for the next hour or so. Thanks for the sand castle analogy. LOVE this!! So very helpful, immense appreciation to the One in the form of Natalie experiencing itself as a comment reader. Please keep doing what it does... :)Pamela Holmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12049409301760242657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175308756311112967.post-49448765154828009492011-11-29T00:42:22.659-08:002011-11-29T00:42:22.659-08:00Hi Patricia,
Thanks for the comment. I’m sorry it...Hi Patricia,<br /><br />Thanks for the comment. I’m sorry it took so long for me to respond. I just now noticed that you had left it.<br /><br />When I refer to separation, I refer to the thought that I used to believe, that I was a separate entity, apart from you, or anyone else, who had an individual existence and free will and who controlled herself and much of her life. <br /><br />Now, although I still have “Natalie” experiences and refer to myself as Natalie, there is an understanding that there is no such separate entity called Natalie, which has a free will and control over its world. There is only the One (or Source, as many refer to it), manifesting as these apparent forms we call me, you, Bob, Judy, dog, cat, etc.<br /><br />I hope I have answered your question, Patricia. <br /><br />Much love,<br />Natalie :^)Natalie G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12021745361112803593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175308756311112967.post-36789694916695321082011-11-28T16:34:46.406-08:002011-11-28T16:34:46.406-08:00Very nice way of putting the idea of "things ...Very nice way of putting the idea of "things appearing in the awareness" when you speak about the relationship of the absolute and what is manifest, or phenomenon as I have heard it put. This is the first time I've heard it put such (and a number of times you repeated with a different perspective.<br /><br />namaste<br />clarkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175308756311112967.post-34716808798577122842011-11-28T16:32:22.796-08:002011-11-28T16:32:22.796-08:00Very nice, Natalie. Very nice.
May send a few mor...Very nice, Natalie. Very nice.<br /><br />May send a few more of these notes as I continue to listen to this.<br /><br />ClarkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175308756311112967.post-48972300415833017052011-10-24T22:47:43.848-07:002011-10-24T22:47:43.848-07:00Hello Natalie
Thank you for this video post I foun...Hello Natalie<br />Thank you for this video post I found it extremely helpful. The one thing all non dualists refer to is the notion of separation. What do you mean by this. I don't experience myself as separate from anything and yet I don't think I've had the shift.<br />PatriciaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175308756311112967.post-54791489121676966492011-07-28T14:07:39.984-07:002011-07-28T14:07:39.984-07:00In the leap from the branch of understanding that ...In the leap from the branch of understanding that there is no separate experiencer, to the branch of understanding that this is all there is, is the free fall of Enlightenment; the liberation from the chains of how I, or things should be. <br />Thanks Natalie you've given me a lot to think about.<br /><br />RonRon Bonillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06462495263717427428noreply@blogger.com