tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post2449385307010669361..comments2024-03-01T23:41:02.240-05:00Comments on louie, louie: Resurrectionbeth cioffolettihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-85969749951836764612013-08-25T08:44:19.093-05:002013-08-25T08:44:19.093-05:00btw, I am an ardent follower of Eckart Tolle, who,...btw, I am an ardent follower of Eckart Tolle, who, I believe, says much of what the you (Anonymous) and other spiritual teachers say about enlightenment. Consciousness being conscious of itself. I like Tolle's neutral language - he doesn't get bogged down in words that carry a lot of weighted meaning or spiritual connotation, even though I'm fairly comfortable with the Western monastic language. Others are not, and I understand that. If I were not more trusting of the Western monastic tradition, I would probably have to stick with more neutral and New Age teachers, some of whom I don't trust at all. In my life of seeking, I've come to be very particular about who I can listen to (much less follow), and I need some context and history.beth cioffolettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-56806078138750631852013-08-21T08:41:59.403-05:002013-08-21T08:41:59.403-05:00My problem with enlightenment is that it leads me ...My problem with enlightenment is that it leads me into another place of ego affirmation. I have to bypass that with: There is no such thing as enlightenment, there is only this, here.<br />beth cioffolettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-9796720181869681052013-08-21T08:07:34.440-05:002013-08-21T08:07:34.440-05:00Sounds good, Anonymous. I'm doing an online c...Sounds good, Anonymous. I'm doing an online course on WELCOMING PRAYER and can relate to the "be the body-only, feeling into Life". I'm finding that there is much cross-pollination between the contemplative practices. Having a hyper active left brain, I need it all. THANKS.beth cioffolettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-47639067473991642282013-08-21T08:04:11.093-05:002013-08-21T08:04:11.093-05:00I love Bonhoeffer, Brian. Something so solid (Ger...I love Bonhoeffer, Brian. Something so solid (German?) about him.<br /><br />I've been fantasizing about going to the Snowmass monastery for some time, but my expectations are so high I wonder if it would not be a disappointment. Trying to stay with the opportunities that present themselves to me ...beth cioffolettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-28748707896157362552013-08-20T20:56:55.525-05:002013-08-20T20:56:55.525-05:00Why not enlightenment?
Especially as all of this ...Why not enlightenment? <br />Especially as all of this is Conscious-Feeling-Light!<br /><br />Happiness is the Conscious Light of the World!<br /><br />Four stanzas titled When the Body Is Full of Light - or "resurrected" from the dreadfully sane dark vision that misinforms our entire "culture".<br /><br />Mindless embodiment.<br />Consciousness without inwardness.<br />Thus It becomes Obvious.<br /><br />Every object is only Light, the Energy<br />of Consciousness.<br />Even so, there is no mind.<br />Only this stark embodiment, without inwardness.<br /><br />First transcend the (spirit-killing) mind, not the body.<br />Inwardness is flight from Life and Love.<br />Only the body is Full of Consciousness.<br /><br />Therefore, be the body-only, feeling into Life.<br />Surrender the mind into Love, until the body<br />dissolves in Light.<br />Dare this Ecsatasy, and never be made thoughful by<br />birth and experience and death.<br /><br />Three related references on En-LIGHT-en-ment and/or intrinsic Happiness<br />http://www.consciousnessitself.org <br />http://www.dabase.org/Reality_Itself_Is_Not_In_The_Middle.htm <br />http://www.beezone.com/AdiDa/Aletheon/dreadedgomboo/chapter1.html <br /><br />Three references on the suppression of feeling-ecstasy by the spirit-killing left-brained mind - and its dreadfully dark cultural consequences.<br />http:www.beezone.com/AdiDa/dreadedgomboo/chapter1.html <br />http://www.beezone.com/AdiDa/jesusandme.html <br />http://www.adidamla.org/newsletters/newsletter-aprilmay2006.pdf<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-15014100542554505662013-08-20T12:15:22.159-05:002013-08-20T12:15:22.159-05:00Hello Beth !
Thank you for this wonderful post. P...Hello Beth !<br /><br />Thank you for this wonderful post. Please keep on posting. As a deacon I preside at many wake services - this really is the only message I can give - that Jesus is Victor. He has destroyed death forever.<br /><br />I just finished the book Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas.(excellent book) Karth Barth had a strong influence on Bonhoeffer.<br /><br />Thanks for all the pics of the Abbey - I do intend to go sometime for retreat.<br /><br />God bless !<br /><br />Brianhttp://www.abookofeverything.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com