Through the body to the truth
The theme is stark: 'You are not the body in truth, but the only way to the truth is through the body.' Intelligence enters the undifferentiated sensation of the whole body, the mind stops, and the realm of stillness is revealed.
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LANGUAGE: English
YEAR RECORDED: 1999
PLACE RECORDED: Murwillumbah
DURATION: 1 hours and 9 minutes
MAIN TOPICS
Being as nothing, Entering the body, Pure sensation and pure intelligence, The body is autonomous, Dont think look and take action, Dissolution of personal identity, I as the knower and reflector, No I in Being, Being beyond sensation, The emotional I vs the I of intelligence, Feelings emotions and sensation, Nothing arising, God as nothing
EPISODE NOTES
Barry Long distinguishes consciousness from mind and emotion. Thinking and feeling are interpretive, fueled by information and habit, while consciousness simply knows. Life events are right as they are; suffering comes from interpretation. Responsibility replaces blame.
The practical entry is the body. Attend to the inner sensational reality until form and commentary drop. Tension dissolves back into sensation, then subsides into nothing—being with 'nothing arising.' From here, action becomes simple: do as you do without the feeler, the wanter, or the trier.
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