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Edward Jones Dialogue
I really love these talks
I think that we successfully discovered the need to create concepts, and how it is a part of our illusion of control of life. However that is not life, it is only its mirror image.
I wonder why such a simple story can give me so much ease and joy. Try it on for size.
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I like Ed's discussion of truth here.
The nature of truth, like all things, is an appearance. And appearances freely appear and dis-appear. They are temporal, as is truth.
Which is why the most "truthful" thing that you can say about truth is... "the truth as it appears to me at the present moment"."
We have the proclivity, however, to want to "freeze" our perceptions of truth, as Ed likes to say. Or to absolutize it, as I prefer to describe it.
Which solidifies it and gives it the impression of being anything but temporal.
Which is also what I tend to give a lot more credence to someone who expresses his or her truth, as they see it at the present moment, than someone who treats it as an absolute entity.
I also like his observation that new creations receive their source from nothingness (or the undifferentiated, in my lexicon). All other creations, which emanate from prior creations, are just home refurbishings.
Well spoken Peter, thank you. Edward
Edward Jones
Glad to see that you visit these virtual pages, Ed. Not all interviewees, whom Richard interviews, do. That distinguishes you from many.
I also appreciated the portion of the interview where you invite the watcher/listener to consider that he or she is the murderer.
Or the condemner of the murderer. Or the person who is paid to exact punishment on the murderer.
Wars, heinous crimes, poverty, gross mistreatment of other human beings, etc. are all external manifestations of our own internal landscapes.
And suffering may simply be a natural consequence of perceiving yourself to be separate from everyone else.
Their suffering, and not just yours.
Which is why the only advice that I have ever gave to anyone who came to me for such advice is... "treat everyone you meet, without exception, as if they are you."
"I am you", IMO, are the most powerful three words in the human language.
And when acted upon as if true, the most transformational.
The neat thing about the illusion of separation is... it, too, is also simply an appearance. An appearance that can freely dis-appear if we simply stop "freezing" it, to use your pet description.
And with the dis-appearance of separation, its siamese twin of suffering will dis-appear as well.
Thanks again, Ed. For the invigorating seeds that you plant.
P.S. to the readers: this is the first time that I am meeting Ed, if only virtually. I found his website, linked by Richard, very illuminating as well. It's worth a peek.
Thank you anew, Peter, your words are appreciated, not many hear what is being spoken with the depth that you do so I am glad to have met you even if only virtually. Perhaps your words will spark folks into looking deeper into themself. Edward
Edward Jones