Witnessing ourselves in moments of avarice and every moment actually is a big leap in holding life or God as we know him as treasure. What could be better? Seems you have a simple formula and as I see folks struggling daily to get near what you have discovered, I wish you were here to reach them. Knowing that in the sacred heart that is all hearts, you are, comforts me dear Allan.
On Monday, August 5, 2019 at 5:37:37 PM UTC-4, Allan Heretic wrote: > > You always seem to find a kind way. Avarice Is coming from EGO. Once read > that EGO is short form of Easing God Out.. I was surprised by the actual > meaning of the word that is why i included the meaning. > As for what "I have done, and what I have failed to do" that comes from > the prayer of asking forgiveness. As for my ego, well I try to work the ,12 > steps of AA Which requires me to examine my activities of the day. Both > good and bad both what I have done (good & bad) including what I have > failed to do. I started my sobriety journey 5 Dec 1979. It works only one > day at a time for which I am very grateful. I have no desire to return to > where I started. > Avarice is specifically defined as : > noun (uncountable) > • Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; > covetousness; cupidity. > • Inordinate desire for some supposed good. > As I try to carefully live to the valued I hold true. I treasure God as I > understand him. I have tried reading some of the modern ideas ... Most of > the time they make very little sense. Everyone is free to believe what ever > they want. > I Placed the definition on the Group for starting point to examine the > world in which base different perspective from around the world. But > whatever. > > > ah > > -----Original Message----- > From: Molly Brogan <[email protected]> > To: "\"Minds Eye\"" <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, 05 Aug 2019 1:37 PM > Subject: Mind's Eye Re: Avarice > > I mean this in a neutral, kind way. I see that view of avarice as all > coming from ego: what I have done, what I have failed, the world in which I > live: all self referenced. So it would seem that avarice, like the > christian seven deadly sins, or the buddhist hungry ghosts, all self > referenced views that are barriers to the non dual perspective, where there > is no separation from god, no assignment of value, no cause and effect. No > difference between self and the world in which we live. The understanding > of many paradoxes must come first. How we identify with our experience. How > we value to allow a sense of time and space. Separation is an enormous > expanse, and I haven't read anything that says once a non duel view is > achieved, we never see or feel separation again. Life is a dance, and we > are the dance, always moving, each step related to the others, unity and > separation integral. > > Sri Nisargadatta's book "That I am" is filled with pointers to the non > dual perspective (he is Hindu) yet the title seems to me derived from the > bible passage "Be still and know that I am God." That passage, viewed from > a non dual perspective, does not separate I and God. but you have to know > "I am God" first. > > At this point, all of life is integrated, including individualism, > science, religion... all included, not left behind. Just known differently > and moment to moment. Like dreaming, some moments are lucid, some are not. > If more are than are not we remain steadily on the non local path that we > walk alone in unity. > > > On Sunday, August 4, 2019 at 11:06:37 PM UTC-4, Allan Heretic wrote: > >> AVARICE >> >> pronunciation >> • (IPA): /ˈævəɹɪs/ >> >> noun (uncountable) >> • Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; >> covetousness; cupidity. >> • Inordinate desire for some supposed good. >> >> synonyms >> • avariciousness >> >> Avarice >> Strange word.. I am wondering how many times I have read that word >> without actually knowing the meaning.. today I looked it up.. and it is >> about time. (excuse: no dictionary), but that is one that is no longer >> valid. I have one in my smartphone to help me with my spelling. >> Avarice as a word actually describes the world I live in and helped >> create. 'In what I have done and what I have failed to do!' if nothing >> else look up the meaning of a word I didn't understand, pretending that >> I knew and understood what was being said. >> The world or reality in which I live is a world filled with avarice to >> which I must plead guilty of contributing to its creation. I just >> purchased a new smartphone for the simple reason I wanted a new phone to >> fulfill my greed.. I easily found reasons to justify my personal greed. >> Avarice is consuming our western christian culture. while claiming to >> be believers and followers of the great teacher Jesus.. as I justify my >> separation greed and need for things that tend to separate me from truly >> following the spiritual truths I have found and claim to hold dear. >> >> Has anyone found my sign that reads "REPENT!"? 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