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Ananda

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« on: August 16, 2011, 09:21:27 PM »
This is the explanation the Master gave his disciples: “There are two ways to wash dishes: One is to wash them in order to make them clean; the other is to wash them in order to wash them.”

That was still far from clear, so he added, “The first action is dead, because while your body does the dishes, your mind is fixed on the goal of cleaning them; the second is alive, because you mind is where your body is.”

Anthony De Mello, SJ
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maheswari

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« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2011, 09:36:27 PM »
nice ...thx[:)]
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Ananda

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« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2011, 02:53:49 AM »
Welcome[:)]
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Etherfish

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« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2011, 10:13:40 AM »
I guess it is impossible for anyone to have a goal and still be in the moment. That's why enlightened people are always homeless. [;)]
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Ananda

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« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2011, 04:19:49 PM »
Sorry dear Ether... But can you elaborate more, I think I sort of misunderstood you. I am no enlightened being but concerning my personal experience with being aware in the here now is that a lot of things are done in a great way and life is much better and at ease. I might end up homeless who knows yes[8D] Just quit my job a week back because the job conditions where unfair plus I needed change big time and I am back on the market looking now...

Peace <3
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Etherfish

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« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2011, 11:45:19 PM »
I was being sarcastic; I believe the quote is relating two extremes. While it carries a point, there is a middle ground where you are able to make goals and follow them, and also have your mind and body at one.

It's what we are all trying to do if we want to live in this world and be enlightened too. It's not easy, and requires a delicate balance. It is using the mind as a tool to live in this world, and know what jobs it is good for, and how to put it to rest in between, rather than obliterating it altogether.

PS Good luck in your job search- I was totally kidding about enlightenment and homelessness.
My boss treats me like crap too; but I love the work they give me, hours are normal and the paychecks are good so I put up with it. So don't expect everything to be good with your new job, just important things. [:)]
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Ananda

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« Reply #6 on: August 18, 2011, 12:02:07 AM »
Don't worry I have no expectations... Just want change... If it's another sh*tty job as the old one... I'll quit again and end up homeless I guess but hopefully enlightened[8D]
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Etherfish

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« Reply #7 on: August 18, 2011, 10:42:40 AM »
You can find a good job! They are out there.
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Ananda

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« Reply #8 on: August 18, 2011, 06:03:01 PM »
I wouldn't mind... Thx for the encouragement[:)]
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« Reply #9 on: August 21, 2011, 01:11:14 PM »
Only where love and need are one,
And the work is play for mortal stakes,
Is the deed ever really done
For Heaven and the future's sakes.
--Robert Frost

It seems you can do the dishes because you really enjoy cooking, and cleaning the dishes is just part of it.

Very best of luck with your job search!
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Etherfish

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« Reply #10 on: August 21, 2011, 01:18:15 PM »
[:D]
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Ananda

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« Reply #11 on: August 21, 2011, 06:38:00 PM »
[8D]
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maheswari

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« Reply #12 on: September 04, 2011, 07:03:02 AM »
clean the floor
You can clean the floor like a robot, a mechanical thing; you have to clean it, so you clean it. Then you miss something beautiful. Then you waste those moments in only cleaning the floor. Cleaning the floor could have been a great experience; you missed it. The floor is cleaned but something that could have happened within you has not happened. If you were aware, not only the floor but YOU would have felt a deep cleansing. Clean the floor full of awareness, luminous with awareness(Osho)
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karl

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« Reply #13 on: September 04, 2011, 07:03:31 PM »
Awareness is a funny word. It can have very different meanings depending on what stage you are at. When identified with the body and external objects it is of certain nature. When merged with the self it 'is' and has no expression or meaning.

Same with bliss, a difference in experiencing a feeling of bliss, to being bliss. Realising that you are bliss makes the word redundant. It belongs to the world of illusion where it stands for an idea and concept, another fleeting thought, a ghost.

So there is a third way to wash the dishes which involves no dishes and no one to wash them [:D]
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Ananda

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« Reply #14 on: September 04, 2011, 07:26:43 PM »
quote:
Originally posted by karl



So there is a third way to wash the dishes which involves no dishes and no one to wash them [:D]


I am open to that, when it happens it happens...

Right now I am enjoying the first as best as I can, just being with whatever is. Living it to the fullest[:)]

namaste
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