THE MASTERY
OF YOUR ATTENTION WILL COME
WHEN YOU WILL START SEEING the truth..
Lead me from what I'm told I am to what I see I am. Lead me from confrontation to wide openness. Lead me to the place I never left, Where there is peace, and peace - The Upanishads
*note* please remember that Ludwig van Beethoven composed his last 9th symphony while he was completely deaf..
anyway..the words of is last symphony were,,(he adapted the lyrics from the famous german poet
Friedrich Schiller
I quote a bit about Friedrich here.."Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller(10 November 1759 – 9 May 1805)"
Ludwig van Beethoven said that a great poem is more difficult to set to music than a merely good one because the composer must rise higher than the poet. In that regard, he said that Schiller's poems were more difficult to set to music than those of Goethe.
There are relatively few famous musical settings of Schiller's poems. Two notable exceptions are Beethoven's setting of "An die Freude" (Ode to Joy)[13] in the final movement of his Ninth Symphony, and Johannes Brahms' choral setting of "Nänie". In addition, several poems were set by Franz Schubert as Lieder, such as "Die Bürgschaft", mostly for voice and piano. In 2005 Graham Waterhouse set "The Glove" for cello and speaking voice.
The Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi admired Schiller greatly and adapted several of his stage plays for his operas: I masnadieri is based on The Robbers; Giovanna d'Arco on The Maid of Orleans; Luisa Miller on Intrigue and Love; and Don Carlos on the play of the same title. Donizetti's Maria Stuarda is based on Mary Stuart, and Rossini's Guillaume Tell is an adaptation of William Tell. The 20th century composer Giselher Klebe adapted The Robbers for his first opera of the same name, which premiered in 1957.
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O friends, no more these sounds!
Let us sing more cheerful songs,
more full of joy!
Joy, bright spark of divinity,
Daughter of Elysium,
Fire-inspired we tread
Thy sanctuary.
Thy magic power re-unites
All that custom has divided,
All men become brothers
Under the sway of thy gentle wings...
You millions, I embrace you.
This kiss is for all the world!
What is interesting is just about these times we celebrate Jesus resurrection..but grasshoppers from heaven..did NOT Jesus say ,,if you love me ,do as I say?..like love your neighbor..and forgive everybody as you forgive yourself?..or you think if YOU don't do those things you can be saved from suffering?..by just celebrating Jesus?..if you think that,think again..kiss:)
Thus spokenth the mahayogi:)
ps...what bothers me the most in the realm of spirituality is taking the results of the saints,or mahayogis..and concentrating on the results..like trying to imitate them I mean..for example this famous monk named Gudo Nishijima after 60 years of meditation he realized the spine must be straight in meditation...why is that?
That's because he somehow realized that the spine automatically becomes straight like a rabbit's 12 inch wisdom brain muscle when your real ki(the innate one,named kundalini) raises like a thunderstorm up your back...the sensation is like you're pulled up by the mighty overgrown (12 fingers)hand of kripto within...and your hairs fall off,and you become hairless,like the Easter Rabbit.....and you sing Haleluyah even when you sleep..this is how it feels like,grasshoppers....your breathing stops,(really stops..because you're breathing your true essence for the first time.).and you see your real face..the marvelous one eye watching the drama you've created..isn't this something marvelous?..amazing,indeed!...
Did I tell you,grasshoppers from heaven..that you created all your problems,so you might know yourself?
Or you thought that with no suffering you'll progress in happiness?..
Please ponder about my formidable wisdom muscle telling you..if you have ANY suffering..that is your inner self,or true self(spirit within) saying ,,I exist..,,but people love their pain..it gives them a sense of self,even false...is better then nothing,right?..
Do you forget YOU were born from one sperm and one ovule?...what WAS your real face before you were born..grasshopper from heaven?..
PONDER!
The god within you is not a fool..remember he created all this drama and the universe itself,inside him,
All you have to do pay attention to your sensations,mind,and action...remember the witness is the true you.
You..grasshoppers from heaven..are the source,the manifestation,and the duality inside you....but with a twist...you decide this time if you want to see your real face of bliss..because the consciousness is just a factor .not the Source..is a manifesting factor only..to explain you this would take me millions of years..but imagine something which is also inside you,and outside,located and not located,but in itself....imagine a giant kripto mushroom collapsing into itself,and creating billions of life forms...inside itself,since the ONE never can manifest,other then thru us..see?..grasshoppers?..this is the meaning I got when I disappeared as light in the forest..you ARE HERE TO EXPERIENCE yourself.....please thank me later for giving you the mystery of creation itself....for you won't find anywhere on the web more formidable truths then mine..for I am the mahayogi...loved in the 3 realms,celebrated in the 10..respected in the 18th also..since I am the only one there...THUS SPOKENTH THE MAHAYOGI..IN FRONT OF THE BEWILDERED GRASSHOPPERS FROM HEAVEN!
Did I tell you,grasshoppers from heaven..that you created all your problems,so you might know yourself?
Or you thought that with no suffering you'll progress in happiness?..
Please ponder about my formidable wisdom muscle telling you..if you have ANY suffering..that is your inner self,or true self(spirit within) saying ,,I exist..,,but people love their pain..it gives them a sense of self,even false...is better then nothing,right?..
Do you forget YOU were born from one sperm and one ovule?...what WAS your real face before you were born..grasshopper from heaven?..
PONDER!
The god within you is not a fool..remember he created all this drama and the universe itself,inside him,
All you have to do pay attention to your sensations,mind,and action...remember the witness is the true you.
You..grasshoppers from heaven..are the source,the manifestation,and the duality inside you....but with a twist...you decide this time if you want to see your real face of bliss..because the consciousness is just a factor .not the Source..is a manifesting factor only..to explain you this would take me millions of years..but imagine something which is also inside you,and outside,located and not located,but in itself....imagine a giant kripto mushroom collapsing into itself,and creating billions of life forms...inside itself,since the ONE never can manifest,other then thru us..see?..grasshoppers?..this is the meaning I got when I disappeared as light in the forest..you ARE HERE TO EXPERIENCE yourself.....please thank me later for giving you the mystery of creation itself....for you won't find anywhere on the web more formidable truths then mine..for I am the mahayogi...loved in the 3 realms,celebrated in the 10..respected in the 18th also..since I am the only one there...THUS SPOKENTH THE MAHAYOGI..IN FRONT OF THE BEWILDERED GRASSHOPPERS FROM HEAVEN!
Couple more examples when they take crazy results as purpose of meditation..
1..the shield of imagining a white and shinning fog from your head down(this is based on reality of the mahayogis ..but it ain't no fog..just the bliss of god enveloping your naked body.
You think you can imagine it?..you can't even feel it,forget about imagining!..
explanation and so I would like to explain the concept again. I think that the ambiguity arose from
two points; one was that I said that Buddhists did not believe in the existence of spirit itself, but at the
same time, I used the word spirit frequently. The second is that I did not make use of the Buddhist
system of the four philosophies in my explanation. I think that it is impossible to fully explain
Buddhist theory without making use of the logic of the four philosophies. So today I would like to
explain the problem of the concept spirit using the four philosophies.
From the idealistic viewpoint, people believe that mind really exists. This is basic to idealistic
philosophies. Idealists also tend to believe that spirit exists as an entity in itself. We can say that the
concept spirit forms the center of idealistic philosophies. In Buddhism, the concept mind is used in
explanations without any belief in the existence of mind, or spirit, as a separate entity. The concepts
are used purely as a means of explaining the philosophical problems of this world. People who
believe in the existence of spirit are not Buddhists. In the first stage of the logic of the four
philosophies, the idealistic approach, Buddhism employs concepts like mind and spirit for the purpose
of explanation, but denies the existence of spirit as a real entity.
From the materialistic point of view, people believe in the existence of matter. Materialistic
philosophies are based on matter. But in Buddhism, matter is used as a concept to explain the world;
Buddhists do not believe in the existence of matter as a separate entity in itself. Materialists explain
mind as part of the physical world. But they do not support the existence of spirit. In the second,
materialistic step of the logic of the four philosophies, Buddhists, too, do not believe that spirit exists.
From the third point of view, we consider the problem on the basis of real action and experience.
Here, action is explained as contact between mind and the external world. Action cannot be divided
into mind and matter. When we are acting, there is no time for us to consider whether action is divided
into mind and matter or not. Thus in the third phase, there is no room for belief in the existence of
spirit.
The ultimate viewpoint transcends all philosophies. We are living in the reality, and we rely on the
practice of Zazen to keep us aware of this fact. By practicing Zazen, we experience the state in reality
itself. And this experience of what reality is forms the basis of Buddhist belief. So in the ultimate
phase, we believe in reality in this Universe. We can never prove that what we experience is reality; no
words can explain the experience. Our only attitude to the existence of reality is simple belief. From
this ultimate viewpoint, Buddhism is a kind of metaphysics, a kind of religion. To have this belief in
the reality of the Universe is to be a Buddhist. We believe in the existence of reality, but we do not
divide it into two parts; mind and matter, or spirit and form. Thus, in the ultimate phase, Buddhists
cannot believe in the existence of spirit; we deny the existence of spirit.
To nourish the vital energy, keep watch in silence;
In order to subdue the mind, act with non-action.
Of movement and stillness, be aware of their origin;
There is no work to do, much less someone to seek.
The true and constant must respond to phenomena;
Responding to phenomena, you must be unconfused.
When unconfused, the nature will stabilize by itself;
When the nature stabilizes, energy returns by itself.
When energy returns, the elixir crystallizes by itself;
Within the pot, the trigrams of heaven and earth are joined.
Yīn and yáng arise, alternating over and over again;
Every transformation comes like a clap of thunder.
White clouds form and come to assemble at the peak;
The sweet nectar sprinkles down Mount Sumeru.
Swallow for yourself this wine of immortality;
You wander so freely—who is able to know you?
Sit and listen to the tune played without strings;
Clearly understand the mechanism of creation.
It comes entirely from these twenty lines;
A true ladder going straight to Heaven.-Daoist text -
2.the straight spine..that is the sure result this 60 years of meditation numb-nuts meditation monk did....may he die in peace with his wisdom muscle ,and his spine,erect,as far as I care...because that is an effect,not a cause...
In other words,you won't get a saint like me just by sitting with your spine erect,like the devil.
3.. ..I love you too,grasshoppers...
-added by danny-
Spirit in Buddhism (from Gudo Nishijima http://www.dogensangha.org/downloads/Pdf/4Philos.PDF )...........In my last lecture, I explained the Buddhist idea of spirit. I feel there was some ambiguity in myexplanation and so I would like to explain the concept again. I think that the ambiguity arose from
two points; one was that I said that Buddhists did not believe in the existence of spirit itself, but at the
same time, I used the word spirit frequently. The second is that I did not make use of the Buddhist
system of the four philosophies in my explanation. I think that it is impossible to fully explain
Buddhist theory without making use of the logic of the four philosophies. So today I would like to
explain the problem of the concept spirit using the four philosophies.
From the idealistic viewpoint, people believe that mind really exists. This is basic to idealistic
philosophies. Idealists also tend to believe that spirit exists as an entity in itself. We can say that the
concept spirit forms the center of idealistic philosophies. In Buddhism, the concept mind is used in
explanations without any belief in the existence of mind, or spirit, as a separate entity. The concepts
are used purely as a means of explaining the philosophical problems of this world. People who
believe in the existence of spirit are not Buddhists. In the first stage of the logic of the four
philosophies, the idealistic approach, Buddhism employs concepts like mind and spirit for the purpose
of explanation, but denies the existence of spirit as a real entity.
From the materialistic point of view, people believe in the existence of matter. Materialistic
philosophies are based on matter. But in Buddhism, matter is used as a concept to explain the world;
Buddhists do not believe in the existence of matter as a separate entity in itself. Materialists explain
mind as part of the physical world. But they do not support the existence of spirit. In the second,
materialistic step of the logic of the four philosophies, Buddhists, too, do not believe that spirit exists.
From the third point of view, we consider the problem on the basis of real action and experience.
Here, action is explained as contact between mind and the external world. Action cannot be divided
into mind and matter. When we are acting, there is no time for us to consider whether action is divided
into mind and matter or not. Thus in the third phase, there is no room for belief in the existence of
spirit.
The ultimate viewpoint transcends all philosophies. We are living in the reality, and we rely on the
practice of Zazen to keep us aware of this fact. By practicing Zazen, we experience the state in reality
itself. And this experience of what reality is forms the basis of Buddhist belief. So in the ultimate
phase, we believe in reality in this Universe. We can never prove that what we experience is reality; no
words can explain the experience. Our only attitude to the existence of reality is simple belief. From
this ultimate viewpoint, Buddhism is a kind of metaphysics, a kind of religion. To have this belief in
the reality of the Universe is to be a Buddhist. We believe in the existence of reality, but we do not
divide it into two parts; mind and matter, or spirit and form. Thus, in the ultimate phase, Buddhists
cannot believe in the existence of spirit; we deny the existence of spirit.
But this is what I say,as a mahayogi..about his statement that there is no spirit..
When he will die,he will know it..but happy are those whom know their essence while they are alive,I say to you..grasshoppers from heaven...
To nourish the vital energy, keep watch in silence;
In order to subdue the mind, act with non-action.
Of movement and stillness, be aware of their origin;
There is no work to do, much less someone to seek.
The true and constant must respond to phenomena;
Responding to phenomena, you must be unconfused.
When unconfused, the nature will stabilize by itself;
When the nature stabilizes, energy returns by itself.
When energy returns, the elixir crystallizes by itself;
Within the pot, the trigrams of heaven and earth are joined.
Yīn and yáng arise, alternating over and over again;
Every transformation comes like a clap of thunder.
White clouds form and come to assemble at the peak;
The sweet nectar sprinkles down Mount Sumeru.
Swallow for yourself this wine of immortality;
You wander so freely—who is able to know you?
Sit and listen to the tune played without strings;
Clearly understand the mechanism of creation.
It comes entirely from these twenty lines;
A true ladder going straight to Heaven.-Daoist text -
To us all towns are one, all men our kin. Life's good comes not from others' gift, nor ill. Man's pains and pains' relief are from within. Thus have we seen in visions of the wise !." - Tamil Poem-
