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Sunday, February 19, 2012
That Which Is Present
4 comments:
- jaizon said...
Very nice. Fits well with your audio blog entry "Was I Born?" Thank you so much. Love, Preston
- February 19, 2012 at 7:57 PM
- billtys said...
Hello Randall,
Great post and clear pointing...I love this post.
Love to you
- February 25, 2012 at 5:33 PM
- billtys said...
Hello Randall,
I was bushwalking recently and "clearly saw" that the Bill body/mind does nothing, knows nothing, never emotes or desires, does not think etc. I saw the appearance as a puppet show and it left "me" thinking that this Bill character is definitely not me. I want to make that latter point strongly because I did not think I was anything else either.
This stayed for a day or so and has now left me. However, if I think about it, it is so clear that there is only this universal seeing/intelligence expressing as many...just one big Oneness.
Would you think that correct understanding versus the experiential clarity would ever meet? As I type the question they have already...
I would appreciate your comments.
Love to you Bill
- February 25, 2012 at 5:47 PM
- Randall Friend said...
Hello Preston - love to you.
Hi Bill - The "experiential clarity" is simply an opening without conditioning - the filter is not there. Seeing the world as it is, as waves of the ocean, patterns of one essence - it is realized that conditions are not only unnecessary but no longer make any sense.
Correct understanding brings this clarity, this uncaused joy. But even that is just an experience which comes and goes - as it is just another wave upon the ocean, MADE of ocean, even joy is not attached to, not held onto, not coveted or desired.
Forget about the experience of it and remain with the understanding until there is complete conviction - unshakable. Let the play be as it is. Then even the filter can return and it's irrelevant.
You're sitting there, or you're walking along - something is aware of it. Of course the body-mind is active, the neurons are firing and the blood is pumping and the muscles are moving. Yet something is aware, something beyond that inert body, presence, sentience - awareness of your existence, the knowledge that you ARE. That presence is not Bill. Bill is just a name for the body-mind. This presence is Life, intelligence, presence.
It's SO difficult to put into words but it's SO simple. THAT which comes and goes cannot be anything but a pattern, a form-ation - a form OF "something". That "something" is THAT which IS - that "something" patterns into everything objective, yes? So the tree is that Life - the rock is that Life. Yet that subjectivity, that which we call "I" - that cannot stand apart FROM that "something".
As you walk outside, look up at the sky, the trees, the clouds, notice the thoughts, feel the breeze... What is aware of this? Is it Bill or is it Life?
Go give it a try and see if you can answer that one with confidence. Then you're done one way or the other.
- February 25, 2012 at 6:27 PM


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Richard Keating of DeStefano Keating Partners Ltd. will design the new office tower, and the design will feature architectural metal and glass that culminates in a crowned roof. A 16,000 sq. ft. tree-lined outdoor plaza will front Dearborn Street and serve as an entrance into the building's 3-story lobby.
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Syfy's latest TV series is called UFO: Unbelievably Freakin' Obvious. It stars country singer (and Miley Cyrus' father) Billy Ray, and his emo son Trace. Together the two will travel the globe investigating paranormal phenomena. We're not making this up.
According to Variety aliens have been a long time passion for BRC... who knew?
"The existence of paranormal phenomena is something I've always wanted to explore further," Cyrus said. "Getting the opportunity to take this adventure with my son, who has always had a keen interest in this area, is a dream come true. I hope this series can shine a light on some of the activities we have questioned, and the mysteries that have long inspired us."
We're honestly not sure what to think. We're in if he brings back the mullet. Production is scheduled to begin soon.