Author Topic: Jed Rant: Myths of Truth Realization  (Read 3262 times)

edisonthomas

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Re: Jed Rant: Myths of Truth Realization
« Reply #15 on: July 11, 2017, 10:01:44 am »
In my experience it was probably the myths more than anything else that "prevented" T/R. Well, for that matter, the state of non-T/R is really just layers of myths covering the T/R that is always there, eh? Anyway, though previously "duped" by all these myths (save for perhaps myth 2), it was probably myth 1 that was the most deeply ingrained in my psyche. I always imagined some final state of supreme, uninterrupted happiness as the "goal" of all "spiritual" pursuits (and so on). Which kept me pursuing indefinitely, since of course no such thing exists.

Well, I just want to say I appreciate the very direct approach (to say the least) in Jed's works to emphasize the contrary. I was a bit confused at first by what seems like a contradiction but is not.

With that said, though there is not some final state of pure emotional rapture as I'd previously believed, there is a state of "indescribably quite joyful ordinariness" that is better than anything else anyway (at least in my experience). T/R is rather strange and it was painful coming but I wouldn't trade it in for anything now. The juice is worth being squeezed (since we can't do the squeezing after all).

So, anyway, thanks again for the insight.

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