A Tolle-style awakening from reading books: temporary and non-repeatable. Jim Carrey is frustrated because he cannot get his tiny-winy experience back. Why not? No spiritual head of steam. No history of meditation or conscious effort to abide in his self.
Realizing the Manifest Self--the Life Force permeating our humanity--and the Unmanifest source from which it arises.
Jeesh, would Eckhart Tolle really need Jim Carrey for THIS kind of endorsement?
ReplyDeleteGood grief, how humiliating!
"He is frustrated because he cannot get his tiny-winy experience back. Why not? No spiritual head of steam. No history of meditation or conscious effort to abide in his self"
ReplyDeleteI guess no one with real competence in these matters told him about it. Jim Carrey per se seems to be a nice and honest person. Bless his heart!
Therein lies the appeal of Eckhart and other assorted Neo-Avaitans. What we've witnessed in no small measure is "Advaita-Lite" geared to the masses as with Jim Carrey.
ReplyDeleteBut then "who" should care anyway?
No ordinary brain can stand it without being shattered; hence the absolute need for sadhana.
ReplyDelete- Maharaj
I don't really see a problem with all the mainstream advaita, but then again I truly don't know much about the movement. At least these things are getting into the collective world, even if it's mainly artificial. It can open up seekers imaginations to deeper possibilities, and those who are truly seeking to relieve their suffering won't be satisfied with the mainstream advaita, and might dig deeper and end up finding this website, or another legitimate teaching.
ReplyDeleteMost people aren't going to like hearing that they are fundamentally crazy, lost in illusion and need to everyday sit in silence to find their essence beyond the mind.
Isn't this maybe a stepping stone and in the future true teaching will become more wide spread? I am hopeful.
And Jim does seem sincere and cute, I've read some of "power of now" at a friends and in what I did read it did stress practice and constant abidance, so maybe he'll figure out the need for practice and one day become an enlightened movie star!
True Advaita will never be popular. It would seem nihilistic to most people, especially if they have never done any serious meditation. Most people just aren't really interested in getting free and never will be, not in this lifetime I mean, assuming we do have multiple lifetimes. This certainly includes many spiritual seekers, who are too enamoured by descriptions of bliss-states.
ReplyDeleteI don't feel like I'm above anyone because I'm interested in Advaita, so don't get me wrong. I just couldn't stop if I wanted to.