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Recieved: 2001/03/28 18:20
Subject: [K-list] The Traveller.
From: Christopher Wynter
On 2001/03/28 18:20, Christopher Wynter posted thus to the K-list:
Have you ever walked with an native tracker?
He looks at the signs that most people cannot see and can tell
what has passed that way.
With nothing but an almost imperceptible footprint, he can tell
all about the owner, the height, size, weight, age, sex,
disabilities and diseases of the one who left the footprint.
No tradition does he follow .. but years of development and
training of his own intuition. This is the Inner Sense.
The skills to do what he does are not written in any text .. nor
are they handed down by the elders nor are they written in the rock
paintings on the walls of the caves.
A development of the self so that, in his beingness, he can
express 'all that is' into words and language .. of the time .. in
the moment.
Living in the moment.
What good is learning and following a tradition or teachers or
masters if one cannot apply what has been learned in every day life?
Yes .. it is good for one thing .. the debate over the aspect of
the tradition itself .. an intellectual debate which has relevance
only when the tools are continually referred to as a point of
reference with the teacher or master as the authority.
The master of a Japanese or Chinese martial art is the Master of
that tradition. But, there can come a time when the master turns to
the student and takes back the final weapon and the student stands
on his own as the master of his own Self. This is true mastery -the
mastery of Essence ..
For one who has handed back the last weapons in both the
Japanese and Chinese martial Arts ..
what tradition would you say he follows ..?
Learning from books and following other teachers is just that ..
tied to the limitations of a past tradition. One learns to read
Sanskrit Hindi, Aramaic, Hebrew, Latin .. and can translate these
into English.
What tradition does this person follow ..? Who are his teachers?
One studies Psychology .. and spends time with a Taoist master -
obtains a degree in Psychology and is ordained a Taoist Priest.
Are these compatible .. and which tradition is this person said to
follow. Who are his teachers?
One studies yoga .. and transcends to Bhakti after absorbing and
realising the intricacies of Hatha, Karma, Tantra, Kundalini,
Jnani. Is this person a Yogi or does he follow a tradition ..?
There is one common denominator in all of these traditions ..
which can only be realised when all the learning is applied firstly
to the self. From this point on, there is no learning, only the
embrace.
The ability to access the essence of the inner sense - to speak
from the inner tuition which transcends all traditions. The only
authority is the Self in the moment. This is the essence of
humility as there is no thing to gain, no thing to lose and no
thing to defend.
This is Tantra. It is the way of the Tao and the essence of Zen.
It is the embodiment of the Christ Principle and the expression of
the Buddha nature.
Once there is self mastery, there are no traditions and the
essence of all traditions find their commonality beyond the
fundamentalist doctrines of "should" and "should not". Meaning has
meaning and practice is a communion without purpose. Life is.
Once there is self mastery, there are no mysteries, no secrets,
nothing that needs understanding .. as all are embraced in the all
encompassing moment. This Self is the Beloved.
I have found that one either speaks from essence or one speaks
from limitation. The Self is beyond the limitation of tradition,
doctrine, teachers and masters. It needs no heroes and speaks with
the humility of an individuality which reflects all limitations in
the personality ego. In its own expression, it translates the
silence between the words of the little self sense which interrupt
this silence.
Tradition keeps the Beloved as something to be sought.
The Purist or Traditionalist needs a God or Goddess and the
Beloved Authority of the sacred texts .. the study of which is the
Reason for Being.
A vague and promised reward for diligence to Other outside of self.
There was a time when I could not remember that all wisdom is
absolute. I had to forget every tradition I had ever been taught.
The Master of Self thus loses all notions of
"My God is greater than your God" and becomes
a Traveller through Life.
There is no need for a God or Goddess.
There is no Glamour, no Illusion
Christopher Wynter
http://www.anunda.com
http://www.kundalini-gateway.org
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