Categories: Justin Stone: In His Words
Truth
By: Justin Stone
Below are printed some casual notes I have made. In truth, even though they are somewhat watered down, I felt they might be beyond the understanding of many. I certainly do not want to overthrow childhood beliefs. On the other hand, there are some who are searching for Truth.
The Goal is to see things from the Universal standpoint, not the personal. Break with what you were indoctrinated with as a child.
Things are as they have always been. Change is an illusion.
Nirvana is the Garden of Eden (sometimes called the “Uncarved Block”). Adam and Eve never left the Garden of Eden.
Time is illusion, and is responsible for the feeling of individual creaturehood. Time is Maya (cause of illusion).
Do not only think of this life.
A “Spiritual Life” (not an “ethical life”) is only possible for one who can see from the Universal, not the individual point of view.
Your seeming life is ruled by the senses. Your true life must be seen from the Universal viewpoint. The latter is Enlightenment.
Most teachers teach from the individual, not the Universal, stand, and thus tell their students what they want to hear.
Life is a journey toward death. Living is slowly dying.
It is consciousness, not life, that we love and do not want to lose. Nevertheless, it is consciousness we temporarily lose whenever we go to sleep.
Live with Truth, as few do, or live to try in vain to satisfy the emotions, which is almost impossible.
Originally appeared in: July 2005
