Occasional individuals throughout history have told of finding the answer to
those questions, and their testimonies often have a surprising consistency.
As my friend and teacher Richard Rose wrote: "Beyond the mind is a golden
find...." For individuals seeking to find the answer for themselves,
those testimonies provide helpful clues for pursuing the search to a
successful conclusion.
For some searchers, working by themselves is the preferred method. Others
intuit that finding a few fellow seekers to work with may expedite their
progress. Still more fortunate may be those who find a living person who has
made the journey and can provide assistance from the perspective of that
realization. The Self-Discovery site is designed to offer all three modes of
help.
The Philosophical Self-Inquiry Groups are aimed at implementing maximum systems of self-discovery an approach which can be duplicated anywhere by finding a few people to work with. See FirstKnowThyself.org for examples.
The Buddha nature to me is nothing more than the vein of the absolute that's in every human being. But what will it take for it to be conscious, for the person to be conscious of it? What it amounts to basically, I maintain, is that everybody is unconscious; and when a person realizes the Buddha nature then the small-s self and the large-s Self are both conscious of each other for the first time.
~ Richard Rose, "Relative and Absolute" talk given at Ohio State University in 1978
Sacrifice is not even contemplated but IT IS THE ONLY WAY. There is a price-tag on everything & to get all you must give all; for less you only get a substitute.
~ Alfred Pulyan correspondence, October 6, 1960
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