tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350754803204402658.post2288951713216128451..comments2023-04-02T07:07:00.422-07:00Comments on Where can one stand?: there IS no entity to suffertom sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05458625544046415716noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350754803204402658.post-19604259502222347882010-04-12T23:09:20.193-07:002010-04-12T23:09:20.193-07:00I mean the post about Little Tree with his Granma....I mean the post about Little Tree with his Granma.tom sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05458625544046415716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350754803204402658.post-83206277621806090882010-03-30T00:07:25.703-07:002010-03-30T00:07:25.703-07:00A key to understanding what WWW is pointing to mig...A key to understanding what WWW is pointing to might be to consider whether "we" are actually separate from "our experience." I had considered making the title, "there IS no entity to suffer(be subject to) pleasure or pain." That would make it more clear that both WWW and I were using the word "suffer" in a somewhat old fashioned way which happens to accentuate its dualistic character. From all this it follows that as long as there seems to be a separate entity, "he" will seem to suffer(undergo) experience as "something separate."<br />Did you notice that the following post illustrates "being-this-experience" without separation, without resistance?tom sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05458625544046415716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350754803204402658.post-46380835350239892952010-03-29T11:34:41.637-07:002010-03-29T11:34:41.637-07:00I think this is worth expanding on, because it'...I think this is worth expanding on, because it's the kind of statement that seems to drive Wayne Liquorman crazy - in that, there IS suffering - suffering happens! <br /><br />Statements like "there is no entity to suffer" are the sort of classic "advaita-isms" that are sometimes repeated as a kind of endless loop without any real understanding.<br /><br />Without quoting like WWW, or sounding like WWW, can you give us your insight into this "apparent" "quandary" - that "there IS no entity to suffer", but there is "suffer-ING"?DJHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15060235915907812525noreply@blogger.com