Monday 5 February 2007

Living the teachings?

Gpara: K actually said near the end of his life that nobody is living the teachings. And he said that something might happen if someone did. I agree that most people do not seem to actually do it -- there is an element of insincerity, in the sense that actions (and all of life) are not in accord with understanding. There is a sort of split personality.('fragmentation'?) He has mentioned that fragmentation can be seen as: saying and thinking one thing, and doing another. It seems that there is an opportunity both for wholeness (or non-fragmented living), and also an opportunity to explore the teachings in life, or in a more living way. This seems like a very meaningful subject. He also mentioned that the real meaning of the teachings comes alive in the living, not in the words, thoughts, etc, or in the unlived understanding. There is a related subject: K's statements about being willing to die (I haven't listened to them yet, but there are some talks on youtube about this, talks he gave in Rishi Valley). He said something similar in the book on livelihood -- the true vocation of man is to find truth; is it possible to stay with this, and not allow pressures or influences from society (and elsewhere)(our consciousness?)(desires?)(fears, security?)(ambitions, plans?) to sideline the finding of truth (or the living of the teachings)? ****Another side of this is: what is it not to live the teachings? (what actually happens in the way we live?) Are the teachings, and the study of the teachings, separated from or segregated from the rest of daily living?(Seeing these things clearly seems valuable, in understanding this subject.) ****--which brings in another point: "seeing" or "just seeing" -- sometimes it seems as if K is saying this. Clearly, though, he also indicates that living it -- not only 'understanding' (or 'seeing'?) -- is important as well. ****((--which brings up: is seeing divorced (or segregated) from living?--and is our seeing divorced from the teachings?)) ****(these subjects seem to me worth staying with for a while)(and exploring through actions and living as well as through dialogue)