Saturday, October 3, 2009

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Without the word, is there feeling?

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That very word “envy” is its own condemnation. When one says, “I am envious”, there is already a sense of pushing it away. So one must be free of the influence of the word to observe. And this demands tremendous alertness, tremendous watchfulness, awareness, so as not to escape and so as to see that the word “envy” has created the feeling; for without the word, is there the feeling? If there is no word and therefore no movement of thought, then is there envy?    The word has created the feeling because the word is associated with the feeling, it is dictating the feeling. Can one observe without the word? The Wholeness of Life, p 149

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