Written on March 24, 2008 by Tom Stine
Michelle Vandepas from Divine Purpose Unleashed asked me to do an interview with her on her BlogTalkRadio show last Friday morning. It was a blast. You can listen to our conversation or download to your iPod at Divine Purpose Unleashed. Enjoy.
There is no explanation you can give that would explain away all the sufferings and evil and torture and destruction and hunger in the world! You’ll never explain it. You can try gamely with your formulas, religious and otherwise, but you’ll never explain it. Because life is a mystery, which means your thinking mind cannot make sense out of it. For that you’ve got to wake up and then you’ll suddenly realize that reality is not problematic, you are the problem.
The Tao that can be followed is not the eternal Tao.
The name that can be named is not the eternal name.
The nameless is the origin of heaven and earth
While naming is the origin of the myriad things.
Therefore, always desireless, you see the mystery
Ever desiring, you see the manifestations.
These two are the same—
When they appear they are named differently.
This sameness is the mystery,
Mystery within mystery;
The door to all marvels.
Get 20 “enlightened beings,” 20 of the greatest avatars that ever walked the earth and put them together. The most enlightened avatars from the whole of humanity, get 20 of them in the same room, and start asking them about the thoughts in their heads. And they’re not going to agree. Because that’s not where the Oneness is. That’s not what’s unifying. It’s only if you get down to the fundamental nature of being. Then there could be agreement.
When you don’t cover up the world with words and labels, a sense of the miraculous returns to you life that was lost a long time ago when humanity, instead of using thought, became possessed by thought. A depth returns to your life. Things regain their newness, their freshness.
on March 25th, 2008 at 11:38 am
The link is up on my site now as well Tom. This has a longer shelf life, so people can download or listen from here:
http://divinepurposeunleashed.com/consciousness-spirituality-and-enlightened-personal-growth-tom-stine/
thanks again!
on March 25th, 2008 at 11:44 am
I changed the link! Thanks, Michelle.
on March 27th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Tom,
I listened and enjoyed. Did it seem to you the hour was up in a short amount of time?
on March 27th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
It went by in a flash. I felt like I was having a conversation with an old friend, not an interview. Michelle is good. I can’t wait to do it again!