The Life and UnderstandingofFranklin Jones Copyright 1971 By Franklin Jones
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"What is
consciousness? This is the basic question posed in The Knee
of Listening. What is consciousness? You never discover what
it is by wandering in the play of life and the body-mind.
You can only discover it by entering into consciousness
itself, by contemplating it most profoundly, locating its
Quality, Condition, Status, Force. When you have fully
entered into Consciousness Itself, then suddenly the Divine
Condition of everything becomes obvious" Energy
of Consciousness - 1982
"I have written this in the form of autobiography because
my own life is perhaps the best instruction I can offer. The
mere assertion of understanding is not sufficient to create
understanding in the hearer. The hearer must be allowed a
creative recognition. Otherwise the symbols wherein his life
is trapped will not dissolve. Therefore, I have displayed my
life as much as I have had patience and perspective to
illustrate it. I hope it has been fruitful for you. But know
this. I do not stand for spiritual efforts of any kind. Nor
on some middle ground between excess and effort. There is no
virtue in the endless reaction to life, nor in the exclusive
enjoyment of any effect.....in understanding maintain...
radical humor and freedom in the face of divine beings as
well as the most disgusting elements of ordinary life"
chapter 20 - Knee of Listening"The seeker is violent. At first he approaches the man
of understanding humbly, self-effacing, with great need. But
his questions find no ultimate solution. He becomes
frustrated and angry, and he leaves. He criticizes the man
of understanding. He asserts the forms of his own seeking.
He says the man of understanding is a seeker like
himself." Chapter
20 - Knee of
Listening
See 9 min 47 sec video
of a Adi Da in a number of clips made by DelphiaYes
"The
perfect among the sages is identical with Me. There is
absolutely no difference between us" Tripura
Rahasya,
Chap
XX, 128-133
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