Everyone is a normal human being, on the one hand. And also the Unborn Beingness, on the other hand. The Unborn Beingness that resides within all creation and all human beings, is the One Beingness. Often, the human side covers over the Unborn Beingness. The human part of us is diverse and prone to error. Actually, unfixable. But the Unborn is Perfection. It is non-dual, has no opinions or takes sides, yet is unconditionally compassionate and loving. This life story we are living on the human level is only a movie, a temporary appearance. The Unborn Beingness is eternal, Reality, with no second, no opposite. Some of the humans have more of the True Nature Unborn Beingness at the forefront than others. They are worthy of sitting with as this Beingness at the forefront is catching...primarily IF one is open and expects nothing. When the Beingness is in the forefront, the eyes and the face show It unmistakenly. The voice and words uttered show It. I have found Bentinho to have the Beingness at the forefront, most of the time I have been with him. Of course the human side occasionally surfaces, as it does with ALL "teachers", Ramana Maharshi, PapaJi , GangaJi included. The question is, do they see through the human conditioning and how fast do they see through it? I had an experience with GangaJi that floored me. Sitting in a silent retreat with 200 others, the thought arose in my mind "GangaJi is a hypocrite". She was facing the other side of the room speaking when my thought arose. She stopped and turned and looked directly into my eyes, smiled and said "yes I am bourgeois", then turned and finished speaking in the direction of the other side of the room. I was shocked first of all that she could read my thoughts, then perplexed by the response. Later it came to me that she sees through her human side, doesn't take herself seriously as she is primarily established in the Beingness, and can laugh at herself and the apparent inconsistency.
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