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That which was never born . . .
By: Jed McKenna Date: July 11, 2021, 6:37 am
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Yesterday’s message was not sent by Jed, and this one isn’t
either.
Jed asked me to post these messages on his behalf. He is no
longer here to do it himself.
As you probably know from Jed’s recent messages, he believed he
had COVID-19 a couple weeks ago. Then he believed it was just a
cold. Then whatever it actually was morphed into pneumonia.
Breathing became increasingly difficult. He spent several days
in a hospital, where his condition seemed to be stabilizing.
They confirmed that he did not, in fact, have COVID. The
pneumonia was not related to the medications he took when he
thought he did have COVID. The cause was unclear.
After some days, his breathing became more compromised until he
lost the ability to breathe altogether. Interventions did not
help. Eventually, he lost the ability, or the will, or both, to
animate the body he had apparently been occupying.
Jed was 74 and in great health. He almost never got sick. He
practiced qi gong every day, yoga frequently, and rode his
bicycle everywhere. He certainly did not seem to be seeking
death.
Jed was not, however, averse to dying. On the contrary, he spoke
of it often, with great enthusiasm, over the last few years. At
times he seemed almost eager to try it out, so to speak. In a
recent piece, he wrote:
[center]“Death is a beautiful secret hidden by a lie.
The best place to hide that secret is under the fear and
illusion that it is painful.
Such is not the case.”[/center]
He knew that he was not the body, nor the mind or personality
that accompanied it.
[center]“It is impossible for ‘You’ to die because ‘You’ were
never born.
Granted a body, that we tend to call ‘me, my and mine’, has
arisen.
But what appears as ‘your’ body is not you,
and you can manage quite well without the thought that it is
‘you’.”[/center]
That body, as he wished it to be, was transmuted into smoke and
ash, dispersed into the air of the country he loved, and
scattered into the Mekong River to feed the fish and merge back
into the ecology of things.
For those of you who felt a kinship with Jed from a distance -
for those of you who took his classes and were in one-on-one
dialogue with him, perhaps for years - for those of you who he
helped awaken from the dream, and those of you he helped to take
a step along the path - for those of you who didn’t care about
him as an individual, but who were moved or freed or supported
by his teaching - for all of us who he touched - it is sad that
he is gone. It may be shocking or disorienting. Whatever
emotions come to you - deeply, or merely as a ripple on the
surface - I hope you’ll allow those feelings to come over you
full strength, and to move through you, and to change you, as
grief always does. Jed never encouraged anyone to “spiritually
bypass” their feelings.
Once you feel whatever there is to feel, however, I hope you can
return to the bigger truth. What appeared to be Jed cannot die,
because it was never born. Behind the apparent phenomena and
ephemera that captivate our attention, is the unchanging
infinite. Personal history rises to meet timeless awareness. To
Jed, that background, beyond the drama, was the only thing that
was real.
Jed was reluctant to speak about the moment in which he realized
the Truth. When he did talk about it, however, he described a
choice point. He said he had the option to leave the dream
behind, to sublimate into the background in some way he didn’t
really have words to describe. Or he could choose to “come
back”, as it were, to continue to play the character of Jed,
with an ego and a personality and a role to play in the human
dream. He chose to come back for a while, walking with one foot
in the infinite, one foot in the dream.
Of the handful of dead gurus Jed had real respect for, I’d place
Nisargadatta at the top of the list. Jed’s understanding of
death was very much in alignment with Nis, so here’s what Nis
has to say on the matter:
[center]“To the Self, the world is but a colorful show,
which it enjoys as long as it lasts and forgets when it is
over.”
“The real you is timeless and beyond birth and death.
The body will survive as long as it is needed.
It is not important that it should live long.”[/center]
Jed will no longer be here to answer your emails or post on the
forum or to share day-to-day existence with those of us who
spent time with him in person. He is leaving a body of work
behind, however, for those of us still here. You can get to know
him through that work far more meaningfully than you would have
through a conversation with his personality. That hasn’t
changed.
I haven’t introduced myself, and I won’t really, except to say
to call me Zara. I’ve been collaborating with Jed for the last
two years, working with him on a new class that is not yet
complete. He requested that I tend to his existing students in
his absence. Tomorrow, I’ll post some logistical information for
those of you currently in the middle of one of his classes, and
with some thoughts about future classes, and the future of this
forum.
In the meanwhile, we can be sad together that the person we knew
as Jed is gone.
And we can remember together that he is not.
Love,
Zara
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Re: That which was never born . . .
By: Gordon Date: July 11, 2021, 8:07 am
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🙂I am Grateful for all his entertainment and insights.
It was a pleasure (not always) to meet him, him that existed in
beautiful symbols R. I. P. JED. Welcome Zara🙏
I made a song for him today from the heart
HTML https://youtu.be/grDRYwUxn0I
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Re: That which was never born . . .
By: Parsley Date: July 11, 2021, 11:49 am
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Thank you, Zara. Unconditional love is the true identification,
I have found here....the background.
Much love
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Re: That which was never born . . .
By: know1 Date: July 11, 2021, 11:58 am
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Would be remiss not to express my sincerest gratitude to
Jed/Ken. I would still be chasing the God Consciousness
experience of 10 years back if not for the trilogy and ending up
on this forum 5+ years ago. It took only 6 months to end
seeking. Jed was instrumental in the destruction of my make
believe "specialness" and the house of cards I thought was my
real "life" hence facilitating the Understanding. For that I
will forever be grateful, regardless of the "human" aspects of
the man we in IGF called Jed.
For that 6 months I was on this site 24/7, I sensed/knew the
answer was in here, in Jed's mind somewhere. When he invited me
to visit Cambodia I was all in! Finally I was going to get the
answer... And then it dropped, it was here all along, not in
Cambodia or any other ashram. There was no need to go anywhere.
But I needed Jed's finger. For a desperate seeker headed the
wrong direction, his pointing at the moon was for me the best
sign post leading to what is.
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Re: That which was never born . . .
By: Nau Date: July 11, 2021, 12:37 pm
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R.I.P, Dear Ken McMordie. Thank you a lot for the books and
inspiration.
And thank you, Zara, for the messages you have posted.
#Post#: 43118--------------------------------------------------
Re: That which was never born . . .
By: Royaalss1 Date: July 11, 2021, 1:33 pm
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I took his ACIM course a few years ago I think I was in the
first class or one of the first at the time I got hurt on a job
at work and he allowed me to delay payment for the course. By
the time I tried to pay several times he did not respond to
emails about payment or payment instructions. Anytime I (or
anyone) posts on the forum or later in emails he always replies
by the next day he was always there with some wisdom to give and
a perspective that would make my mind tingle and expand my scope
of perception. He was a very giving person and he gave alot of
himself to all of us... 6 months ago he offered for me to take
the Nav series and I delayed starting but did plan to do it this
year or early next year. He even made some joke about being
around for a good time and hopefully a long time... I never met
the man but he gave alot to me and was always kind. What he gave
is not something I know how to get anywere else. It is unique
one of a kind type of honesty thats unknown to the world.
Ultimately this human bs is not the point and he wouldn't want
us all hung up on him but I do feel a great amount of gratitude
for the work he did and that he left us. And I will greatly
greatly miss his guidance and wisdom. I hope the material stay's
up on this forum because there is gold here.
Goodbye Jed Thank You One Last Time
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Love Jed forever
By: zd15 Date: July 11, 2021, 5:48 pm
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Thank you Zara! Love Jed forever.
I am so happy to know Jed's book, so happy to follow him and
this forum since last year. I will go on follow you to study
rest class.
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Re: That which was never born . . .
By: Lo Date: July 11, 2021, 8:17 pm
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heart broken.
Thank you so much Jed for your kindness and patience.
There was a time, maybe two when I wrote just to read "Love ya,
Jed"
love you too....
Lo
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Re: That which was never born . . .
By: OWraye336 Date: July 11, 2021, 8:20 pm
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Thank you Jed/Ken for all you've taught in the most direct and
entertaining of ways. I feel both gratitude and melancholy at
this news. Zara, I hope to get to work with you in the future
on this journey for one.
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Re: That which was never born . . .
By: Smiling Date: July 11, 2021, 9:24 pm
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I trust you are doing well.
Love ya.
Smiling
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