A Who is someone whose life rests on the five ignoble truths:
- lust,
- anger,
- greed,
- attachments, and
- ego (ego said to be the last to dissolve at human death) …
But a What is a mystic. Their human life rests on the process of being decluttered of any residual ignoble truths by Reality Itself, so as to finally evolve into their true identity in Reality.
A Who does not experience Reality. A What does. A What is succumbed by Reality, knows it is of and returning to Reality.
The five ignoble truths (above) remaining in the What are being slowly dissolved by the mystical experience of Reality, MER.
All is Well.
Mystical Experiences of Reality 
That sums up the path perfectly. It’s a hard one to follow but it seems to become easier with practice. The ignoble truths do truly diminish with daily meditation and perhaps a little conscious effort.
I think out of all of your posts this is, if I may say so, the most valuable. At least to me. Never was truth writ so large.
A
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It also seems vital to say that as you have often said it is practice and not intellectual understanding which lead you deeply into these truths. I have recognised the “truth” of Buddhism for well over 30 years. But it has only been since my meditation practice became deep, regluar and disciplined that I have “felt” the truth. And begun to realise it within myself.
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Thank you, Anthony. I find this statement useful in introducing myself when the opportunity offers. I hope it helps people realise its no use having worldy expectations of me, (apart of course from adherence to the worldy laws of my time, decency (a little word for a wide width, depth and height of meaning), and of course honesty (sensitively expressed if at all …).
It works. The other day a correspondent apologised for continually pressing me with his deep concern for current affairs. Now, like me, he sees human history as unproductively repetitive.
As ever,
Keith.
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“unproductively repetitive”
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
Jews and Arabs slaughtering each other, Russians and Ukrainians, Tutsis and Hutus and on and on. IRA, Baader Meinhof, al Qaeda. Corrupt and self seeking politicians, bloated, greedy and arrogant merchants, rapists, murderers and torturers.
A few see through the pointless maze, most do not.
And thus the absurd and pointless human charade continues.
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