Simply Being

August 16, 2001

Okay. That's all. I feel like Lynette now.

I am just what I am. Embrace me or resist me. What else can one say?

{{{{{{{{{{{loving embraces}}}}}}}}}}}}}

Lynette

Lovers embrace within the fold of glorious union,

dissolve into my eyes of nothing beyond

I am.

August 16, 2001

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Dharma

Thursday, August 16, 2001 3:45 AM

Re: The shattered remains {warning::::::}

Hi Kheyala,> Dear Lynette,>snip<>I didn't realize it was hard for

you to post the words of your heart. I>understand, now, the "raw

exposure" and wanted to thank you (like Dharma)> for your courage

and willingness to heal in such openness. It kind of>gives me

"permission" to do the same, in my own way. No better place, honey.

You have so many warm and loving friends here. :)Love,Dharma

Dear Dharma,

Your words are like a cool balm.

Dear Everyone Else, too,

You know, this internet mail thing is teaching me so much. I

never would have imagined!

The biggest "hit" I got was the other night. I was watching the

sunset and all was quiet. I saw that it didn't matter if I was on

"retreat" into myself, or "out" in the world, or "on" the web (that's

kind of half and half, isn't it?)...it is all the same. Really. I

had mistakenly thought I was "nesting" or "getting real quiet" or

leading a "meditative" lifestyle for a long stretch and that now

there was a new wave of "coming out." That's what is so funny.

There really is no "coming out." I've still got "me" to reckon with,

no matter what.

So you say to me, "Come and share who you are with these loving

friends...there's no better place," and it's so funny...I mean, I

actually imagine all you guys on this list and my imaginings are my

own thoughts! And when they are open and inviting and loving I feel

good and want to share, and when they are critical and judgemental, I

shrink from sharing. And it has nothing to do with any of you! This

is the story of my life.

I guess you all know this already, but this is like major news to

me today.

It's my own darn imagination and it's all useless: in the cave at

Ramanashramam or in the mall! The graceful leap from "what is here

right now" to What Is Here Always Right Now is cataclismic (sp?).

The leap shuts it all down in an instant.

I am discovering the freedom to be as I am, regardless of my

perceptions of "the scene," and because there is only Me everywhere,

there is nowhere to hide and, of course, no reason to hide anyhow!

The other "big one" hit the other day. I saw that "spiritually

correcting" myself/each other is way different from Being in That

Love with myself/each other. Of course, I am talking about my own

inner experience here, but it manifests clearly in this e-mail list

experience.

It is really something to receive a letter I had actually written

hours before and see my own stuff glaring me in the face. There

really is nowhere to hide! I was going to write to Gloria to ask

her what actually happens to all the letters in the archives. My

motivation was to find out if they are, indeed, deleted at some time,

never to be seen again, or if they are actually used for anything

other than reference within . But what I realized

was....who really cares? I am what I am. This is what I am. The

end.

Okay. That's all. I feel like Lynette now.

I am just what I am. Embrace me or resist me. What else can one say?

Love,

Kheyala/join

All paths go

somewhere. No path goes nowhere. Paths, places, sights, perceptions,

and indeed all experiences arise from and exist in and subside back

into the Space of Awareness. Like waves rising are not different than

the ocean, all things arising from Awareness are of the nature of

Awareness. Awareness does not come and go but is always Present. It

is Home. Home is where the Heart Is. Jnanis know the Heart to be the

Finality of Eternal Being. A true devotee relishes in the Truth of

Self-Knowledge, spontaneously arising from within into It Self.

Welcome all to a.Your use of is subject

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August 16, 2001

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JustLynette (AT) aol (DOT) com

Thursday, August 16, 2001 11:43 AM

Re: Simply Being

In a message dated 8/16/01 1:14:15 PM Central Daylight Time, kheyala (AT) neteze (DOT) com writes:

Okay. That's all. I feel like Lynette now. I am just what

I am. Embrace me or resist me. What else can one say?

{{{{{{{{{{{loving embraces}}}}}}}}}}}}} Lynette Lovers embrace within

the fold of glorious union, dissolve into my eyes of nothing

beyond I am.

Hah! This made me say that out loud--with a huge smile. Thanks,

Lynette!

:)/join