Guest guest Posted January 13, 2003 Report Share Posted January 13, 2003 on 1/13/03 1:57 PM, ecirada at ecirada wrote: whatever is practiced to calm down the chattering > mind is always > a subset of "giving up the will to live & enjoy". I don't feel ...I guess the "the will to" is the thing. It's not something I can or can't do ( I already find myself alive, I haven't accomplished it! ....the relaxation of the need to survive, the relaxation of the fear of death, the IDENTIFICATION WITH THE BODY-MIND is the problem...Get outta here! Shawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2003 Report Share Posted January 13, 2003 On 1/13/03 at 2:37 PM shawn wrote: on 1/13/03 1:57 PM, ecirada at ecirada (AT) mad (DOT) scientist.com wrote:whatever is practiced to calm down the chattering> mind is always > a subset of "giving up the will to live & enjoy".I don't feel ...I guess the "the will to" is the thing. It's not something Ican or can't do ( I already find myself alive, I haven't accomplished it!....the relaxation of the need to survive, the relaxation of the fear ofdeath, the IDENTIFICATION WITH THE BODY-MIND is the problem...Get outtahere!Shawn Summarizing what i wrote, any action is but a response, giving up isn't an exception to that. There isn't an entity, so what is to identify with what? I can remember diet & celibacy threads at NDS and the whirl of responses it brought. Clinging to fleeting pleasures is a subset of what i call "will to live and enjoy", biochemically it's in the class of endorphines: addicting unless the "hardware" is modified - termed "transformation" in some texts. A so called "post enlightenment" issue. Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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