Guest guest Posted October 15, 2001 Report Share Posted October 15, 2001 I have just spent a week with my family on the beautiful East African Coast. This time things were different for me. On the way to the Coast in a slow night train there was no excitement or expectancy, nor impatience to get there. I was quite content with the NOW of the train journey. At the Coast my Wife and kids had the best holiday ever. For me it was just another NOW to be content and happy with. Back in Nairobi I am still content and peaceful with the NOW. I think living in the NOW makes a person content, even happy with any situation. I suspect it would make no difference to me living in Afghanistan [at risk of a bomb falling on me, and a very uncertain future] or on a beautiful deserted Island with friends [and comforts] of my choosing. Anybody with similar [or more 'non-dual' ] experiences? ______________________ With Love, Cyber Dervish ```````````````````````````````````````` Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2001 Report Share Posted October 16, 2001 Yes. If you have the link with the infinite that makes all NOWS moments of peace, then it does not matter where you are. One drawback is that my husband likes to travel, and I blissfully accompany him, but he gets upset when I do not get excited about being in another place. A side effect, at least for me, is that I tend not to seek out social interaction. Shifting my attention to others is like laying aside a beloved story in order to assist others. I would rather, probably selfishly, stay with my full attention concentrated on the peaceful interaction that exists between myself and the infinite. Gelf - " Jan Sultan " <swork <sworkalpha Monday, October 15, 2001 11:30 PM All 'NOWs' are the same. > I have just spent a week with my family on the beautiful East African Coast. > > This time things were different for me. > On the way to the Coast in a slow night train there was no excitement or > expectancy, nor impatience to get there. I was quite content with the NOW > of the train journey. > At the Coast my Wife and kids had the best holiday ever. For me it was just > another NOW to be content and happy with. > Back in Nairobi I am still content and peaceful with the NOW. > > I think living in the NOW makes a person content, even happy with any > situation. I suspect it would make no difference to me living in > Afghanistan [at risk of a bomb falling on me, and a very uncertain future] > or on a beautiful deserted Island with friends [and comforts] of my choosing. > > Anybody with similar [or more 'non-dual' ] experiences? > > ______________________ > With Love, > Cyber Dervish > ```````````````````````````````````````` > > > > ..........INFORMATION ABOUT THIS LIST.......... > > Email addresses: > Post message: Realization > Un: Realization- > Our web address: http://www.realization.org > > By sending a message to this list, you are giving > permission to have it reproduced as a letter on > http://www.realization.org > ................................................ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2001 Report Share Posted October 16, 2001 At 10/16/2001-03:09 PM Carol Philo wrote: >A side effect, at least for me, is that I tend not to seek out social >interaction. Shifting my attention to others is like laying aside a beloved >story in order to assist others. I would rather, probably selfishly, stay >with my full attention concentrated on the peaceful interaction that exists >between myself and the infinite. >Gelf Sometimes, I too feel intruded upon when I am shifting between 'I' and 'no-I' and someone wants my attention. I guess, when going into the 'no-I' becomes second nature, I won't be bothered by any intrusions. By 'no-I' I mean just witnessing without identifying. ______________________ With Love, Cyber Dervish ```````````````````````````````````````` _______ Get your free @ address at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2001 Report Share Posted October 16, 2001 --- Jan Sultan <swork wrote: > I have just spent a week with my family on the > beautiful East African Coast. > > This time things were different for me. > On the way to the Coast in a slow night train there > was no excitement or > expectancy, nor impatience to get there. I was quite > content with the NOW > of the train journey. > At the Coast my Wife and kids had the best holiday > ever. For me it was just > another NOW to be content and happy with. > Back in Nairobi I am still content and peaceful with > the NOW. > > I think living in the NOW makes a person content, > even happy with any > situation. I suspect it would make no difference to > me living in > Afghanistan [at risk of a bomb falling on me, and a > very uncertain future] > or on a beautiful deserted Island with friends [and > comforts] of my choosing. > > Anybody with similar [or more 'non-dual' ] > experiences? > > ______________________ > With Love, > Cyber Dervish > ```````````````````````````````````````` Someone having supposedly nondual experiences is always " stuck " with the underlying duality of the someone having the experiences and " the experiencing " being known by the someone. The separate sense of the one who self-consciously knows about " nondual " experience is gone when there is no longer the one having experiences and the experiencing, no longer " nondual " experiences to contrast with " dual " experiences ... Namaste, Dan Make a great connection at Personals. http://personals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2001 Report Share Posted October 16, 2001 --- CyberDervish <swork wrote: > At 10/16/2001-03:09 PM Carol Philo wrote: > >A side effect, at least for me, is that I tend not > to seek out social > >interaction. Shifting my attention to others is > like laying aside a beloved > >story in order to assist others. I would rather, > probably selfishly, stay > >with my full attention concentrated on the peaceful > interaction that exists > >between myself and the infinite. > >Gelf > > Sometimes, I too feel intruded upon when I am > shifting between 'I' and > 'no-I' and someone wants my attention. I guess, when > going into the 'no-I' > becomes second nature, I won't be bothered by any > intrusions. By 'no-I' I > mean just witnessing without identifying. > ______________________ > With Love, > Cyber Dervish > ```````````````````````````````````````` The I-sense shifts between I and no-I? The I-sense feels intruded upon and imagines that one day in the future, it won't, because it will be so good at shifting? Lord have mercy on the I-sense! :-) -- Dan Make a great connection at Personals. http://personals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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