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At 06:53 PM 4/13/01 -0300, you wrote:

Right on Dan.

 

love,

andrew

Hey, Andrew, right on yourself.

Thanks for an enjoyable

dialogue.

 

By the way, working as a

therapist, I have a bias

that excessive smoking

represents detachment/dissociation

from the body -- dissociating

from evidence that

" this isn't healthy " .

 

Smoking, excessive use of

alcohol and other drugs,

overuse of food, restriction

of food, excessive fondness

for piercing and tatooing,

cutting the body, excessive

risk-taking, deprivation from

stimuli, avoidance

of pleasure, not caring

about sexual activities of

the body -- many ways

that dissociation shows up --

 

Which raises an interesting

question -- can a body-mind

appear to be functioning

dissociatively, but actually

be integrated with/as totality

that simply flows through all

body/minds simultaneously?

 

If so, how can a " sage " who

functions with apparent self-deprivation

or apparent excess, be differentiated

from a dissociative personality or

a manic personality?

 

Is it a matter of whether there are

disciples to validate the teacher,

and whether those disciples have

or gain enough social status for

the claim to hold?

 

There were many other " Jesus's " around

the time of Jesus, who didn't gain

the social status of an ongoing

religious movement -- also true

of Gautama and others ...

 

Sages such as Ramana, Jesus, Buddha,

I'm sure numerous " saints " from

various religions, the recommended

practices of certain religious orders --

represent commitment to activities that

would be negatively classifiable according

to " social norms " of " healthy functioning "

....

 

Another question: Do these very

commitments to unusual lifestyles,

and the presence of disciples

and/or devotees, guarantee being

noticed by society and respected

as sages or holy persons, if

not repudiated as sinners?

 

Are there unnoticed sages who never

caught anyone's attention because

their lifestyle was so " normal " ?

Are there others who were profound,

but never teaching in a way that

attracted attention of influential devotees,

simply unknown to the average person

through organization, text or poem?

Are there " sinners " who are mistaken

to be " sages " simply because their

lifestyle is unusual, self-depriving,

or grandiosely affirmative?

Are there " sages " who are mistaken

to be " sinners " simply because

their lifestyle is unusual,

self-depriving, or grandiosely affirmative?

 

So many questions, so little time...

what's a poor mind to do ;-)

 

Be the question, the uncertainty,

and be silence ;-)

 

Namaste,

Dan

 

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Nisargadatta, Daniel Berkow <berkowd@u...> wrote:

> At 06:53 PM 4/13/01 -0300, you wrote:

> >Right on Dan.

> >

> >love,

> >andrew

>

> Hey, Andrew, right on yourself.

> Thanks for an enjoyable

> dialogue.

>

> By the way, working as a

> therapist, I have a bias

> that excessive smoking

> represents detachment/dissociation

> from the body -- dissociating

> from evidence that

> " this isn't healthy " .

>

> Smoking, excessive use of

> alcohol and other drugs,

> overuse of food, restriction

> of food, excessive fondness

> for piercing and tatooing,

> cutting the body, excessive

> risk-taking, deprivation from

> stimuli, avoidance

> of pleasure, not caring

> about sexual activities of

> the body -- many ways

> that dissociation shows up --

>

> Which raises an interesting

> question -- can a body-mind

> appear to be functioning

> dissociatively, but actually

> be integrated with/as totality

> that simply flows through all

> body/minds simultaneously?

>

> If so, how can a " sage " who

> functions with apparent self-deprivation

> or apparent excess, be differentiated

> from a dissociative personality or

> a manic personality?

>

> Is it a matter of whether there are

> disciples to validate the teacher,

> and whether those disciples have

> or gain enough social status for

> the claim to hold?

>

> There were many other " Jesus's " around

> the time of Jesus, who didn't gain

> the social status of an ongoing

> religious movement -- also true

> of Gautama and others ...

>

> Sages such as Ramana, Jesus, Buddha,

> I'm sure numerous " saints " from

> various religions, the recommended

> practices of certain religious orders --

> represent commitment to activities that

> would be negatively classifiable according

> to " social norms " of " healthy functioning " ...

>

> Another question: Do these very

> commitments to unusual lifestyles,

> and the presence of disciples

> and/or devotees, guarantee being

> noticed by society and respected

> as sages or holy persons, if

> not repudiated as sinners?

>

> Are there unnoticed sages who never

> caught anyone's attention because

> their lifestyle was so " normal " ?

> Are there others who were profound,

> but never teaching in a way that

> attracted attention of influential devotees,

> simply unknown to the average person

> through organization, text or poem?

> Are there " sinners " who are mistaken

> to be " sages " simply because their

> lifestyle is unusual, self-depriving,

> or grandiosely affirmative?

> Are there " sages " who are mistaken

> to be " sinners " simply because

> their lifestyle is unusual,

> self-depriving, or grandiosely affirmative?

>

> So many questions, so little time...

> what's a poor mind to do ;-)

>

> Be the question, the uncertainty,

> and be silence ;-)

>

> Namaste,

> Dan

Dan,

You raise some very interesting questions and I think they bear looking

at because much of how we declare our " unenlightenment " is based on

behaviours and manifestations.

I do not know if in Maharaj's case, he became physically addicted to

cigarette smoking, really bidi smoking, before it was known to have

such deletrious effects. Maharaj's smoking in some ways was a more

intense breaker of spiritual concepts than his words. Was he

disassociated from his body? This is a question I think about my self

because I have spent much time dissassociated from my body and I am a

carbohydrate addict and overweight. And from time to time I allow

myself to be conscious of what my body is like and it blows my mind.

So was my disidentification from the body healthy or is the

dissociation an altogether different thing from disidentification.

I think this discussion is very interesting, because we spend an awful

lot of time proving how different the enlightened is when they spend so

much time showing how there are not two states.

Hmmm...

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In regard to Tony's, Dan's and Cathy's posts:

 

Many years ago, when first introduced to I Am That, I remember a dialogue that STOOD OUT from all others; a student remarking something to the effect (paraphrased) "I see that you are smoking" and Maharaj's "that is how it appears to you." I was highly reactive at the time and because of it, did not go back to the book for several years.

The mind went wild with it because of my conditioning at that point. Years later, prior to any real interest in Advaita, I rather arrogantly made a comment (about the bidi smoking and dying of throat cancer and how could an enlightened sage smoke...etc....?) to a Swami, who was talking about Maharaj and Advaita. The Swami's calm response was, "Perhaps that is why he smoked. It was his destiny to die of throat cancer". I couldn't fathom it!

 

I now see that the turmoil it created in my mind, was catalytic for me in eventually accepting and understanding Advaita. I feel that ONE response from Maharaj "that is how it appears to you" is extremely PROFOUND!

 

I'm going to continue in a second post so as not to make this too long.

 

Love,

~jessica

 

 

 

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Tony O'Cleary wrote:

 

 

Maharaj also smoked, and said it was something the body was doing.

snip>

 

Dan Berkow wrote:snip>

If so, how can a "sage" who functions with apparent self-deprivation or apparent excess, be differentiated from a dissociative personality or a manic personality?Is it a matter of whether there are disciples to validate the teacher, and whether those disciples have or gain enough social status for the claim to hold?snip>

Dan,

You raise some very interesting questions and I think they bear looking at

snip>

I do not know if in Maharaj's case, he became physically addicted to

cigarette smoking, really bidi smoking, before it was known to have

such deletrious effects. Maharaj's smoking in some ways was a more

intense breaker of spiritual concepts than his words. Was he

disassociated from his body? snip>

I think this discussion is very interesting, because we spend an awful

lot of time proving how different the enlightened is when they spend so

much time showing how there are not two states.

Hmmm...

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Hi List,

 

The body makes no demands that it 'live a long time' or 'live a short

time'. Has anyone ever noticed a " physical craving " to live long,

similar to a craving for water when thirsty, or a craving for food

when hungry?

 

" Dissassociation from evidence that 'this isn't healthy'? " Oh,

please. How can " evidence be dissociated from?? " Whose evidence?

 

The so-called " scientific evidence " is " smoking shortens lifespan. "

The fact is, the body doesn't care how long it lives -- rather,

thought cares how long the body lives. **Thought wants a long life,

because it fears the idea of the body dying, the " me " dying**.

 

Why should the body live some particular length of time, short or

long... ? There's no innate tendency toward that.

 

Sure, there's a tendency toward what could be called 'balance in all

things' at some point. That's natural.

 

Namaste,

 

Tim

 

 

 

Nisargadatta, cathywb@p... wrote:

> Nisargadatta, Daniel Berkow <berkowd@u...> wrote:

> > At 06:53 PM 4/13/01 -0300, you wrote:

> > >Right on Dan.

> > >

> > >love,

> > >andrew

> >

> > Hey, Andrew, right on yourself.

> > Thanks for an enjoyable

> > dialogue.

> >

> > By the way, working as a

> > therapist, I have a bias

> > that excessive smoking

> > represents detachment/dissociation

> > from the body -- dissociating

> > from evidence that

> > " this isn't healthy " .

> >

> > Smoking, excessive use of

> > alcohol and other drugs,

> > overuse of food, restriction

> > of food, excessive fondness

> > for piercing and tatooing,

> > cutting the body, excessive

> > risk-taking, deprivation from

> > stimuli, avoidance

> > of pleasure, not caring

> > about sexual activities of

> > the body -- many ways

> > that dissociation shows up --

> >

> > Which raises an interesting

> > question -- can a body-mind

> > appear to be functioning

> > dissociatively, but actually

> > be integrated with/as totality

> > that simply flows through all

> > body/minds simultaneously?

> >

> > If so, how can a " sage " who

> > functions with apparent self-deprivation

> > or apparent excess, be differentiated

> > from a dissociative personality or

> > a manic personality?

> >

> > Is it a matter of whether there are

> > disciples to validate the teacher,

> > and whether those disciples have

> > or gain enough social status for

> > the claim to hold?

> >

> > There were many other " Jesus's " around

> > the time of Jesus, who didn't gain

> > the social status of an ongoing

> > religious movement -- also true

> > of Gautama and others ...

> >

> > Sages such as Ramana, Jesus, Buddha,

> > I'm sure numerous " saints " from

> > various religions, the recommended

> > practices of certain religious orders --

> > represent commitment to activities that

> > would be negatively classifiable according

> > to " social norms " of " healthy functioning " ...

> >

> > Another question: Do these very

> > commitments to unusual lifestyles,

> > and the presence of disciples

> > and/or devotees, guarantee being

> > noticed by society and respected

> > as sages or holy persons, if

> > not repudiated as sinners?

> >

> > Are there unnoticed sages who never

> > caught anyone's attention because

> > their lifestyle was so " normal " ?

> > Are there others who were profound,

> > but never teaching in a way that

> > attracted attention of influential devotees,

> > simply unknown to the average person

> > through organization, text or poem?

> > Are there " sinners " who are mistaken

> > to be " sages " simply because their

> > lifestyle is unusual, self-depriving,

> > or grandiosely affirmative?

> > Are there " sages " who are mistaken

> > to be " sinners " simply because

> > their lifestyle is unusual,

> > self-depriving, or grandiosely affirmative?

> >

> > So many questions, so little time...

> > what's a poor mind to do ;-)

> >

> > Be the question, the uncertainty,

> > and be silence ;-)

> >

> > Namaste,

> > Dan

> Dan,

> You raise some very interesting questions and I think they bear

looking

> at because much of how we declare our " unenlightenment " is based on

> behaviours and manifestations.

> I do not know if in Maharaj's case, he became physically addicted to

> cigarette smoking, really bidi smoking, before it was known to have

> such deletrious effects. Maharaj's smoking in some ways was a more

> intense breaker of spiritual concepts than his words. Was he

> disassociated from his body? This is a question I think about my

self

> because I have spent much time dissassociated from my body and I am

a

> carbohydrate addict and overweight. And from time to time I allow

> myself to be conscious of what my body is like and it blows my mind.

> So was my disidentification from the body healthy or is the

> dissociation an altogether different thing from disidentification.

> I think this discussion is very interesting, because we spend an

awful

> lot of time proving how different the enlightened is when they

spend so

> much time showing how there are not two states.

> Hmmm...

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Cathy wrote:

I think this discussion is very interesting, because we spend an awful

lot of time proving how different the enlightened is when they spend so

much time showing how there are not two states.

snip>

 

in continuing from last nite ...

 

An impactful dialogue ensued between Robert Adams and a devotee regarding Nisargadatta. The devotee had run into Jean Dunn several weeks before in a motel and was quite impressed with her and related to Robert that he had told her, "I really get the impression that you understand" He then related that she got angry with him and told him, "You really didn't get it! People would tell this to Maharaj all the time (as she waved her finger in my face), and he would get upset and say, "You don't understand! "You created me! You created this body. You created these teachings that you're understanding from me!" It was wonderful! I went around for a week owning everything. I created the walls.I created the sky, I created the war, I created the teachings.

Robert's remark was "She's right"...

 

So back to Maharaj's smoking...

after being exposed to Robert...

 

who is it that is seeing this?

 

A dreamer seeing a dreamed character, who happens to be awake in the dream.

 

Love,

~jess

 

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Tony O'Cleary wrote:

 

 

Maharaj also smoked, and said it was something the body was doing.

snip>

 

Dan Berkow wrote:snip>

If so, how can a "sage" who functions with apparent self-deprivation or apparent excess, be differentiated from a dissociative personality or a manic personality?Is it a matter of whether there are disciples to validate the teacher, and whether those disciples have or gain enough social status for the claim to hold?snip>

Dan,

You raise some very interesting questions and I think they bear looking at

snip>

I do not know if in Maharaj's case, he became physically addicted to

cigarette smoking, really bidi smoking, before it was known to have

such deletrious effects. Maharaj's smoking in some ways was a more

intense breaker of spiritual concepts than his words. Was he

disassociated from his body? snip>

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Hi Tim,

 

you asked, in part,

 

> " Dissassociation from evidence that 'this isn't healthy'? " Oh,

> please. How can " evidence be dissociated from?? " Whose evidence?

 

 

The body's evidence, of course!

 

What I hear Dan saying is that the body can

be 'offering evidence' that it rejects certain

types of foods or chemicals,

 

and that evidence can, and often is, disregarded

by mind/emotion.

 

In that disregarding, mind is dissociating

from body. Otherwise, when the body

says " no " , the mind would be saying " no " ,

too.....automatically.

 

Any of us who have engaged in

compulsive behaviours can testify

to this dissociation,

 

and that by 'paying attention' once

again to the body.....really being

present to its cues......the distance

between 'the two' begins to shrink

more and more.

 

Melody

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Hi Cathy --

 

Yes, indeed!

Nice to be resonating with you

on this.

 

The enlightened says " the only

difference between you and me,

is that I know that there is no

difference between you and me. "

The unenlightened says " that's

incredible that you see that,

it's so different from how I see

things. "

 

And so the dance goes round and

round.

 

Did reality shift to show itself

as totality, or is perceiving

and discussing such a shift an

illusion given appearance

by memory and comparison,

of a before and a now?

No " I-it " , then " I-it " (in

which enlightened and unenlightened

can be differentiated) then

no " I-it " -- and yet just

" unsplit now " all the time ...

 

The " enlightened " who says " I am you " ,

yet implies in the saying

a statement being made for someone --

a difference between

us two -- as 'I know this' "

and say this, so you will

know that I know ...

 

" Now " , the " enlightened " is done away

with ... " If you see Buddha on

the road, kill him " ...

 

Do away with the one who says " I am

the Way " and there/here is

the Way that cannot be declared ...

 

Does this Way, this " knowing " depend

upon establishing psychological health,

nondissociation, balance -- or is this

" knowing " itself prior to any forming,

regardless of appearances as

dissociated, healthy, ill, happy ... (?)

It is only with " forming " that

" enlightened " appears as the

" enlightened "

in contrast with the " unenlightened " who

knows not ...

 

The shift for a " being " formerly

taken as a " being "

seems like a movement from unconsciousness

of reality as reality, to consciousness of

reality as reality -- yet in that consciousness

there is nothing of which to be conscious

nor which can be taken as " consciousness " --

nor as " a former state of consciousness " --

thus no sense of a " being " formerly

taken as a " being " --

 

No dissociation or nondissociation

actually makes any difference in the

knowing in which no knower is -- for

either dissociation or nondissociation

implies a knower who could be or

not be " with what is " ...

 

" Now I see as if through a glass, darkly --

then shall I be known as I know, face to face " ...

only no separation to even be able to say

" face to face " ...

 

There

is no first instant of manifestation,

so any instant includes all others with it,

any " act of knowing " is " all-knowing "

itself

...

Well, yes, there's something

intriguing here ;-)

 

Namaste,

Dan

 

 

Dan,

You raise some very interesting questions and I think they bear looking

 

at because much of how we declare our " unenlightenment " is

based on

behaviours and manifestations.

I do not know if in Maharaj's case, he became physically addicted to

cigarette smoking, really bidi smoking, before it was known to have

such deletrious effects. Maharaj's smoking in some ways was a more

intense breaker of spiritual concepts than his words. Was he

disassociated from his body? This is a question I think about my self

 

because I have spent much time dissassociated from my body and I am a

 

carbohydrate addict and overweight. And from time to time I allow

myself to be conscious of what my body is like and it blows my mind.

So was my disidentification from the body healthy or is the

dissociation an altogether different thing from disidentification.

I think this discussion is very interesting, because we spend an awful

 

lot of time proving how different the enlightened is when they spend so

 

much time showing how there are not two states.

Hmmm...

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now see that the turmoil it created in my mind, was catalytic for me in

eventually accepting and understanding Advaita. I feel that ONE response

from Maharaj " that is how it appears to you " is extremely

PROFOUND!

Yes -- that is how it appears to you ;-)

 

 

Love,

Dan

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" to see a world in a grain of sand "

 

Nothing is needed.

 

" Slice a piece of wood,

and I am there,

shatter a stone and

I am there " ...

 

Where did all the " characters " go?

 

-- Dan

 

 

Cathy wrote:

 

I think this discussion is very

interesting, because we spend an awful

 

lot of time proving how

different the enlightened is when they spend so

 

much time showing how there are

not two states.

 

snip>

in continuing from last nite ...

 

An impactful dialogue ensued between Robert Adams and a devotee regarding

Nisargadatta. The devotee had run into Jean Dunn several weeks before in

a motel and was quite impressed with her and related to Robert that he

had told her, " I really get the impression that you understand "

He then related that she got angry with him and told him, " You

really didn't get it! People would tell this to Maharaj all the time (as

she waved her finger in my face), and he would get upset and say,

" You don't understand! " You created me! You created this body.

You created these teachings that you're understanding from me! " It

was wonderful! I went around for a week owning everything. I created the

walls.I created the sky, I created the war, I created the

teachings.

Robert's remark was " She's

right " ...

 

So back to Maharaj's

smoking...

after being exposed to

Robert...

 

who is it that is seeing

this?

 

A dreamer seeing a dreamed

character, who happens to be awake in the dream.

 

Love,

~jess

 

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

 

 

Tony O'Cleary wrote:

 

 

Maharaj also smoked, and said it was something the body was

doing.

snip>

 

 

 

Dan Berkow wrote:

snip>

If so, how can a " sage " who

functions with apparent self-deprivation

or apparent excess, be differentiated

from a dissociative personality or

a manic personality?

 

Is it a matter of whether there are

disciples to validate the teacher, and whether those disciples have or gain enough social status for the claim to hold?

snip>

 

 

Dan,

 

You raise some very interesting questions and I think they bear

looking

at

snip>

I do not know if in Maharaj's case, he became physically

addicted to

cigarette smoking, really bidi smoking, before it was known to have

 

such deletrious effects. Maharaj's smoking in some ways was a more

 

intense breaker of spiritual concepts than his words. Was he

 

disassociated from his body?

 

snip>

 

 

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" Chopping wood and carrying water, chop wood and carry water. "

 

Namaste,

 

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Nisargadatta, Daniel Berkow <berkowd@u...> wrote:

> " to see a world in a grain of sand "

>

> Nothing is needed.

>

> " Slice a piece of wood,

> and I am there,

> shatter a stone and

> I am there " ...

>

> Where did all the " characters " go?

>

> -- Dan

>

>

> Cathy wrote:

>

> >I think this discussion is very interesting, because we spend an

awful

> >

> >lot of time proving how different the enlightened is when they

spend so

> >

> >much time showing how there are not two states.

> >

> >snip>

> >in continuing from last nite ...

> >

> >An impactful dialogue ensued between Robert Adams and a devotee

regarding

> >Nisargadatta. The devotee had run into Jean Dunn several weeks

before in a

> >motel and was quite impressed with her and related to Robert that

he had

> >told her, " I really get the impression that you understand " He

then

> >related that she got angry with him and told him, " You really

didn't get

> >it! People would tell this to Maharaj all the time (as she waved

her

> >finger in my face), and he would get upset and say, " You don't

understand!

> > " You created me! You created this body. You created these

teachings that

> >you're understanding from me! " It was wonderful! I went around for

a week

> >owning everything. I created the walls.I created the sky, I

created the

> >war, I created the teachings.

> >Robert's remark was " She's right " ...

> >

> >So back to Maharaj's smoking...

> >after being exposed to Robert...

> >

> >who is it that is seeing this?

> >

> >A dreamer seeing a dreamed character, who happens to be awake in

the dream.

> >

> >Love,

> >~jess

>

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^^^^^^^^^^^^

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > Tony O'Cleary wrote:

> >

> >Maharaj also smoked, and said it was something the body was doing.

> >snip>

> >

> >

> > Dan Berkow wrote:

> >snip>

> >If so, how can a " sage " who

> > functions with apparent self-deprivation

> > or apparent excess, be differentiated

> > from a dissociative personality or

> > a manic personality?

> >

> >Is it a matter of whether there are

> > disciples to validate the teacher,

> > and whether those disciples have

> > or gain enough social status for

> > the claim to hold?

> >snip>

> >

> >Dan,

> >You raise some very interesting questions and I think they bear

looking at

> >snip>

> > I do not know if in Maharaj's case, he became physically

addicted to

> >cigarette smoking, really bidi smoking, before it was known to have

> >such deletrious effects. Maharaj's smoking in some ways was a more

> >intense breaker of spiritual concepts than his words. Was he

> >disassociated from his body?

> >snip>

> >

> >

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Hi Melody --

 

Yup - 'zactly ...

 

The body knows what it's

doing, being impeccably

in synch with the universe

that is itself, at home

in " this living intelligence " ...

 

The body is never an object --

That would require a separated

knower.

 

Making the body an object of

perception is the " primary

dissociation " on which

all other dissociations

and disregardings of " what

it knows " are based.

 

And yes -- the distance between

the two is not, and all learning

about the object-body is

hearsay (second-hand information)

and invalid as evidence in

the Court of Love ;-)

 

Dan

 

(snip)The body's evidence, of

course!

 

What I hear Dan saying is that the body can

be 'offering evidence' that it rejects certain

types of foods or chemicals,

 

and that evidence can, and often is, disregarded

by mind/emotion.

 

In that disregarding, mind is dissociating

from body. Otherwise, when the body

says " no " , the mind would be saying " no " ,

too.....automatically.

 

Any of us who have engaged in

compulsive behaviours can testify

to this dissociation,

 

and that by 'paying attention' once

again to the body.....really being

present to its cues......the distance

between 'the two' begins to shrink

more and more.

 

Melody

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Hi Melody!

 

Hi Dan,

 

you wrote, in part:

 

 

> Making the body an object of

> perception is the " primary

> dissociation "

 

 

From the 'absolute' perspective,

perhaps.

 

From the " now " perspective.

What happens " now " such that

the body takes itself as an object ...

 

 

However, if people knew to

 

.....were encouraged to....

 

pay attention to the messages their

bodies send out;

 

if people learned to read,

and hear 'body language'

 

it is my suspicion that

psychotherapists would

have to look for another

way to pay their rent.

Yes - it is such learning that is an

important aspect of what therapy is --

and allowing something

different than repetition of the past

is part of it, too ...

as much " unlearning "

as " learning " -- another

related aspect is " trusting

perception as is, not

as mediated by " messages

and images internalized

from 'others' and 'the past' " ..

 

Good therapy indeed encourages

direct perception in which

therapist isn't needed as

interpreter, good therapy

ends itself of itself, as

timing is appropriate ...

 

 

The body gives 'voice'

to the 'divided many'.

The body that moves about

in time and space, appears

conceptually --

 

The body that divides into

time, space, subject, object --

is itself undivided ...

 

 

It is the touchstone...

 

as well as a holographic 'manifestation'.....

 

of One.

Yes.

 

Namaste,

Dan

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Hi Dan,

 

you wrote, in part:

 

 

> Making the body an object of

> perception is the " primary

> dissociation "

 

 

From the 'absolute' perspective,

perhaps.

 

However, if people knew to

 

.....were encouraged to....

 

pay attention to the messages their

bodies send out;

 

if people learned to read,

and hear 'body language'

 

it is my suspicion that

psychotherapists would

have to look for another

way to pay their rent.

 

The body gives 'voice'

to the 'divided many'.

 

It is the touchstone...

 

as well as a holographic 'manifestation'.....

 

of One.

 

Melody

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