Guest guest Posted September 18, 2002 Report Share Posted September 18, 2002 Dan> And, one isn't looking fully into the actuality > of non-acceptance, while one is trying to > get to the image of acceptance one thinks > one needs - no? > If there is nonacceptance now, one can look into: > what is this nonacceptance. I'm allowing the mind to play with concepts instead of doing/being? Dan> > > How do you think it is possible for > > > unconditioned awareness without > > > memory (which you described above) > > > to fall asleep? > > Shawn> > I thought that's what incarnation is? > Dan> They key words being " I thought " -- > > and you're right -- it's a story that > thought has told itself ... > > and that's all it is ... > > not necessarily any better or more useful > than any of thought's other stories ... > each of which have a time and place ... Thought then is making something out of nothing. The " I " becomes attached to this fiction? Shawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2002 Report Share Posted September 19, 2002 Hi Shawn -- > > If there is nonacceptance now, one can look into: > > what is this nonacceptance. > > I'm allowing the mind to play with concepts instead of doing/being? It's for you to note what is occurring with/as you. No one else. Even if someone else notes what is occurring with/as you, that communication merely becomes something else you note as occurring with/as you. Is it in the play of concepts that the sense of nonacceptance arises, as you notice that sense arising? Does it involve feelings, memories, sensations, thoughts, comparisons ... how does it occur? What is involved in not accepting me, an experience, someone else? This is not a small question, as looking around the world, one sees the repercussions of nonacceptance ... and the shortcomings of various means used to try to generate feelings of acceptance ... snip > > Thought then is making something out of nothing. The " I " becomes > attached to this fiction? Maybe. Is that your experience of the situation? What exactly is the " I " ? Does it get attached and not-attached? Or is there always attachment happening, when " I " is there? Attachment meaning: something adhered to, the attempt to bring something with, something into -- as one's memories, one's attributions, habitual patterns of judging and reacting -- one's expectations, one's position taken on what is good and bad ... -- Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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