Fwd: I, me and mine exercises: Self-enquiry

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eternal_now , " cornelius <d_agenda2000> "

<d_agenda2000> wrote:

Exercise adapted from " The Way of the Human "

 

In lieu of reading thru the monotony of questions, simply jot down 10

interesting ideas about each, " I " " me " and " mine " .

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Tell me an idea you have about " I " .

 

(Well first...) That there is an " I " .

 

Okay that's an interesting idea. Tell me another idea you have

about " I " .

 

" I " goes with the body.

 

That's an interesting idea. Tell me another idea you have about " I " .

 

The " I " is egotistical.

 

Okay,. That's interesting. Tell me another concept you have...

 

The " I " is narcissistic.

 

That's an interesting idea. Tell me another interesting idea...

 

The " I " is bad.

(Cornelius: That seems like an " unnecessary leap " ...but anyway...)

 

That's an interesting idea. Tell me another idea about " the I " .

 

It's important to not say " I " at all cost.

 

That's an interesting ideal. Tell me another idea...

 

" I " means " I " am self-centered.

 

That's an interesting idea. Tell me another idea...

 

there is " I " and " Not-I " .

 

That's an iteresting idea. Tell me another idea...

 

The " I " has to do with being important.

 

That's an iteresting idea. Tell me another idea...

 

This " I " thing takes up too much space.

 

That's an interesting idea. Tell me another idea about " I " .

 

The " I " is very personal

 

Okay, personal. What does that mean?

 

Human being.

 

So " I " is human being. That's an interesting idea...Tell me another

idea you have about " the I. "

 

The " I " is about separateness.

 

Okay. That's an interesting idea. Tell me another...

 

" I " is aboiut existence.

 

That's interesting. Tell me another idea about " I " .

 

" I " is a word.

 

Tell me another idea about " I "

 

" I " is first person singular.

 

Tell me another idea you have about " I " .

 

If there is an " I " , there i's a " you " .

 

Okay, tell me another idea you have about " I " .

 

It mean " I " am here.

 

That's an interesting idea. Without using your thoughts, memor,

emotions, associations or perceptions, what is here.

 

Silence. (No response)

 

Tell me another idea you might have about " I " .

 

" I " has feelings and thoughts and beliefs and associations and

memories.

 

Okay, are " you " ?

 

Silence--no.

 

Tell me another idea you have about " I " .

 

" I " has dreams and fantasies and ideas about time.

 

That's an interesting idea. Tell me a difference between you and " I " .

 

I am before the " I " .

 

(Cornelius: OH...hmmmm)

 

Tell me another idea that the " I " has about itself.

 

The idea that the " I " has about itself is that " I " exists.

 

Okay. So what is going on?

 

There are no words.

 

Okay, so notice that the " I " decided that the " I " is me and that

EMPTINESS was " NOT me. " Are " you " still deciding that?

 

No, there is an " I " an a " Not I " out " here " .

 

Now, decide that the NOT-I-EMPTINESS IS ME and that " I " is not me.

 

It's rather interesting

 

How are your doing.

 

Good.

 

Let's go onto " me " .

 

Wolinsky's therapeutic note:

 

Without using your thoughts, memory, emotions, associations or

perceptions, at some point there was an emergence-->I-dentification

tht the EMPTINESS was not me and this " I " was me, i.e. the " I love

myself, etc. All we are doing is pulling out the ideas and concepts

that are being held around the " I " , looking at it until it disappears.

There is a cosmic superimposition whereby you become " I " and VOID

becomes " NOT I " , so we are reversing the process.

 

Cornelius: Well an interesting idea I have about " I " is my

existential..(what?) attachment to " it " . I perceive it as the hub

around which my life is (mis)managed. There is the sense that if I

alter my perception of myself... you know, attempt to obliterate my

conditioning and habits, there will be a breakdown (call it a nervous

breakdown) that I am ill-prepared to deal with.

 

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( " me and mine " question/answers later)

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