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[Guest guest]

All experience is a product of our mind, and all experience is

dreamlike in nature. We have learned to believe that our mind's

participation in reality is awareness. But what we have come to call

awareness, the awareness we use in our experience in consensus

reality, is really the activity of our mind solving the problems of

our perceived reality. Our awareness of our holographic self is

filtered through our paradigm and presented as a comparison or

evaluation of ourselves with others and our place in this movie. It

is through this process that we believe our awareness originates, but

the process itself virtually eliminates the awareness of our nature

as holographically connected beings. The resulting presentation, the

presentation we think of as awareness, is not awareness at all.

Severely filtered to give the illusion of separation from the whole,

what we think is awareness is actually the activity of our mind and

its paradigm.

 

And we have been taught to give our attention to this activity. We

have learned to accept this limited presentation and are rewarded for

giving our attention to it. When we are able to focus our attention

on this activity we gain a " place " in our reality and arrive at what

we believe is a self-identity.

 

Attention to this paradigm activity, this problem solving activity,

is the foundation on which our social structure is based and is the

driving force for our education system. In our social and

technological paradigm, cultures that have not developed attention to

this process are viewed as backward. Yet, these cultures often

display abilities that cannot be defined within our paradigm. We know

of cultures that never invented the wheel or telescope, yet have

mapped the solar system in a detail that we are just now able to

verify. Isolated, seemingly backward tribes of people have been found

that have accurate descriptions of the stars beyond our solar system.

Other cultures remained isolated in one place on the earth, yet

possessed information and detailed drawings of all the peoples of the

earth. Our scientists ponder these conundrums, searching for an

explanation that fits within their paradigm. But they have never

looked within; they have never looked to the process by which our

mind constructs reality.

 

Being consumed every waking moment of our day by the problem solving

activity of our mind is not awareness at all. Each and every thought

we experience has its origin in Mind -- in the pure holographic

potential of The One. There is no other source of thought. Each and

every thought arises in Mind without separation, limitation, or

meaning, and in full Balance between the potential for experience and

holographic awareness of The One. Our natural identity is not

separate from the whole. This holographic awareness is available just

behind the activity of the paradigm, behind the thought activity we

have learned to believe is self-awareness.

 

The activity of the mind responds to attention. When your attention

is placed on a question, the mind must run the programs in its

paradigm that result in an experience. When you become aware of the

process, you can actually feel this activity happening. I am going to

ask you a series of questions. After reading each question, close

your eyes for just a moment and ponder the question. Try to feel the

mental activity taking place as you do so.

 

What is two times two?

 

Okay, your mind ran a program and it appeared to provide the answer.

It took only an instant for your mind to reach into its memory and

extract it. You may not have noticed the problem solving activity of

your mind.

 

Now, when did you first learn the answer was four?

 

Notice how your mind took a little longer and perhaps even pulled

your awareness back to your school days. You may not recall the exact

instant, but your problem solving mind automatically ran a program

resulting in the awareness that you did, at some time in this

lifetime, memorize the fact that two times two equals four. You went

within. Most likely, you did not come up with a complete answer, but

the answer you got somehow satisfied you. You just know that

information is lost in the past, in your mind, at least. And you have

the feeling that your mind is attempting to solve the problem, to

come up with when you first learned that two plus two equals four.

 

Where did you learn it?

 

Again, when you are sensitive to the process, you can actually feel

what you believe is your mind attempting to solve the problem. This

is where you were taught to focus your attention in problem solving

activity. You were reconstructing your childhood days, recalling the

schools you went to, or perhaps you saw that terrible times table you

spent hours focused on. And again, you did not come up with a

specific answer. You were satisfied with an answer that fits your

paradigm of recall. And you know, in our social paradigm, total

recall is an exception. Still, you have the feeling that your mind is

actively attempting to solve the problem, to answer the question. You

have the feeling you are thinking about it, pondering it, or

attempting to recall the answer.

 

But the mental activity you experience when your mind is facing this

problem is not a recall activity. Your mind knows full well the exact

time and place you first learned that two times two equals four, as

well as who was there and what the whether was like when the event

happened. The entire scene is recorded in exact detail, detail that

goes beyond what you were consciously aware of when the event took

place. The answer to every question you could ask is available to

your mind. The information is there; the mind and Mind are one.

 

The problem your mind must solve is determining whether this

information fits into your expected view of reality through the

paradigm you have created. That's the only problem it ever has to

solve and it must continue as long as your attention is focused on

it. It is the filtering and refining process of your mind responding

to your attention that you just felt, and your paradigm leads you to

believe that this activity is awareness. You have learned to accept

its limited presentation as all that is available to your conscious

view screen. It is all that is available through your paradigm, but

it is only a small fraction of what is available to your awareness.

 

When you responded to the first question, the answer came quickly.

But it only came quickly because it fit within your paradigm. When

you pondered over the next questions, the answers came slowly and

only in part, and the activity you felt continued as long as your

attention was focused on the question. Even if you consider those

questions again, you experience the same activity. The fact is, you

experience this activity as long as you are focused on the question,

or until you gain awareness. But right now, the focus of your

attention may be on the fact that you consciously felt your paradigm

for the first time in your life. This may be the first time you have

openly admitted that the information you requested is still there,

held beyond your conscious view screen by your paradigm. This may be

the first time you have come to the realization that as long as the

focus of your attention is on the question, the activity you feel is

the process of your mind struggling with your attention, filtering

and refining your awareness. And you have learned to believe and

accept the fact that all that activity, that filtering and refining

process in your mind, is awareness.

 

Now, let's consider the implications of this discovery. How much of

what we have " accomplished " as humanity has really been an

accomplishment? We, as holographically connected spirit beings

have " invented " devices such as telephones, radios, computers, and

television, as means of communication. We " advanced " from total

awareness to walking around, being transported from place to place by

animal drawn carts, to automobiles, and to airplanes. We " evolved "

from beings able to live in harmony with the earth into societies

that build great cities and lay waste to its landscape. When we

discover a people who are able to live in harmony with the earth, who

can travel the earth and visit the stars in their awareness, we

educate them. We teach them to focus their attention on the illusion.

What would cause a holographic being to require these " advancements? "

The only possible explanation is a loss of awareness. We have simply

forgotten who and what we are.

[Guest guest]

Friends, i have a simple question. But i can not

answer this:

 

What will happen when one's (upper-)brains are

removed??

(the person will not die because the " little "

remaining part of the brain will maintain

functionality of the body ,like heart beats etc.)

 

I know that " physicaly " the person will be like a

vegetable, wouldn't percieve a thing, senssless.

 

My question is this: What does the " self " experience

in this case??

 

WHAT WILL IT PERCIEVE??

 

 

 

 

 

Send Flowers for Valentine's Day

 

[Guest guest]

 

-

Shawn <shawnregan

Nisargadatta

Wednesday, February 19, 2003 5:00 AM

skyhero.com

 

All experience is a product of our mind, and all experience is dreamlike in nature. We have learned to believe that our mind's participation in reality is awareness. But what we have come to call awareness, the awareness we use in our experience in consensus reality, is really the activity of our mind solving the problems of our perceived reality. Our awareness of our holographic self is filtered through our paradigm and presented as a comparison or evaluation of ourselves with others and our place in this movie. It is through this process that we believe our awareness originates, but the process itself virtually eliminates the awareness of our nature as holographically connected beings. The resulting presentation, the presentation we think of as awareness, is not awareness at all. Severely filtered to give the illusion of separation from the whole, what we think is awareness is actually the activity of our mind and its paradigm.And we have been taught to give our attention to this activity. We have learned to accept this limited presentation and are rewarded for giving our attention to it. When we are able to focus our attention on this activity we gain a "place" in our reality and arrive at what we believe is a self-identity. Attention to this paradigm activity, this problem solving activity, is the foundation on which our social structure is based and is the driving force for our education system. In our social and technological paradigm, cultures that have not developed attention to this process are viewed as backward. Yet, these cultures often display abilities that cannot be defined within our paradigm. We know of cultures that never invented the wheel or telescope, yet have mapped the solar system in a detail that we are just now able to verify. Isolated, seemingly backward tribes of people have been found that have accurate descriptions of the stars beyond our solar system. Other cultures remained isolated in one place on the earth, yet possessed information and detailed drawings of all the peoples of the earth. Our scientists ponder these conundrums, searching for an explanation that fits within their paradigm. But they have never looked within; they have never looked to the process by which our mind constructs reality. Being consumed every waking moment of our day by the problem solving activity of our mind is not awareness at all. Each and every thought we experience has its origin in Mind -- in the pure holographic potential of The One. There is no other source of thought. Each and every thought arises in Mind without separation, limitation, or meaning, and in full Balance between the potential for experience and holographic awareness of The One. Our natural identity is not separate from the whole. This holographic awareness is available just behind the activity of the paradigm, behind the thought activity we have learned to believe is self-awareness.The activity of the mind responds to attention. When your attention is placed on a question, the mind must run the programs in its paradigm that result in an experience. When you become aware of the process, you can actually feel this activity happening. I am going to ask you a series of questions. After reading each question, close your eyes for just a moment and ponder the question. Try to feel the mental activity taking place as you do so.What is two times two?Okay, your mind ran a program and it appeared to provide the answer. It took only an instant for your mind to reach into its memory and extract it. You may not have noticed the problem solving activity of your mind.Now, when did you first learn the answer was four? Notice how your mind took a little longer and perhaps even pulled your awareness back to your school days. You may not recall the exact instant, but your problem solving mind automatically ran a program resulting in the awareness that you did, at some time in this lifetime, memorize the fact that two times two equals four. You went within. Most likely, you did not come up with a complete answer, but the answer you got somehow satisfied you. You just know that information is lost in the past, in your mind, at least. And you have the feeling that your mind is attempting to solve the problem, to come up with when you first learned that two plus two equals four.Where did you learn it? Again, when you are sensitive to the process, you can actually feel what you believe is your mind attempting to solve the problem. This is where you were taught to focus your attention in problem solving activity. You were reconstructing your childhood days, recalling the schools you went to, or perhaps you saw that terrible times table you spent hours focused on. And again, you did not come up with a specific answer. You were satisfied with an answer that fits your paradigm of recall. And you know, in our social paradigm, total recall is an exception. Still, you have the feeling that your mind is actively attempting to solve the problem, to answer the question. You have the feeling you are thinking about it, pondering it, or attempting to recall the answer.But the mental activity you experience when your mind is facing this problem is not a recall activity. Your mind knows full well the exact time and place you first learned that two times two equals four, as well as who was there and what the whether was like when the event happened. The entire scene is recorded in exact detail, detail that goes beyond what you were consciously aware of when the event took place. The answer to every question you could ask is available to your mind. The information is there; the mind and Mind are one. The problem your mind must solve is determining whether this information fits into your expected view of reality through the paradigm you have created. That's the only problem it ever has to solve and it must continue as long as your attention is focused on it. It is the filtering and refining process of your mind responding to your attention that you just felt, and your paradigm leads you to believe that this activity is awareness. You have learned to accept its limited presentation as all that is available to your conscious view screen. It is all that is available through your paradigm, but it is only a small fraction of what is available to your awareness.When you responded to the first question, the answer came quickly. But it only came quickly because it fit within your paradigm. When you pondered over the next questions, the answers came slowly and only in part, and the activity you felt continued as long as your attention was focused on the question. Even if you consider those questions again, you experience the same activity. The fact is, you experience this activity as long as you are focused on the question, or until you gain awareness. But right now, the focus of your attention may be on the fact that you consciously felt your paradigm for the first time in your life. This may be the first time you have openly admitted that the information you requested is still there, held beyond your conscious view screen by your paradigm. This may be the first time you have come to the realization that as long as the focus of your attention is on the question, the activity you feel is the process of your mind struggling with your attention, filtering and refining your awareness. And you have learned to believe and accept the fact that all that activity, that filtering and refining process in your mind, is awareness.Now, let's consider the implications of this discovery. How much of what we have "accomplished" as humanity has really been an accomplishment? We, as holographically connected spirit beings have "invented" devices such as telephones, radios, computers, and television, as means of communication. We "advanced" from total awareness to walking around, being transported from place to place by animal drawn carts, to automobiles, and to airplanes. We "evolved" from beings able to live in harmony with the earth into societies that build great cities and lay waste to its landscape. When we discover a people who are able to live in harmony with the earth, who can travel the earth and visit the stars in their awareness, we educate them. We teach them to focus their attention on the illusion. What would cause a holographic being to require these "advancements?" The only possible explanation is a loss of awareness. We have simply forgotten who and what we are.

~~~~~~~Thanks for this Shawn.

 

When I came to this part:

"The problem your mind must solve is determining whether this information fits into your expected view of reality through the paradigm you have created. That's the only problem it ever has to solve and it must continue as long as your attention is focused on it."

I felt a relaxation in my brain and realised what Dan was saying about the brain being a tube. So the information is not in the brain.

 

Hanging looser,

gray

 

[Guest guest]

Nisargadatta , " Gökhan K. " <gokhankutuk>

wrote:

> Friends, i have a simple question. But i can not

> answer this:

>

> What will happen when one's (upper-)brains are

> removed??

> (the person will not die because the " little "

> remaining part of the brain will maintain

> functionality of the body ,like heart beats etc.)

>

> I know that " physicaly " the person will be like a

> vegetable, wouldn't percieve a thing, senssless.

>

> My question is this: What does the " self " experience

> in this case??

>

> WHAT WILL IT PERCIEVE??

 

Ask Dr. Frank N. Stein, down the next block.

 

He's very helpful with these kinds of operations.

 

Remember, only a first-hand observation really

counts!

 

-- Dan

[Guest guest]

> ~~~~~~~Thanks for this Shawn.

>

> When I came to this part:

> " The problem your mind must solve is determining whether this

> information fits into your expected view of reality through the

> paradigm you have created. That's the only problem it ever has to

> solve and it must continue as long as your attention is focused

on

> it. "

> I felt a relaxation in my brain and realised what Dan was saying

about the brain being a tube. So the information is not in the brain.

>

> Hanging looser,

> gray

 

Tubular, man!

 

You're making me think all this ridiculous

posting is worthwhile!

 

Peace within the tube, Gray, let it flow ...

 

No exlax needed, for you!

 

Hanging by my loose fingernails,

Dan

[Guest guest]

 

 

> ~~~~~~~Thanks for this Shawn.> > When I came to this part:> "The problem your mind must solve is determining whether this > information fits into your expected view of reality through the > paradigm you have created. That's the only problem it ever has to > solve and it must continue as long as your attention is focused on > it."> I felt a relaxation in my brain and realised what Dan was saying about the brain being a tube. So the information is not in the brain.> > Hanging looser,> grayTubular, man!You're making me think all this ridiculousposting is worthwhile!

 

 

~~~~~~~Well I am certainly grateful for your 'ridiculous' posts Dan.

 

How to tighten the brain so much that I am aware that it is tight - and then how to loosen it.

 

Peace within the tube, Gray, let it flow ...

 

~~~~~~Well, it seems to be doing some flushing!No exlax needed, for you!

 

~~~~~Exlax? I guess this is a laxitive :-)Hanging by my loose fingernails,Dan

~~~~~I guess you see a fair bit of flushing in this (brain) tube - or is it mainly constipation?

 

This flushing flowing is looking to be fun!

 

This post of yours was just what was required here

Hugs,

gray

[Guest guest]

Hi Gray -

 

> How to tighten the brain so much that I am aware that it is

tight - and then how to loosen it.

 

Yes, what has been tightened is now loosened.

 

Everything knotted together is now undone.

 

Pull just one stitch, and the unravelling

takes care of itself.

 

There is freedom in the space between every hitch,

so whether one moment or a thousand lifetimes

matters not, stitch by stitch, time is always

undoing itself.

 

> Peace within the tube, Gray, let it flow ...

>

> ~~~~~~Well, it seems to be doing some flushing!

>

> No exlax needed, for you!

>

> ~~~~~Exlax? I guess this is a laxitive :-)

 

Yes, you guessed right, well known brand here in

the U.S. Where are you writing from?

 

> ~~~~~I guess you see a fair bit of flushing in this (brain) tube -

or is it mainly constipation?

 

It only takes one drop to start a flood.

 

Or, as Lao Tzu said, a flush of a thousand ounces starts

with one leak in one brain cell.

 

> This flushing flowing is looking to be fun!

>

> This post of yours was just what was required here

> Hugs,

> gray

 

And to you, Gray.

 

Relaxing,

Dan

[Guest guest]

All experience is a product of our mind, and all experience is dreamlike in nature.

 

~~ not all.. i guess enlightenment is not a byproduct of the mind... and we solve problems with the heart too...

 

mira

 

 

[Guest guest]

Nisargadatta , " Shawn <shawnregan> "

<shawnregan> wrote:

> All experience is a product of our mind, and all experience is

> dreamlike in nature. We have learned to believe that our mind's

> participation in reality is awareness. But what we have come to

call

> awareness, the awareness we use in our experience in consensus

> reality, is really the activity of our mind solving the problems of

> our perceived reality. Our awareness of our holographic self is

> filtered through our paradigm and presented as a comparison or

> evaluation of ourselves with others and our place in this movie. It

> is through this process that we believe our awareness originates,

but

> the process itself virtually eliminates the awareness of our nature

> as holographically connected beings. The resulting presentation,

the

> presentation we think of as awareness, is not awareness at all.

> Severely filtered to give the illusion of separation from the

whole,

> what we think is awareness is actually the activity of our mind and

> its paradigm.

>

> And we have been taught to give our attention to this activity. We

> have learned to accept this limited presentation and are rewarded

for

> giving our attention to it. When we are able to focus our attention

> on this activity we gain a " place " in our reality and arrive at

what

> we believe is a self-identity.

>

> Attention to this paradigm activity, this problem solving activity,

> is the foundation on which our social structure is based and is the

> driving force for our education system. In our social and

> technological paradigm, cultures that have not developed attention

to

> this process are viewed as backward. Yet, these cultures often

> display abilities that cannot be defined within our paradigm. We

know

> of cultures that never invented the wheel or telescope, yet have

> mapped the solar system in a detail that we are just now able to

> verify. Isolated, seemingly backward tribes of people have been

found

> that have accurate descriptions of the stars beyond our solar

system.

> Other cultures remained isolated in one place on the earth, yet

> possessed information and detailed drawings of all the peoples of

the

> earth. Our scientists ponder these conundrums, searching for an

> explanation that fits within their paradigm. But they have never

> looked within; they have never looked to the process by which our

> mind constructs reality.

>

> Being consumed every waking moment of our day by the problem

solving

> activity of our mind is not awareness at all. Each and every

thought

> we experience has its origin in Mind -- in the pure holographic

> potential of The One. There is no other source of thought. Each and

> every thought arises in Mind without separation, limitation, or

> meaning, and in full Balance between the potential for experience

and

> holographic awareness of The One. Our natural identity is not

> separate from the whole. This holographic awareness is available

just

> behind the activity of the paradigm, behind the thought activity we

> have learned to believe is self-awareness.

>

> The activity of the mind responds to attention. When your attention

> is placed on a question, the mind must run the programs in its

> paradigm that result in an experience. When you become aware of the

> process, you can actually feel this activity happening. I am going

to

> ask you a series of questions. After reading each question, close

> your eyes for just a moment and ponder the question. Try to feel

the

> mental activity taking place as you do so.

>

> What is two times two?

>

> Okay, your mind ran a program and it appeared to provide the

answer.

> It took only an instant for your mind to reach into its memory and

> extract it. You may not have noticed the problem solving activity

of

> your mind.

>

> Now, when did you first learn the answer was four?

>

> Notice how your mind took a little longer and perhaps even pulled

> your awareness back to your school days. You may not recall the

exact

> instant, but your problem solving mind automatically ran a program

> resulting in the awareness that you did, at some time in this

> lifetime, memorize the fact that two times two equals four. You

went

> within. Most likely, you did not come up with a complete answer,

but

> the answer you got somehow satisfied you. You just know that

> information is lost in the past, in your mind, at least. And you

have

> the feeling that your mind is attempting to solve the problem, to

> come up with when you first learned that two plus two equals four.

>

> Where did you learn it?

>

> Again, when you are sensitive to the process, you can actually feel

> what you believe is your mind attempting to solve the problem. This

> is where you were taught to focus your attention in problem solving

> activity. You were reconstructing your childhood days, recalling

the

> schools you went to, or perhaps you saw that terrible times table

you

> spent hours focused on. And again, you did not come up with a

> specific answer. You were satisfied with an answer that fits your

> paradigm of recall. And you know, in our social paradigm, total

> recall is an exception. Still, you have the feeling that your mind

is

> actively attempting to solve the problem, to answer the question.

You

> have the feeling you are thinking about it, pondering it, or

> attempting to recall the answer.

>

> But the mental activity you experience when your mind is facing

this

> problem is not a recall activity. Your mind knows full well the

exact

> time and place you first learned that two times two equals four, as

> well as who was there and what the whether was like when the event

> happened. The entire scene is recorded in exact detail, detail that

> goes beyond what you were consciously aware of when the event took

> place. The answer to every question you could ask is available to

> your mind. The information is there; the mind and Mind are one.

>

> The problem your mind must solve is determining whether this

> information fits into your expected view of reality through the

> paradigm you have created. That's the only problem it ever has to

> solve and it must continue as long as your attention is focused on

> it. It is the filtering and refining process of your mind

responding

> to your attention that you just felt, and your paradigm leads you

to

> believe that this activity is awareness. You have learned to accept

> its limited presentation as all that is available to your conscious

> view screen. It is all that is available through your paradigm, but

> it is only a small fraction of what is available to your awareness.

>

> When you responded to the first question, the answer came quickly.

> But it only came quickly because it fit within your paradigm. When

> you pondered over the next questions, the answers came slowly and

> only in part, and the activity you felt continued as long as your

> attention was focused on the question. Even if you consider those

> questions again, you experience the same activity. The fact is, you

> experience this activity as long as you are focused on the

question,

> or until you gain awareness. But right now, the focus of your

> attention may be on the fact that you consciously felt your

paradigm

> for the first time in your life. This may be the first time you

have

> openly admitted that the information you requested is still there,

> held beyond your conscious view screen by your paradigm. This may

be

> the first time you have come to the realization that as long as the

> focus of your attention is on the question, the activity you feel

is

> the process of your mind struggling with your attention, filtering

> and refining your awareness. And you have learned to believe and

> accept the fact that all that activity, that filtering and refining

> process in your mind, is awareness.

>

> Now, let's consider the implications of this discovery. How much of

> what we have " accomplished " as humanity has really been an

> accomplishment? We, as holographically connected spirit beings

> have " invented " devices such as telephones, radios, computers, and

> television, as means of communication. We " advanced " from total

> awareness to walking around, being transported from place to place

by

> animal drawn carts, to automobiles, and to airplanes. We " evolved "

> from beings able to live in harmony with the earth into societies

> that build great cities and lay waste to its landscape. When we

> discover a people who are able to live in harmony with the earth,

who

> can travel the earth and visit the stars in their awareness, we

> educate them. We teach them to focus their attention on the

illusion.

> What would cause a holographic being to require

these " advancements? "

> The only possible explanation is a loss of awareness. We have

simply

> forgotten who and what we are.

 

 

Sir,

Took some time to read this post.

All it meant was " ALL WHAT THE MIND CAN PERCIEVE IS UNREAL,REALITY IS

BEYOND THE REALMS OF THE MIND OR IT`S SENSE ORGANS "

 

could it be possible that the mind tries in may ways to complicate

everything....even the above surmised observation(someone else`s

perhaps).....in lengthy statements.....statements definitely read by

*MINDS* only?

 

Do you think that memory is only restricted to the *mind*(Parargraph

about 2x2=4 etc.)?

 

Jade