Guest guest Posted November 30, 2003 Report Share Posted November 30, 2003 Thank for agreeing, but you were not agreeing with me, but with Eric Parissian who I quoted. Eric has not make it to this list yet, but like the Golden Horde, he is unstoppable. So send the women and children to a save place. He'll be here soon. Pete -- In J_Krishnamurti , " Will Brown " <wilbro99> wrote: > Hi Pete, thanks for the words to reflect upon. Several things caught > my attention, and this being a Sunday morning, who am I to resist the > call to respond. > > The burning milk syndrome is something we all seem to come upon when > we reach the age where short term memory suffers from the ravages of > age. The bad news is that concomitant with that, too many retreat into > their long term memory and begin to live in those memories. It is as > if they finally take up full residence in their daydreams. > > You are absolutely right. Anyone who preaches presence to each moment, > regardless of how brilliantly it is done, still refers to a temporal > sense of self, where each moment follows another in an imagined time > line. > > You are absolutely right. Any awareness that must be practiced, or > superimposed, is only the thought of awareness. When you say that " we > superimpose an effort of awareness or meditation on the turmoil of > thoughts and this is hopeless, " I agree; any effort to stop the > turmoil is not only hopeless, but useless. > > See, Sunday morning is full of agreeeement! ----willy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 30, 2003 Report Share Posted November 30, 2003 Now the joke is a little heavy Pete, why wouldn't you want credit for your own ideas? scared of praise? hm? xerox minimus Nisargadatta , " seesaw1us " <seesaw1us> wrote: > Thank for agreeing, but you were not agreeing with me, but with Eric > Parissian who I quoted. Eric has not make it to this list yet, but > like the Golden Horde, he is unstoppable. So send the women and > children to a save place. He'll be here soon. > > Pete > > -- In J_Krishnamurti , " Will Brown " <wilbro99> > wrote: > > Hi Pete, thanks for the words to reflect upon. Several things caught > > my attention, and this being a Sunday morning, who am I to resist > the > > call to respond. > > > > The burning milk syndrome is something we all seem to come upon when > > we reach the age where short term memory suffers from the ravages of > > age. The bad news is that concomitant with that, too many retreat > into > > their long term memory and begin to live in those memories. It is as > > if they finally take up full residence in their daydreams. > > > > You are absolutely right. Anyone who preaches presence to each > moment, > > regardless of how brilliantly it is done, still refers to a temporal > > sense of self, where each moment follows another in an imagined time > > line. > > > > You are absolutely right. Any awareness that must be practiced, or > > superimposed, is only the thought of awareness. When you say > that " we > > superimpose an effort of awareness or meditation on the turmoil of > > thoughts and this is hopeless, " I agree; any effort to stop the > > turmoil is not only hopeless, but useless. > > > > See, Sunday morning is full of agreeeement! ----willy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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