To Anders: Learnt so much from you guys. Thanks !!

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Thanks anders , my answers in bold next to urs

>

> What do you mean by Innocence, do you mean that in yourself you are

> helpless so that you surrender completely to the situation at hand

as

> it is? no i dont surrender to a situation. As I said i meet everyday life

fresh everyday without the baggages of past experiences - everything day as a

new day - that is what i mean by innocence. More succintly put i meet not to

surrender or stay apart , i meet open and without prejudice of letting the

situation and my clear inner self guide me. Maybe you fail because by trying

to meet a situation in a

> certain way you create a double illusion; for example, let's say

that

> you meet some new people and you want to behave in a kind way. i know u quote

this is an example but let me say that i dont want/choose to behave in a certain

way - kind or unkind. I just meet it the situation as it is without any

preconceived notion and react to it naturally from an inner belief. The

> first illusion is the belief that by trying to be kind you will

> actually *be* kind. When you try to be something then it means that

> you in fact are not that way in reality and that you must pretend,

> you must put up a mask of self-created kindness. This is not

natural

> kindness. Natural kindness automatically overflows. that is probably what i

mean too. Instead of letting ego, nerves etc pressurise me with past

experiences/fears etc i try to meet a situation with innocence - innocence as in

clean slate everytime - meaning i resist the effect of this trio in pressurising

my reactions. The second

> illusion is that there is a 'you' to put a mask of kindness on in

the

> first place. So, trying to do something creates a double illusion,

> and if you try to meet every situation with Innocence it means that

> there is something in you not trusting that the Innocence is there

> already in you to begin with. :-) not sure what you are trying to say here.

when i use the word try, its because i am not super human i have to try and when

i say i fail sometimes i am admitting that years of letting this trio rule over

me has left some baggage which sometimes pulls me away from innocence.

>

> /AL / M

 

 

 

 

 

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