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I am not claiming to have stepped out of time. I don't even know if it

is possible, or if possible if such movement really is healthy.

However, stepping out of time could be a great experiment. At any

given moment we have ideas about what is important, what is not so

important and what is not important at all. In the same moment other

similar ideas goes around in the minds of other persons. For example,

" what George W. Bush said about the war today was (1) an important

statement, (2) a false statement, (3) a not so important statement,

(4) a good description of the current situation, and so on... "

 

What is one could step out of the whole game of time? How important is

_any_ idea without the concept of time? How unimportant is _any_ idea

without the concept of time? What if one could step into the timeless

now and behold all ideas, all " what ifs " , as powerless concepts?

 

/AL

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Nisargadatta , " anders_lindman "

<anders_lindman> wrote:

>

> I am not claiming to have stepped out of time. I don't even know if

it

> is possible, or if possible if such movement really is healthy.

> However, stepping out of time could be a great experiment. At any

> given moment we have ideas about what is important, what is not so

> important and what is not important at all. In the same moment other

> similar ideas goes around in the minds of other persons. For

example,

> " what George W. Bush said about the war today was (1) an important

> statement, (2) a false statement, (3) a not so important statement,

> (4) a good description of the current situation, and so on... "

>

> What is one could step out of the whole game of time? How important

is

> _any_ idea without the concept of time? How unimportant is _any_

idea

> without the concept of time? What if one could step into the

timeless

> now and behold all ideas, all " what ifs " , as powerless concepts?

>

> /AL

 

Hey AL --

 

When you ask about stepping out of time:

 

1. What would step out of time? It cannot be the body... nor can

thought... nor can feelings...

 

Could it be " stepping out of time " is referring to an insight that

perhaps " time " as well as " me " are thoughts and ideas that are

arising and dissipating in awareness now? And that my whole life, the

whole world and all it contains also arise as ideas now...

 

2. Can time be known as time without thinking about it? Or does time

arise with thought... comparing a " past " with this present now?

 

Do any of our thoughts or ideas " touch " THIS now? Do they effect it?

Can they refer to anything outside of this-now? -- or can such ideas

only give birth to more ideas, no of which reach anywhere or touch

anything?

 

Joe

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Nisargadatta , " josesiem " <josesiem> wrote:

>

> Nisargadatta , " anders_lindman "

> <anders_lindman> wrote:

> >

> > I am not claiming to have stepped out of time. I don't even know if

> it

> > is possible, or if possible if such movement really is healthy.

> > However, stepping out of time could be a great experiment. At any

> > given moment we have ideas about what is important, what is not so

> > important and what is not important at all. In the same moment other

> > similar ideas goes around in the minds of other persons. For

> example,

> > " what George W. Bush said about the war today was (1) an important

> > statement, (2) a false statement, (3) a not so important statement,

> > (4) a good description of the current situation, and so on... "

> >

> > What is one could step out of the whole game of time? How important

> is

> > _any_ idea without the concept of time? How unimportant is _any_

> idea

> > without the concept of time? What if one could step into the

> timeless

> > now and behold all ideas, all " what ifs " , as powerless concepts?

> >

> > /AL

>

> Hey AL --

>

> When you ask about stepping out of time:

>

> 1. What would step out of time? It cannot be the body... nor can

> thought... nor can feelings...

>

> Could it be " stepping out of time " is referring to an insight that

> perhaps " time " as well as " me " are thoughts and ideas that are

> arising and dissipating in awareness now? And that my whole life, the

> whole world and all it contains also arise as ideas now...

>

> 2. Can time be known as time without thinking about it? Or does time

> arise with thought... comparing a " past " with this present now?

>

> Do any of our thoughts or ideas " touch " THIS now? Do they effect it?

> Can they refer to anything outside of this-now? -- or can such ideas

> only give birth to more ideas, no of which reach anywhere or touch

> anything?

>

> Joe

 

Ideas about time can touch time, for time is ideas and thought can

move around and mold ideas into new configurations. But what will

happen if the mind says: I am bored with time, I will not use any

energy on creating time anymore. :)

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Nisargadatta , " anders_lindman "

<anders_lindman> wrote:

>

> Nisargadatta , " josesiem " <josesiem>

wrote:

> >

> > Nisargadatta , " anders_lindman "

> > <anders_lindman> wrote:

> > >

> > > I am not claiming to have stepped out of time. I don't even

know if

> > it

> > > is possible, or if possible if such movement really is healthy.

> > > However, stepping out of time could be a great experiment. At

any

> > > given moment we have ideas about what is important, what is not

so

> > > important and what is not important at all. In the same moment

other

> > > similar ideas goes around in the minds of other persons. For

> > example,

> > > " what George W. Bush said about the war today was (1) an

important

> > > statement, (2) a false statement, (3) a not so important

statement,

> > > (4) a good description of the current situation, and so on... "

> > >

> > > What is one could step out of the whole game of time? How

important

> > is

> > > _any_ idea without the concept of time? How unimportant is

_any_

> > idea

> > > without the concept of time? What if one could step into the

> > timeless

> > > now and behold all ideas, all " what ifs " , as powerless concepts?

> > >

> > > /AL

> >

> > Hey AL --

> >

> > When you ask about stepping out of time:

> >

> > 1. What would step out of time? It cannot be the body... nor can

> > thought... nor can feelings...

> >

> > Could it be " stepping out of time " is referring to an insight

that

> > perhaps " time " as well as " me " are thoughts and ideas that are

> > arising and dissipating in awareness now? And that my whole life,

the

> > whole world and all it contains also arise as ideas now...

> >

> > 2. Can time be known as time without thinking about it? Or does

time

> > arise with thought... comparing a " past " with this present now?

> >

> > Do any of our thoughts or ideas " touch " THIS now? Do they effect

it?

> > Can they refer to anything outside of this-now? -- or can such

ideas

> > only give birth to more ideas, no of which reach anywhere or

touch

> > anything?

> >

> > Joe

>

> Ideas about time can touch time, for time is ideas and thought can

> move around and mold ideas into new configurations. But what will

> happen if the mind says: I am bored with time, I will not use any

> energy on creating time anymore. :)

 

You're assuming there is a thing called " time " separate from an idea

about it. One way to understand stepping out of time is seeing the

empty nature of time -- that it's just an idea and the idea doesn't

make it a fact.

 

If you're not identified as anything, if you don't take yourself to

be anything, then how can you be in time?

 

Time arises as a result of a belief of a unified 'thing' traveling

from past into future.

 

But what will

> happen if the mind says: I am bored with time, I will not use any

> energy on creating time anymore. :)

 

 

My mind has said that many times but it never helped much!

 

See ya

Joe

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Nisargadatta , " josesiem " <josesiem> wrote:

>

> Nisargadatta , " anders_lindman "

> <anders_lindman> wrote:

> >

> > Nisargadatta , " josesiem " <josesiem>

> wrote:

> > >

> > > Nisargadatta , " anders_lindman "

> > > <anders_lindman> wrote:

> > > >

> > > > I am not claiming to have stepped out of time. I don't even

> know if

> > > it

> > > > is possible, or if possible if such movement really is healthy.

> > > > However, stepping out of time could be a great experiment. At

> any

> > > > given moment we have ideas about what is important, what is not

> so

> > > > important and what is not important at all. In the same moment

> other

> > > > similar ideas goes around in the minds of other persons. For

> > > example,

> > > > " what George W. Bush said about the war today was (1) an

> important

> > > > statement, (2) a false statement, (3) a not so important

> statement,

> > > > (4) a good description of the current situation, and so on... "

> > > >

> > > > What is one could step out of the whole game of time? How

> important

> > > is

> > > > _any_ idea without the concept of time? How unimportant is

> _any_

> > > idea

> > > > without the concept of time? What if one could step into the

> > > timeless

> > > > now and behold all ideas, all " what ifs " , as powerless concepts?

> > > >

> > > > /AL

> > >

> > > Hey AL --

> > >

> > > When you ask about stepping out of time:

> > >

> > > 1. What would step out of time? It cannot be the body... nor can

> > > thought... nor can feelings...

> > >

> > > Could it be " stepping out of time " is referring to an insight

> that

> > > perhaps " time " as well as " me " are thoughts and ideas that are

> > > arising and dissipating in awareness now? And that my whole life,

> the

> > > whole world and all it contains also arise as ideas now...

> > >

> > > 2. Can time be known as time without thinking about it? Or does

> time

> > > arise with thought... comparing a " past " with this present now?

> > >

> > > Do any of our thoughts or ideas " touch " THIS now? Do they effect

> it?

> > > Can they refer to anything outside of this-now? -- or can such

> ideas

> > > only give birth to more ideas, no of which reach anywhere or

> touch

> > > anything?

> > >

> > > Joe

> >

> > Ideas about time can touch time, for time is ideas and thought can

> > move around and mold ideas into new configurations. But what will

> > happen if the mind says: I am bored with time, I will not use any

> > energy on creating time anymore. :)

>

> You're assuming there is a thing called " time " separate from an idea

> about it. One way to understand stepping out of time is seeing the

> empty nature of time -- that it's just an idea and the idea doesn't

> make it a fact.

>

> If you're not identified as anything, if you don't take yourself to

> be anything, then how can you be in time?

>

> Time arises as a result of a belief of a unified 'thing' traveling

> from past into future.

>

> But what will

> > happen if the mind says: I am bored with time, I will not use any

> > energy on creating time anymore. :)

>

>

> My mind has said that many times but it never helped much!

>

> See ya

> Joe

 

When the mind says to itself that it is bored with playing with time,

I meant that it does so because the mind sees that what it calls time

is just a play with its own ideas. And when it sees that as a fact -

not as an idea!

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Nisargadatta , " josesiem " <josesiem>

wrote:

>

> Nisargadatta , " anders_lindman "

> <anders_lindman> wrote:

> >

> > I am not claiming to have stepped out of time. I don't even know

if

> it

> > is possible, or if possible if such movement really is healthy.

> > However, stepping out of time could be a great experiment. At any

> > given moment we have ideas about what is important, what is not

so

> > important and what is not important at all. In the same moment

other

> > similar ideas goes around in the minds of other persons. For

> example,

> > " what George W. Bush said about the war today was (1) an

important

> > statement, (2) a false statement, (3) a not so important

statement,

> > (4) a good description of the current situation, and so on... "

> >

> > What is one could step out of the whole game of time? How

important

> is

> > _any_ idea without the concept of time? How unimportant is _any_

> idea

> > without the concept of time? What if one could step into the

> timeless

> > now and behold all ideas, all " what ifs " , as powerless concepts?

> >

> > /AL

>

> Hey AL --

>

> When you ask about stepping out of time:

>

> 1. What would step out of time? It cannot be the body... nor can

> thought... nor can feelings...

>

> Could it be " stepping out of time " is referring to an insight that

> perhaps " time " as well as " me " are thoughts and ideas that are

> arising and dissipating in awareness now? And that my whole life,

the

> whole world and all it contains also arise as ideas now...

>

> 2. Can time be known as time without thinking about it? Or does

time

> arise with thought... comparing a " past " with this present now?

>

> Do any of our thoughts or ideas " touch " THIS now? Do they effect

it?

> Can they refer to anything outside of this-now? -- or can such

ideas

> only give birth to more ideas, no of which reach anywhere or touch

> anything?

>

> Joe

 

Indeed.

 

It's like a self-enclosed loop that can never get out

of itself or away from itself, but must endlessly

try and assume it can and has.

 

It can only endlessly attempt to replicate itself,

moment to moment, in futility.

 

And it can never allow the futility to be fully understood,

or its effort would be undermined.

 

It can never allow the knowing that it can't know anything,

never has known anything.

 

Its life is a constituted futility that requires

ignore-ance for its continuity.

 

-- Dan

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Nisargadatta , " anders_lindman "

<anders_lindman> wrote:

>

> Nisargadatta , " josesiem " <josesiem>

wrote:

> >

> > Nisargadatta , " anders_lindman "

> > <anders_lindman> wrote:

> > >

> > > I am not claiming to have stepped out of time. I don't even

know if

> > it

> > > is possible, or if possible if such movement really is healthy.

> > > However, stepping out of time could be a great experiment. At

any

> > > given moment we have ideas about what is important, what is

not so

> > > important and what is not important at all. In the same moment

other

> > > similar ideas goes around in the minds of other persons. For

> > example,

> > > " what George W. Bush said about the war today was (1) an

important

> > > statement, (2) a false statement, (3) a not so important

statement,

> > > (4) a good description of the current situation, and so on... "

> > >

> > > What is one could step out of the whole game of time? How

important

> > is

> > > _any_ idea without the concept of time? How unimportant is

_any_

> > idea

> > > without the concept of time? What if one could step into the

> > timeless

> > > now and behold all ideas, all " what ifs " , as powerless

concepts?

> > >

> > > /AL

> >

> > Hey AL --

> >

> > When you ask about stepping out of time:

> >

> > 1. What would step out of time? It cannot be the body... nor can

> > thought... nor can feelings...

> >

> > Could it be " stepping out of time " is referring to an insight

that

> > perhaps " time " as well as " me " are thoughts and ideas that are

> > arising and dissipating in awareness now? And that my whole

life, the

> > whole world and all it contains also arise as ideas now...

> >

> > 2. Can time be known as time without thinking about it? Or does

time

> > arise with thought... comparing a " past " with this present now?

> >

> > Do any of our thoughts or ideas " touch " THIS now? Do they effect

it?

> > Can they refer to anything outside of this-now? -- or can such

ideas

> > only give birth to more ideas, no of which reach anywhere or

touch

> > anything?

> >

> > Joe

>

> Ideas about time can touch time, for time is ideas and thought can

> move around and mold ideas into new configurations. But what will

> happen if the mind says: I am bored with time, I will not use any

> energy on creating time anymore. :)

 

That mind is the boredom, and it's lying to itself to

maintain its survival.

 

It's constructing strategies and suppositions.

 

All of which require time, and which

keep its 'ignore-ance' of its own

non-continuity apparently intact.

 

And all of which keep its meaningless belief that

it has a time in which to exist going.

 

The mind which imagines it will stop creating time,

as if it has any ability to affect anything.

 

The mind that affects nothing, but has to believe

it is endlessly being affected and affecting things,

that its decisions about whether or not there is

or isn't time are somehow all-important to the status

of reality and truth!

 

It's worth a laugh, at least!

 

:-)

 

-- Dan

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Nisargadatta , " dan330033 " <dan330033>

wrote:

>

> Nisargadatta , " josesiem " <josesiem>

> wrote:

> >

> > Nisargadatta , " anders_lindman "

> > <anders_lindman> wrote:

> > >

> > > I am not claiming to have stepped out of time. I don't even

know

> if

> > it

> > > is possible, or if possible if such movement really is healthy.

> > > However, stepping out of time could be a great experiment. At

any

> > > given moment we have ideas about what is important, what is not

> so

> > > important and what is not important at all. In the same moment

> other

> > > similar ideas goes around in the minds of other persons. For

> > example,

> > > " what George W. Bush said about the war today was (1) an

> important

> > > statement, (2) a false statement, (3) a not so important

> statement,

> > > (4) a good description of the current situation, and so on... "

> > >

> > > What is one could step out of the whole game of time? How

> important

> > is

> > > _any_ idea without the concept of time? How unimportant is

_any_

> > idea

> > > without the concept of time? What if one could step into the

> > timeless

> > > now and behold all ideas, all " what ifs " , as powerless concepts?

> > >

> > > /AL

> >

> > Hey AL --

> >

> > When you ask about stepping out of time:

> >

> > 1. What would step out of time? It cannot be the body... nor can

> > thought... nor can feelings...

> >

> > Could it be " stepping out of time " is referring to an insight

that

> > perhaps " time " as well as " me " are thoughts and ideas that are

> > arising and dissipating in awareness now? And that my whole life,

> the

> > whole world and all it contains also arise as ideas now...

> >

> > 2. Can time be known as time without thinking about it? Or does

> time

> > arise with thought... comparing a " past " with this present now?

> >

> > Do any of our thoughts or ideas " touch " THIS now? Do they effect

> it?

> > Can they refer to anything outside of this-now? -- or can such

> ideas

> > only give birth to more ideas, no of which reach anywhere or

touch

> > anything?

> >

> > Joe

>

> Indeed.

>

> It's like a self-enclosed loop that can never get out

> of itself or away from itself, but must endlessly

> try and assume it can and has.

>

> It can only endlessly attempt to replicate itself,

> moment to moment, in futility.

>

> And it can never allow the futility to be fully understood,

> or its effort would be undermined.

>

> It can never allow the knowing that it can't know anything,

> never has known anything.

>

> Its life is a constituted futility that requires

> ignore-ance for its continuity.

>

> -- Dan

 

Yeah. This is part of my aversion to saying anything about this

stuff. As soon as something is said, it strikes me as utter

bullshit. " I " am exposed moment to moment as a fraud.

 

But I guess as Dainin Katagiri once said: You have to say something!

 

So, nonsense comes out.

 

Joe

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Nisargadatta , " dan330033 " <dan330033>

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>

> The mind which imagines it will stop creating time,

> as if it has any ability to affect anything.

>

> The mind that affects nothing, but has to believe

> it is endlessly being affected and affecting things,

> that its decisions about whether or not there is

> or isn't time are somehow all-important to the status

> of reality and truth!

>

> It's worth a laugh, at least!

>

> :-)

>

> -- Dan

 

Yes, poor thing. :-) Swimming in images in a lake with no water. The

clouds drifting by fretting about all the problems they are creating

on Earth.

 

Joe

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Nisargadatta , " josesiem " <josesiem>

wrote:

>

> Nisargadatta , " dan330033 " <dan330033>

> wrote:

> >

> > Nisargadatta , " josesiem " <josesiem>

> > wrote:

> > >

> > > Nisargadatta , " anders_lindman "

> > > <anders_lindman> wrote:

> > > >

> > > > I am not claiming to have stepped out of time. I don't even

> know

> > if

> > > it

> > > > is possible, or if possible if such movement really is

healthy.

> > > > However, stepping out of time could be a great experiment.

At

> any

> > > > given moment we have ideas about what is important, what is

not

> > so

> > > > important and what is not important at all. In the same

moment

> > other

> > > > similar ideas goes around in the minds of other persons. For

> > > example,

> > > > " what George W. Bush said about the war today was (1) an

> > important

> > > > statement, (2) a false statement, (3) a not so important

> > statement,

> > > > (4) a good description of the current situation, and so

on... "

> > > >

> > > > What is one could step out of the whole game of time? How

> > important

> > > is

> > > > _any_ idea without the concept of time? How unimportant is

> _any_

> > > idea

> > > > without the concept of time? What if one could step into the

> > > timeless

> > > > now and behold all ideas, all " what ifs " , as powerless

concepts?

> > > >

> > > > /AL

> > >

> > > Hey AL --

> > >

> > > When you ask about stepping out of time:

> > >

> > > 1. What would step out of time? It cannot be the body... nor

can

> > > thought... nor can feelings...

> > >

> > > Could it be " stepping out of time " is referring to an insight

> that

> > > perhaps " time " as well as " me " are thoughts and ideas that are

> > > arising and dissipating in awareness now? And that my whole

life,

> > the

> > > whole world and all it contains also arise as ideas now...

> > >

> > > 2. Can time be known as time without thinking about it? Or

does

> > time

> > > arise with thought... comparing a " past " with this present

now?

> > >

> > > Do any of our thoughts or ideas " touch " THIS now? Do they

effect

> > it?

> > > Can they refer to anything outside of this-now? -- or can such

> > ideas

> > > only give birth to more ideas, no of which reach anywhere or

> touch

> > > anything?

> > >

> > > Joe

> >

> > Indeed.

> >

> > It's like a self-enclosed loop that can never get out

> > of itself or away from itself, but must endlessly

> > try and assume it can and has.

> >

> > It can only endlessly attempt to replicate itself,

> > moment to moment, in futility.

> >

> > And it can never allow the futility to be fully understood,

> > or its effort would be undermined.

> >

> > It can never allow the knowing that it can't know anything,

> > never has known anything.

> >

> > Its life is a constituted futility that requires

> > ignore-ance for its continuity.

> >

> > -- Dan

>

> Yeah. This is part of my aversion to saying anything about this

> stuff. As soon as something is said, it strikes me as utter

> bullshit. " I " am exposed moment to moment as a fraud.

>

> But I guess as Dainin Katagiri once said: You have to say

something!

>

> So, nonsense comes out.

>

> Joe

 

Well, it all depends on how you look at it.

 

It can be an incredibly interesting play, as in

" play of light on the water " -- but a human

play, too -- in which

there's a challenge to say whatever fits

exactly the moment as it constitutes and moves

on.

 

And with this challenge, the recognition that there's

no time to decide what to say or not to say,

and no criteria for evaluation.

 

And that the moving on has happened timelessly, before

you even could grasp it at all.

 

So, humor is a good thing.

 

And participating this way happens whether one is

talking to a homeless person about life on the

street, watching T.V., spending time with one's

partner, cutting one's toe nails.

 

There's nothing special about " spiritual conversations "

with people " interested in nonduality. "

 

There's nothing special even about the human play,

as if it were apart from any of the rest of the play.

 

It's all one cloth, interwoven, nothing left out, no

exceptions.

 

:-)

 

-- Dan

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> Nisargadatta , " dan330033 " <dan330033>

> wrote:

>

> >

> > The mind which imagines it will stop creating time,

> > as if it has any ability to affect anything.

> >

> > The mind that affects nothing, but has to believe

> > it is endlessly being affected and affecting things,

> > that its decisions about whether or not there is

> > or isn't time are somehow all-important to the status

> > of reality and truth!

> >

> > It's worth a laugh, at least!

> >

> > :-)

> >

> > -- Dan

>

> Yes, poor thing. :-) Swimming in images in a lake with no water.

The

> clouds drifting by fretting about all the problems they are

creating

> on Earth.

>

> Joe

 

Yup, there are plenty of fretting clouds.

 

They help add that undertone of anxiety to the full cacophony

of the human play! I mean symphony! Cacophony!

Symphony! (trying to emulate final scene from " Chinatown " )

 

-- Dan

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Nisargadatta , " anders_lindman "

<anders_lindman> wrote:

>

> I am not claiming to have stepped out of time. I don't even know if

it

> is possible, or if possible if such movement really is healthy.

> However, stepping out of time could be a great experiment. At any

> given moment we have ideas about what is important, what is not so

> important and what is not important at all. In the same moment other

> similar ideas goes around in the minds of other persons. For

example,

> " what George W. Bush said about the war today was (1) an important

> statement, (2) a false statement, (3) a not so important statement,

> (4) a good description of the current situation, and so on... "

>

> What is one could step out of the whole game of time? How important

is

> _any_ idea without the concept of time? How unimportant is _any_

idea

> without the concept of time? What if one could step into the

timeless

> now and behold all ideas, all " what ifs " , as powerless concepts?

>

> /AL

 

 

Time is a concept.

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Nisargadatta , " dan330033 " <dan330033>

wrote:

 

>

> There's nothing special about " spiritual conversations "

> with people " interested in nonduality. "

>

> There's nothing special even about the human play,

> as if it were apart from any of the rest of the play.

>

:-)

>

> -- Dan

 

Yes, I agree. The words that talk about hammering a nail have the

same weight as those about nonduality. But, there's so much

seriousness invested in these spiritual topics. That's okay too I

suppose -- part of the play.

 

Just can't get away from it... The camera follows you off stage too!

 

JOe

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Nisargadatta , " donjuan043 " <nm156p@m...>

wrote:

>

>

> Nisargadatta , " anders_lindman "

> <anders_lindman> wrote:

> >

> > I am not claiming to have stepped out of time. I don't even know

if

> it

> > is possible, or if possible if such movement really is healthy.

> > However, stepping out of time could be a great experiment. At any

> > given moment we have ideas about what is important, what is not

so

> > important and what is not important at all. In the same moment

other

> > similar ideas goes around in the minds of other persons. For

> example,

> > " what George W. Bush said about the war today was (1) an

important

> > statement, (2) a false statement, (3) a not so important

statement,

> > (4) a good description of the current situation, and so on... "

> >

> > What is one could step out of the whole game of time? How

important

> is

> > _any_ idea without the concept of time? How unimportant is _any_

> idea

> > without the concept of time? What if one could step into the

> timeless

> > now and behold all ideas, all " what ifs " , as powerless concepts?

> >

> > /AL

>

>

> Time is a concept.

 

Concept is a seconlp.

 

-- Dan

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Nisargadatta , " donjuan043 " <nm156p@m...> wrote:

>

>

> Nisargadatta , " anders_lindman "

> <anders_lindman> wrote:

> >

> > I am not claiming to have stepped out of time. I don't even know if

> it

> > is possible, or if possible if such movement really is healthy.

> > However, stepping out of time could be a great experiment. At any

> > given moment we have ideas about what is important, what is not so

> > important and what is not important at all. In the same moment other

> > similar ideas goes around in the minds of other persons. For

> example,

> > " what George W. Bush said about the war today was (1) an important

> > statement, (2) a false statement, (3) a not so important statement,

> > (4) a good description of the current situation, and so on... "

> >

> > What is one could step out of the whole game of time? How important

> is

> > _any_ idea without the concept of time? How unimportant is _any_

> idea

> > without the concept of time? What if one could step into the

> timeless

> > now and behold all ideas, all " what ifs " , as powerless concepts?

> >

> > /AL

>

>

> Time is a concept.

 

If that is true, then is a concept powerful? Can a concept do

anything? Can we do anything by personal will without time?

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Nisargadatta , " dan330033 " <dan330033>

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> Nisargadatta , " josesiem " <josesiem>

> wrote:

> >

> > Nisargadatta , " dan330033 " <dan330033>

> > wrote:

> >

> > >

> > > The mind which imagines it will stop creating time,

> > > as if it has any ability to affect anything.

> > >

> > > The mind that affects nothing, but has to believe

> > > it is endlessly being affected and affecting things,

> > > that its decisions about whether or not there is

> > > or isn't time are somehow all-important to the status

> > > of reality and truth!

> > >

> > > It's worth a laugh, at least!

> > >

> > > :-)

> > >

> > > -- Dan

> >

> > Yes, poor thing. :-) Swimming in images in a lake with no water.

> The

> > clouds drifting by fretting about all the problems they are

> creating

> > on Earth.

> >

> > Joe

>

> Yup, there are plenty of fretting clouds.

>

> They help add that undertone of anxiety to the full cacophony

> of the human play! I mean symphony! Cacophony!

> Symphony! (trying to emulate final scene from " Chinatown " )

>

> -- Dan

 

 

this trance is monotonous and boring like German trance music.

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