Guest guest Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 Nisargadatta , " s_i_l_v_e_r1069 " <silver- 1069 wrote: > > Nisargadatta , " lissbon2002 " <lissbon2002@> > wrote: > > > > Nisargadatta , " billrishel " <illusyn@> > > wrote: > > > > > > NOT the only real question... > > > > > > but will say this: > > > feelings that are as " one's own " can seem to utterly disappear. > > > does that mean never to appear again? > > > that is uncertain... > > > > > > similarly for emotions and " mental pain " ... > > > > > > at some point the realization comes that the " sense of 'me' " > > > is no more, and with it has gone the many baggages... > > > the emotions, the personal feelings, the self-doubts, > > > the uncertainties and senses of confusion... > > > > > > " angst " is the ever present shadow of the sense of a > > > " personal self " > > > > > > and the sense of a personal self *can* evaporate > > > > > > when it is gone there is a clarity > > > a clarity unpolluted > > > by any particular > > > > > > things can still come up > > > such as a " feeling of annoyance " as mentioned earlier > > > > > > > > Feeling of annoyance when the self is not? > > Don´t think so. > > Why be annoyed if there is nothing to defend? > > > > Len > > ********** > > Yeah. I didn't pick up on that. In a state of utter " clarity > unpolluted by any particular " it would seem contradictory to say > that within that state one can feel any particular thing, since > being within that state entails the evaporation of the sense > of 'me'. No? It's like saying that after the mist evaporates the > process reverses itself and the mist returns again. Seems more like > a cycle to me than a permanent state one can attain (a > destination?). Maybe this state of clarity comes and goes, arises > and subsides, maybe it operates in a cycle like so many other > natural events. Maybe the state of peace isn't a permanent one but > oscillates between degrees of peace and angst? Around the Full Moon > I feel more anxious than at other times of the month. Today is a > New Moon and I feel more peace than at other times. It's a Cycle in > my experience. > > " Silver " > Yes, Silver... Whatever can " come " ... can ALSO go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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