attaching importance to being in the now (((Leaving no residue

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My impression is that you attach some importance to this " being in

> the now " , like you call it. As if it was better then " not being in

> the now " . Is this so?

>

> Len

>

 

That is a *very good* question!

 

For myself, being in the Now is my entire philosophy.

It has all boiled down to that. There used to be a lot

more complexity, but " being in the Now " is all that is

left. I guess a kind of process of " spiritual erosion " .

 

I don't see a distinction between " being in the Now "

on the one hand, and " not being in the Now " on the other,

however.

 

One of my favorite authors wrote: The choice is between

choice and no-choice. Being in the Now is the choice of

no-choice.

 

Sometimes something is " up " ... something has happened

that has left a " residue " ...

 

By now the reflex is pretty much automatic. If there is

any persistence of " state " , if there is something " hanging

around " then the reflex is to slow down, check it out,

zoom in, pay attention... along the lines we have been

discussing.

 

I don't have a monitor that says, " Currently in the Now. "

 

That doesn't even make sense. The very phrase (which I

admittedly use): being *in* the Now is self-contradictory

in a way. Now cannot be punctuated by an in/out.

[i'm open to suggestions for a replacement phrase!]

 

Now, lately, meaning for the last year or so I suppose...

stuff doesn't come up much that I notice. It just

doesn't. And then there is just a sparkling presence

with no *distinctions in it*. Like right now. Yes there

is a laptop in front, but it *isn't a distinction*.

Can't explain how that is, but it is.

 

So the choice of no-choice is simply to be present with

What Is. Sometimes stuff is coming up, uncomfortable

stuff. So I get to be fully present with that. Sometimes

stuff doesn't come up for what seems like a pretty long

time. But there has to be COMPLETE INDIFFERENCE to

whether stuff comes up or not. It's not about whether

stuff comes up or not.

 

So to define Now (I'm going aha!), perhaps it really

comes down to that COMPLETE INDIFFERENCE to what comes

up.

 

So yeah, when stuff isn't coming up for a long time

it really is kinda amazing. I'll want to talk about

it, but the messages tend to get criss-crossed.

Usually people don't know what the hell I'm talking

about. I'll say there's no sense of " space " , there's

no sense of " location " , there's not sense of inner/

outer... I'll say REALLY!

 

[btw, isn't it interesting that all of those are

*geometric* distincions?]

 

BUT, it doesn't matter about the " kinda amazing " .

It doesn't matter. All that matters is the

complete indifference. And coming back to the notion

of truth again, you know that symbol for justice?

The figure holding the scales that is blindfolded?

 

Complete indifference.

 

 

Bill