Guest guest Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 In a message dated 4/21/2006 11:16:47 AM Pacific Daylight Time, illusyn writes: > Writing, without writing I am is arbitrary and ridiculous for those that > feel they are accomplishing some spiritual feat of greatness by finding > a writing style that eliminates " I am " statements. > >>>> > > I am in basic agreement... > > That the pronoun " I " occurs in speech says nothing > of the conceptualization of the speaker. > > I will go even further: to read some words and from > those words assume that one can adduce the state of > consciousness behind the emission of those words... > sheer rubbish! > > > Bill > L.E: I'm really delighted to read your agreement. As to adducing, maybe rubbish, maybe re-cycleable (?) material. Hard to tell for sure, but we DO survive on guesses and assumptions all the time. As the human organism moves through its experiences we often only have a moment to draw a conclusion, to make a guess, to make a choice and we do the best we can and must live with our mistakes if we can call them mistakes, because in a simple way, there are no mistakes, but there are our choices. What we call a mistake is alway attempting to look backwards and that can make the neck ache. If we don't try to look backwards and re-consider our choices there are no mistakes, just more choices. So it seems to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Nisargadatta , epston wrote: > > In a message dated 4/21/2006 11:16:47 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > illusyn writes: > > > Writing, without writing I am is arbitrary and ridiculous for those that > > feel they are accomplishing some spiritual feat of greatness by finding > > a writing style that eliminates " I am " statements. > > >>>> > > > > I am in basic agreement... > > > > That the pronoun " I " occurs in speech says nothing > > of the conceptualization of the speaker. > > > > I will go even further: to read some words and from > > those words assume that one can adduce the state of > > consciousness behind the emission of those words... > > sheer rubbish! > > > > > > Bill > > > L.E: I'm really delighted to read your agreement. > As to adducing, maybe rubbish, maybe re-cycleable (?) > material. Hard to tell for sure, but we DO survive on guesses and assumptions > all the time. > As the human organism moves through its experiences we often only have a > moment to draw a conclusion, to make a guess, to make a choice and we do the best > we can and must live with our mistakes if we can call them mistakes, because > in a simple way, there are no mistakes, but there are our choices. What we > call a mistake is alway attempting to look backwards and that can make the neck > ache. If we don't try to look backwards and re-consider our choices there are > no mistakes, just more choices. > So it seems to me. > And perhaps, just perhaps, we make decisions only in looking backwards as well... Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Nisargadatta , " billrishel " <illusyn wrote: > > Nisargadatta , epston@ wrote: > > > > In a message dated 4/21/2006 11:16:47 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > > illusyn@ writes: > > > > > Writing, without writing I am is arbitrary and ridiculous for > those that > > > feel they are accomplishing some spiritual feat of greatness by > finding > > > a writing style that eliminates " I am " statements. > > > >>>> > > > > > > I am in basic agreement... > > > > > > That the pronoun " I " occurs in speech says nothing > > > of the conceptualization of the speaker. > > > > > > I will go even further: to read some words and from > > > those words assume that one can adduce the state of > > > consciousness behind the emission of those words... > > > sheer rubbish! > > > > > > > > > Bill > > > > > L.E: I'm really delighted to read your agreement. > > As to adducing, maybe rubbish, maybe re-cycleable (?) > > material. Hard to tell for sure, but we DO survive on guesses and > assumptions > > all the time. > > As the human organism moves through its experiences we often only > have a > > moment to draw a conclusion, to make a guess, to make a choice and > we do the best > > we can and must live with our mistakes if we can call them mistakes, > because > > in a simple way, there are no mistakes, but there are our choices. > What we > > call a mistake is alway attempting to look backwards and that can > make the neck > > ache. If we don't try to look backwards and re-consider our choices > there are > > no mistakes, just more choices. > > So it seems to me. > > > > And perhaps, just perhaps, we make decisions only in > looking backwards as well... > > Bill > " We' can only see that which is on 'our' past. toombaru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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