Guest guest Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 Perhaps it is that the intense effort involved with " swimming upstream " exhausts one to the point where they have no option (despair?) but to *give up* due to having no energy left to resist/fight/overcome the " current " (i.e., flow of now, so to speak) so it takes over and they find themselves one-with it, no longer going against the grain but with it. Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 > Perhaps it is that the intense effort involved with " swimming upstream " > exhausts one to the point where they have no option (despair?) but to > *give up* due to having no energy left to resist/fight/overcome the > " current " (i.e., flow of now, so to speak) so it takes over and they > find themselves one-with it, no longer going against the grain but with > it. > > Michael > The " switch over " is from the head to the heart. What is effort to the mind is sheer joy to the heart. With the switch-over to heart mode, the forces that were once in opposition are now *confluent*... all those dynamics that were once so hard to " control " become the vitality, the aliveness, the very joy of it. It is the difference between being on the sidelines trying to " will your team to win " and being on the field fully engaged. Fully engaged, win or lose, the exhiliration is complete. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 Nisargadatta , " billrishel " <illusyn wrote: > > > > Perhaps it is that the intense effort involved with " swimming upstream " > > exhausts one to the point where they have no option (despair?) but to > > *give up* due to having no energy left to resist/fight/overcome the > > " current " (i.e., flow of now, so to speak) so it takes over and they > > find themselves one-with it, no longer going against the grain but with > > it. > > > > Michael > > > > The " switch over " is from the head to the heart. > > What is effort to the mind is sheer joy to the heart. > > With the switch-over to heart mode, the forces that > were once in opposition are now *confluent*... > all those dynamics that were once so hard to " control " > become the vitality, the aliveness, the very joy of it. > > It is the difference between being on the sidelines > trying to " will your team to win " and being on the field > fully engaged. Fully engaged, win or lose, the exhiliration > is complete. > > > Bill > ........and the natural-born-child leans its head back...laughs.....and spins..............and in that spinning.....all the stars join in. toombaru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 Nisargadatta , " Adamson " <adamson wrote: > > > > Perhaps it is that the intense effort involved with " swimming upstream " > exhausts one to the point where they have no option (despair?) but to > *give up* due to having no energy left to resist/fight/overcome the > " current " (i.e., flow of now, so to speak) so it takes over and they > find themselves one-with it, no longer going against the grain but with > it. > > Michael > It works, that´s true. In the same way as even a very aggressive man becomes peaceful for a while, after he has exhausted himself through an act of aggression. In the same way as war is being followed by a period of relative peace. Len Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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