Guest guest Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 --- pliantheart <illusyn a écrit : <snip> > > > wonderful... > > > > words like this make it so easy > > > > to just slip beneath the waves... > > > > > > reminds me of a passage from Krishnamurti where > > he points out that it is all there, plain in view, > > nothing hidden... > > > > and when so seen, as you say, nothing " holds up " > > as truly persistent in character. > > > > persistence = illusion > > > > no persistence, no illusion > > > > truly beholding with rapt attention what is, > > no persistence > > > > therefore, truly beholding with rapt attention what(ever) is, > > no illusion > > > > and I wonder if some don't get too complicated > > about " what is " ... as if they are willing to > > pay complete attention to " what is " , but they > > just don't know what " what is " really is! > > > > so maybe good to clarify: what is = whatever presents > > and with the timeframe as narrow as possible > > > > if there is a " refresh " of attention, a re-attending > > to what is anew, every second or so... that is pretty > > good I'd say. > > > > in other words, if the thought-flow is " interrupted " > > every second or so... to take in anew, completely > > freshly... what presents... what arises... > > > > > > Bill > > Yes, and indeed no time involved at all. > > Time requiring a juxtaposition of " slices " and a judgment > about duration -- from a supposedly continuing perceiver who > exists between " slices " and within one slice and the next, > with the same identity. > > -- D. eventually all becomes as " fused " in a brilliant sparkling attention that is as everywhere at once, just life bouyantly alive and aware... before that kind of " flying without a net " can happen, the sense of continuity and *belief in continuity* must be broken. continually bringing attention back to this just-now micro-moment is a way to break that continuity... to as it were to *defy* it. ................................................ hhmmm...some kind of emergency order in the bosom of eternity..for those *believing into*...whatever really. " in the end there are no " moments " ... because no beleiving or make beleifs... Patricia ...................................................... but moments as a metaphor from breaking away from the bondage of continuity seems a useful one. Bill ** If you do not wish to receive individual emails, to change your subscription, sign in with your ID and go to Edit My Groups: /mygroups?edit=1 Under the Message Delivery option, choose " No Email " for the Nisargadatta group and click on Save Changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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