Guest guest Posted July 12, 2006 Report Share Posted July 12, 2006 What happened to your interests when the imagined beingness was seen to be illusory? I have quite a interest, in history, science, etc. Does this all disappear? Can I start selling my books and stuff <g>... Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2006 Report Share Posted July 12, 2006 Nisargadatta , " jasondedonno " <jasondedonno wrote: > > What happened to your interests when the imagined beingness was seen > to be illusory? > > I have quite a interest, in history, science, etc. Does this all > disappear? Can I start selling my books and stuff <g>... > > Jason > ooohhh, let's just say a quiet riot imploded and everthing fell inside out and the stuff of dreams keeps dreaming new stuff... of what dreams may come... (ever hear that routine of George Carlin on 'stuff'?;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2006 Report Share Posted July 12, 2006 > ooohhh, let's just say a quiet riot imploded and everthing fell inside > out and the stuff of dreams keeps dreaming new stuff... > > > of what dreams may come... > I don't understand. > > (ever hear that routine of George Carlin on 'stuff'?;-) > No but a quick Google search gave me some more stuff to cut and paste and put in my place :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2006 Report Share Posted July 12, 2006 The stuff thing was very funny by the way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 Nisargadatta , " jasondedonno " <jasondedonno wrote: > > What happened to your interests when the imagined beingness was seen > to be illusory? > > I have quite a interest, in history, science, etc. Does this all > disappear? Can I start selling my books and stuff <g>... > > Jason > Nothing changes and everything changes. Take ordinary tasks like eating or brushing the teeth. Those continue to happen. But the sense that " I am doing this " is gone. They just happen of their own. There is no sense of effort involved. It becomes apparent that the so-called " will " is not so important a part of the process afterall. The mechanism continues to function of its own. As for " interests " ... it will depend on the particular interests... if they were ego-based they may fall away. If they are natural to the system then they may become more intense, more vividly experienced. In my case artwork is much deeper when there are not the ego-based considerations of " is this good? " ... " will people be impressed with what I have done? " etc. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 > Nothing changes and everything changes. > > Take ordinary tasks like eating or brushing the teeth. > Those continue to happen. But the sense that " I am doing > this " is gone. They just happen of their own. There is > no sense of effort involved. It becomes apparent that > the so-called " will " is not so important a part of the > process afterall. The mechanism continues to function > of its own. > > As for " interests " ... it will depend on the particular > interests... if they were ego-based they may fall away. > If they are natural to the system then they may become > more intense, more vividly experienced. In my case > artwork is much deeper when there are not the ego-based > considerations of " is this good? " ... " will people be > impressed with what I have done? " etc. > > Bill > Thanks for that good reply Bill. It sounds amazing. You mentiond before that's it not been a problem for your work too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 Nisargadatta , " jasondedonno " <jasondedonno wrote: > > What happened to your interests when the imagined beingness was seen > to be illusory? > > I have quite a interest, in history, science, etc. Does this all > disappear? Can I start selling my books and stuff <g>... > > Jason > why make such a big thing of what is no big thing... let what is flow with ease...no need to interfere... ....iietsa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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