God concept/Jason

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Nisargadatta , " jasondedonno " <jasondedonno

wrote:

>

> > and now that you understand that, my suggestion is to

> > just *witness* that movement. When you are witnessing

> > the movement of attention continuously you come to realize

> > that Hey! I'm just witnessing it and it continues to move

> > along. Soooo... while it has always seemed that it was

> > *me* that was moving the attention, I can see now that it

> > moves of its own. Hence to come to disindentify with the

> > movement of attention. And that is huge... because when

> > you no longer identify with the movement of attention

> > you no longer identify with the behavior of the " mechanism "

> > (the body process ). And no longer identifying with all

> > that you realize that it is all happening of its own and

> > is not you. At that point you are basically free.

> >

> > So it all starts with witnessing the movement of attention.

> > Just that.

> >

> > Very simple but you must stick with it. Keep coming back

> > to it (you will get caught up again and again).

> >

> Not easy. Is witnessing a form of attention? If I'm giving attention

> to thought process, and I'm very focused on that, I'm so absorbed in

> it that in order to witness it, it seems I must split my attention,

> become less aborbed in the thought, may even end that thought. It

> seems th emind is single pointed.

>

 

Sounds like you are making it difficult.

 

By witnessing I mean " just observe " .

No emphasis on " witnessing correctly " .

 

So don't think of the witnessing as a form of attention.

Just be noticing how your attention will naturally move.

Allow it to move as it will. If it gets into thought,

let it do so. It it becomes quiet, let it do so.

 

In a way you *are* pulling some energy away from the

thought process to witness it... but don't worry about

that. And if the thought ends, that is fine. Just

whatever... allow to flow as will.

 

What you say about " single-pointed " is interesting.

Note that it is attention that seems single-pointed,

and that what you call the " mind " is in a way really

nothing more than attention itself. That's why this

approach is significant. Because it all boils down

to attention in the end. As attention goes, so the

mind goes.

 

Bill