Guest guest Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 Yesterday I did my first shift on a new job working as a residential mental health care counselor. It is in an old two-story frame house. The staff and the clients are all pleasant people, some especially likeable. The clients are high-functioning adults, the majority are in their twenties and mostly women, all struggling with some form of mental illness. Experiencing a new environment like that all at once where one knows one will be there for some time is a powerful inundantion of new sensations. About halfway through the shift it struck me how I was experiencing so much newness all at once and that while difference experiences could have attractive and repelling qualities (mostly attractive in this case), that all those sensations/experiences were like the waves on the surface of a body of water and that it all could be beheld as *from* the body of water as a whole. Beholding as such the attractive experiences were not binding and repelling experiences were not anxiety producing. They were all just movements in an " independent medium " , unconnected to anything. Meanwhile a spirit of silence moves through it all, unconstrained, knowing it all, attending to no part. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 Nisargadatta , pliantheart <pliantheart wrote: > > > Yesterday I did my first shift on a new job > working as a residential mental health care > counselor. It is in an old two-story frame > house. The staff and the clients are all pleasant > people, some especially likeable. The clients > are high-functioning adults, the majority are > in their twenties and mostly women, all > struggling with some form of mental illness. > > Experiencing a new environment like that all > at once where one knows one will be there for > some time is a powerful inundantion of new > sensations. > > About halfway through the shift it struck me > how I was experiencing so much newness all at > once and that while difference experiences > could have attractive and repelling qualities > (mostly attractive in this case), that all those > sensations/experiences were like the waves on > the surface of a body of water and that it > all could be beheld as *from* the body of water > as a whole. Beholding as such the attractive > experiences were not binding and repelling > experiences were not anxiety producing. They > were all just movements in an " independent > medium " , unconnected to anything. > > Meanwhile a spirit of silence moves through > it all, unconstrained, knowing it all, > attending to no part. > > Bill > how do you help those mental illness-people ? ....iietsa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 Nisargadatta , " iietsa " <iietsa wrote: > > Nisargadatta , pliantheart <pliantheart@> > wrote: > > > > > > Yesterday I did my first shift on a new job > > working as a residential mental health care > > counselor. It is in an old two-story frame > > house. The staff and the clients are all pleasant > > people, some especially likeable. The clients > > are high-functioning adults, the majority are > > in their twenties and mostly women, all > > struggling with some form of mental illness. > > > > Experiencing a new environment like that all > > at once where one knows one will be there for > > some time is a powerful inundantion of new > > sensations. > > > > About halfway through the shift it struck me > > how I was experiencing so much newness all at > > once and that while difference experiences > > could have attractive and repelling qualities > > (mostly attractive in this case), that all those > > sensations/experiences were like the waves on > > the surface of a body of water and that it > > all could be beheld as *from* the body of water > > as a whole. Beholding as such the attractive > > experiences were not binding and repelling > > experiences were not anxiety producing. They > > were all just movements in an " independent > > medium " , unconnected to anything. > > > > Meanwhile a spirit of silence moves through > > it all, unconstrained, knowing it all, > > attending to no part. > > > > Bill > > > how do you help those mental illness-people ? > ...iietsa > I just be our spirits commune who helps anyone? we are one from the beginning Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 Nisargadatta , " pliantheart " <pliantheart wrote: > > Nisargadatta , " iietsa " <iietsa@> wrote: > > > > Nisargadatta , pliantheart <pliantheart@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Yesterday I did my first shift on a new job > > > working as a residential mental health care > > > counselor. It is in an old two-story frame > > > house. The staff and the clients are all pleasant > > > people, some especially likeable. The clients > > > are high-functioning adults, the majority are > > > in their twenties and mostly women, all > > > struggling with some form of mental illness. > > > > > > Experiencing a new environment like that all > > > at once where one knows one will be there for > > > some time is a powerful inundantion of new > > > sensations. > > > > > > About halfway through the shift it struck me > > > how I was experiencing so much newness all at > > > once and that while difference experiences > > > could have attractive and repelling qualities > > > (mostly attractive in this case), that all those > > > sensations/experiences were like the waves on > > > the surface of a body of water and that it > > > all could be beheld as *from* the body of water > > > as a whole. Beholding as such the attractive > > > experiences were not binding and repelling > > > experiences were not anxiety producing. They > > > were all just movements in an " independent > > > medium " , unconnected to anything. > > > > > > Meanwhile a spirit of silence moves through > > > it all, unconstrained, knowing it all, > > > attending to no part. > > > > > > Bill > > > > > how do you help those mental illness-people ? > > ...iietsa > > > > I just be > > our spirits commune > > who helps anyone? > > we are one from the beginning > > > Bill > ((((Bill))) I have found absolute clarity in moments with my father who suffered from bipolar his whole life. I learned absolute peace from him in the moment of his death, I learned the absolute concreteness of Love at the moment of my mother's death. These are the gifts they have left me with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 Nisargadatta , " anabebe57 " <kailashana wrote: > > Nisargadatta , " pliantheart " <pliantheart@> > wrote: > > > > Nisargadatta , " iietsa " <iietsa@> wrote: > > > > > > Nisargadatta , pliantheart <pliantheart@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Yesterday I did my first shift on a new job > > > > working as a residential mental health care > > > > counselor. It is in an old two-story frame > > > > house. The staff and the clients are all pleasant > > > > people, some especially likeable. The clients > > > > are high-functioning adults, the majority are > > > > in their twenties and mostly women, all > > > > struggling with some form of mental illness. > > > > > > > > Experiencing a new environment like that all > > > > at once where one knows one will be there for > > > > some time is a powerful inundantion of new > > > > sensations. > > > > > > > > About halfway through the shift it struck me > > > > how I was experiencing so much newness all at > > > > once and that while difference experiences > > > > could have attractive and repelling qualities > > > > (mostly attractive in this case), that all those > > > > sensations/experiences were like the waves on > > > > the surface of a body of water and that it > > > > all could be beheld as *from* the body of water > > > > as a whole. Beholding as such the attractive > > > > experiences were not binding and repelling > > > > experiences were not anxiety producing. They > > > > were all just movements in an " independent > > > > medium " , unconnected to anything. > > > > > > > > Meanwhile a spirit of silence moves through > > > > it all, unconstrained, knowing it all, > > > > attending to no part. > > > > > > > > Bill > > > > > > > how do you help those mental illness-people ? > > > ...iietsa > > > > > > > I just be > > > > our spirits commune > > > > who helps anyone? > > > > we are one from the beginning > > > > > > Bill > > > > ((((Bill))) > > I have found absolute clarity in moments with my father who suffered > from bipolar his whole life. I learned absolute peace from him in > the moment of his death, I learned the absolute concreteness of Love > at the moment of my mother's death. These are the gifts they have > left me with. > this is absolutely wonderful Ana.....it's my thought, belief and somewhat my living experience, that for those who have not sweat blood in Gethsemani, nor felt the Unbounded Joy of Ressurection, those who have never entered realms and spaces of undifferentiated madness and but lulled throughout the time of being in unremarkable and boring sameness known as sanity, it is those who suffer a living of dullness that they take as a superior tone in this life of harmony and discordant aliveness, and truly miss the Wonder of the Finding, and Beauty of the All Containing. .....bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 Nisargadatta , " anabebe57 " <kailashana wrote: > > Nisargadatta , " pliantheart " <pliantheart@> > wrote: > > > > Nisargadatta , " iietsa " <iietsa@> wrote: > > > > > > Nisargadatta , pliantheart <pliantheart@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Yesterday I did my first shift on a new job > > > > working as a residential mental health care > > > > counselor. It is in an old two-story frame > > > > house. The staff and the clients are all pleasant > > > > people, some especially likeable. The clients > > > > are high-functioning adults, the majority are > > > > in their twenties and mostly women, all > > > > struggling with some form of mental illness. > > > > > > > > Experiencing a new environment like that all > > > > at once where one knows one will be there for > > > > some time is a powerful inundantion of new > > > > sensations. > > > > > > > > About halfway through the shift it struck me > > > > how I was experiencing so much newness all at > > > > once and that while difference experiences > > > > could have attractive and repelling qualities > > > > (mostly attractive in this case), that all those > > > > sensations/experiences were like the waves on > > > > the surface of a body of water and that it > > > > all could be beheld as *from* the body of water > > > > as a whole. Beholding as such the attractive > > > > experiences were not binding and repelling > > > > experiences were not anxiety producing. They > > > > were all just movements in an " independent > > > > medium " , unconnected to anything. > > > > > > > > Meanwhile a spirit of silence moves through > > > > it all, unconstrained, knowing it all, > > > > attending to no part. > > > > > > > > Bill > > > > > > > how do you help those mental illness-people ? > > > ...iietsa > > > > > > > I just be > > > > our spirits commune > > > > who helps anyone? > > > > we are one from the beginning > > > > > > Bill > > > > ((((Bill))) > > I have found absolute clarity in moments with my father who suffered > from bipolar his whole life. I learned absolute peace from him in > the moment of his death, I learned the absolute concreteness of Love > at the moment of my mother's death. These are the gifts they have > left me with. > the absolute concreteness of love... where there is no space for anything to separate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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