Fwd: Clarity of thought

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GuruRatings , Sarlo <sarlo wrote:

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> At 04:44 PM 8/29/06, Arvind wrote:

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> >By " clarity of thoughts " , I mean something

> >very simple and something that I think each

> >of us understand well. It is clear knowing of

> >exactly what I want to do at any moment and why

> >I want to do that.

 

>

> Okay, thanks. It's clear enough what you mean now,

though " why " may be fairly inaccessible. I mean,

i can rarely be sure i know why i do something.

 

 

That could be true.

 

But, my experience is that unless I understand 'why'

I am doing what I am doing - I can not do it with

my full knowledge and awareness.

 

When I don't do something with my full awareness

and knowledge - I am left with doubts that I " could be "

" better " doing something else!

 

When I have doubts that I " could be " be " better "

doing something else - I can not fully be in the

moment*!

 

When I am fully in the moment - I am not peaceful.

 

 

 

>

> >When 'what to do' is really decided and it

> >becomes what I am doing [i.e. I know my

> >thoughts and my action is in alignment

> >with my thoughts] - need for further thinking

> >goes away!

> >

> >I have noticed that " thinking " mostly occurs

> >only when I am not totally clear on what I want

> >to do or if I am doing something other than

> >what I really want to do.

> >

> >By " unresolved thoughts " , I mean thoughts that

> >haven't reached their end/conclusion [a solution]

> >i.e. When I am not really sure [i do not clearly

> >know] what I really want to do.

 

 

>

> Okay, so it is mostly about knowing what you want to do.

I often find that i don't know what i want but

i'm comfortable with that.

 

 

 

My experience is opposite. When I don't really

know exactly what I want - I feel shaky, unsteady

, uneasy and sometimes even confused.

 

Whereas, when I fully understand exactly what I want -

usually, I am steady and focused and I have less things

to think about, less things to doubt an less things to

be confused about.

 

I experience this lessening of thoughts as uncluttered

mind. I experience uncluttered mind as peace.

 

 

Further, when I take " what I really want " to

it full extent; I find out that what I really want

is - peace, happiness and love! And, as I explore

and experience this Peace, Happiness and Love -

I find out that they are really one. Happiness is

self looking inward in Peace! Love is self looking outward

in Peace!

 

And, I notice that " what I really want " [Peace]

is always available to me without doing anything!

 

When I notice that, sometimes, I first get peace

[because that is what I discovered I " really " want]

and only after that, I focus on doing anything else

that I might want.

 

I notice that my primary want is always available to me

and whenever I become aware of that - I become peaceful!

 

It is a pleasure to talking to you, Sarlo!

 

Greetings,

ac.

 

 

 

 

> Perhaps " I really

> want to . . . " is just a phrase that means something else,

just as nondualists will use the word " i " as a linguistic shorthand.

Words can be difficult when referring to these areas " beyond words. "

>

> Sarlo

>