Guest guest Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 Nisargadatta , Bill Rishel <illusyn wrote: > > Thought I had posted this here, but looks like I didn't, so here it is. > > *Particles of Sensation and the Experience of Now* > > Whatever is experienced, be it something in the world, such as a sunset, or > something “internal†such as a thought, is experienced within the field of > awareness and is “pointillistically†displayed there as “particles of > sensationâ€. Close the eyes and rub them and “stars†are seen. It is a > display within awareness presented as particles of sensation that are only > momentary in duration. It is the same with any experience. If you look at > your hand you are beholding a “rendering†that is continually *updated* in > real-time. The same applies to thoughts and feelings. Anything appearing in > awareness is dynamically in flux, rendered via particles of sensation, each > of which is only momentary in duration. Any apparent continuity in > experience is only an illusion, just as the rapid display of frames of a > movie creates an illusion of continuity. > > When experience is viewed in this way a number of things become evident: > > ∎ That there is an “inner world†and an “outer world†is illusory. > There is only a borderless, edgeless field of dynamically displayed > particles of sensation, an ever-changing flux. > > ∎ Any apparent unities such as ordinary objects (a flower), thoughts > and feelings, or abstract notions such as the “self†or “ego†are illusory. > Since continuity is illusory, so are any apparent entities, which depend on > continuity for their apparent existence. > > Having dispensed with the illusions of an inner world and an outer world, as > well as the real existence of any entity, including such as “selfâ€, “egoâ€, > or even “Selfâ€, what remains? > > What remains is only this ever-changing flux in the field of awareness. It > is now possible to define the notion of “Nowâ€: *Now* is precisely the > ever-changing flux of particles of sensation in the field of awareness. > > With this definition of Now, “experience of Now†can be defined: *Experience > of Now* is attention so open as to not confine itself to any portion of the > particles of sensation in the moment. > > This means that when attention is as open, as borderless and edgeless as > Now, then there is *experience of Now*. > > *Additional Observations* > > One mark of the experience of Now is a quality of *aliveness*, a vibrance, a > “sparkleâ€. Such apparent aliveness is an “artifact†of the continual > updating of the display of particles of sensation in the field of awareness. > > The experience of Now is an experience of discontinuity. > > *Cautions* > > The above does not constitute a *prescription* for opening into “the > experience of Nowâ€. > > Any judgement of the form “I am experiencing Now†is false. > > > Bill* > * > Bill, That came through a bit garbled. It looks interesting. Could you post again without the Greek letters? t. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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