> > Just curious what you are looking for in posting this message. Do you > want direct feedback or are you just exploring your own thoughts about > the topic? The first question that comes to mind here is what is the > motivation for writing a book? >
I am an author :) If I worked in a supermarket what would the motivation be for going to work? > Basic feedback would be to look at the questions asked and how they > unfold. How many times do you say "I" and 'my' in describing what the > dilemma is. Obviously we have to use the word, but it is the frame of > reference as "I" that is askew if one is serious about attempting to > speak about the subtleties of Consciousness. The whole thing is about > 'me' and not Consciousness. Only with the absence of a sense of an > individual "I" and the sense of 'my,' is from where Consciousness can > be spoken about authoritatively. > That's half arsed and I disagree - the relationship between I and consciousness is for more interesting than I itself or consciousness itself, it is where the value lies in the exploration of these matters, the relationship > "Frustration spoken about from my place of truth." I find this > statement quite revealing, in that with this being the state of > consciousness, what of value can be said about the nature of > Consciousness? Would you buy a book on Consciousness from that > guy? :O) (What is 'my' place of Truth versus yours anyway?) > I don't know I guess that is why I am not writing it or selling it to you because like you I cannot see the value in it :) So what WOULD be the angle? I mean I have to write about something LOL Ah yeah GEESE! > What can be said about the subtlety of Consciousness when there is no > self-surrender? Without self-surrender, you are only writing about > "me." > > Sorry if my comments are too direct. > No, very useful Thanks Mark
