You certainly don't read very carefully Barry. Maybe that hampster analogy does fit.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Akasha_108 wrote a lot of stuff -- 322 lines of stuff, in fact, > about the issue in the subject line. While I appreciate the effort, > what he/she is talking about strikes me as pure theory, and I really > can't getit up for an argument about pure theory right now. > > IMO, if one is NOT *living* every day, 24/7, at the level at > which "I am not the doer" is an ever-present reality, then anyone > who tries to present that view AS reality is merely defending an > idea, and is possibly somewhat attached to that idea. > > Me, that's not my perception of reality. Therefore I cannot pretend > that "I am not the doer" represents reality. I am open to the > possibility that it might be, someday. I am also open to the > possibility that even then it might be nothing more than Just One > More Passing State Of Attention. > > Because I'm basically a pragmatic sorta guy, I have to go with the > pragmatic approach. My perception is that I have free will; > therefore it is in my interest and in the interest of dharma for me > to exercise it. > > I think that a lot of people who hold to predeterminism and the "I > am not the doer" idea as an ideal are possibly just trying to escape > responsibility for their actions and responsibility for their own > self discovery. They *want* everything to be run by some outside > agency (or "internal outside agency"). I tend to label this > approach to self discovery as the "Beam me up Scotty" theory of > enlightenment. :-) > > I'm not like that; I'm basically an occultist, willing to make my > own decisions and take responsibility for my own self discovery. I > like looking at things that way. Other people's mileage may vary, > and that's cool... > > Unc To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
