--- In [email protected], Peter Sutphen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (snip)
> > It is amazing to watch, isn't it. It's a great lesson > in the delusional power of the mind. When so much is > invested in mind it powerfully perverts and distorts > simple awareness and experience to conform to specific > mental concepts. This is all in the service of > avoiding emotional discomfort... "The mind wants to carry > on its own little melodrama and your precious life > with such an opportunity to awaken is sacrificed in > the process"... It's really sad. > -Peter Beautiful observation Peter, and yes when you stop to think about it, it is really sad, but it is also very understandable. In my own experience of life I feel that I am in the early stages of truly recognizing the difference between the screen of my mind and the silent awareness that is fundamental to that minds existence. Every day is an almost constant process of being charmed and overwhelmed by the mind into yet another "idea" of who I am followed by the memory of my true nature(SELF) which then helps sever the bounds that tie me to the illusion of mind. The habit of identifying with and as the mind and all its play is deeply ingrained and I think takes perserverance in time to disassemble. The actual release of the attachment to mind is effortless but untangling from the dream can be turbulent. Resentment or freedom, we all have to make that choice on a daily basis. Choose freedom and lose your mind. Rick Carlstrom 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/
