--- jim_flanegin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In [email protected], Peter Sutphen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > --- jim_flanegin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > --- In [email protected], Peter > Sutphen > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On the old TM list, Jonothan Levy used to > talk > > > > > about how the mind works in ever-widening > > > circles > > > > > to maintain its dominance. It figures out > that > > > it > > > > > is incapable of comprehending Brahman, but > then > > > it > > > > > struts around proclaiming how smart it is to > > > have > > > > > made that discovery. Next it realizes that > as > > > long > > > > > as it keeps strutting, Brahman remains out > of > > > reach. > > > > > And then it proclaims itself a genius for > having > > > > > made *that* discovery. And so on...it's > turtles > > > > > all the way down. > > > > > > > > Gangaji talks alot about this. She says that > in > > > some > > > > Zen schools it is called "the stink of > > > enlightenment". > > > > > > > that's what I love about FFL, discovering a > process > > > that I have > > > chanced upon independently being openly > discussed. > > > > > > My personal technique for this 'stickiness' (I > call > > > it pride) of the > > > ego or the mind to ever increasing revelations > about > > > enlightenment, > > > is to first tell it to STFU, and then I go blank > so > > > it can't find > > > itself. > > > > > > Works well, because the mind untethered then > forgets > > > it had > > > identified with the previous revelation and > moves on > > > to other things. > > > > Like someone with ADD (or ADHD). Take them > off-track > > for a few seconds and they can't remember what > they > > were doing before. Another process is to let the > pride > > come in fully and completely and allow the energy > to > > flow freely through the body. Now it's simply a > bodily > > experience and has no meaning for the mind to > attach > > to. > > > cool. I'll try that too! Thanks. Side mail me Jim. -Peter > > > > > 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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com 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/
