--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Patrick Gillam" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > off_world_beings wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Can anyone advise me on what to do when > > > > > I am arguing with myself? > > > > > > Patrick Gillam wrote: > > > > > > > > Eckhart Tolle ... was consumed > > > > by the thought that he couldn't stand himself (or a > > > > sentiment to that effect), which prompted a follow-up > > > > thought: if I cannot stand myself, it suggests there's a > > > > part of me that's observing that disagreeableness. > > > > > authfriend wrote: > > > > > > Wait. The silent aspect of his awareness > > > was observing his behavior, but was it also > > > making the judgment that his behavior was > > > disagreeable? > > > > Hmmm. I see what you mean, Judy. How's this: > > > > The Witness can discern whether thoughts are green > > or grey, pleasant or boorish. Discernment is different > > from judging. > > I've never been clear how the Witness can > discern, or discriminate, or differentiate. > That seems like a mental function to me. > I thought the Witness just *be's*.
Never heard descrimination attributed to attributeless awareness either... > > > The key point is, a witness exists. > > > > Not having the book here, I can't quote it. But here's a > > related thought, from Amazon's peek into _The Power of Now_: > > > > "The beginning of freedom is the realization that > > you are not the possessing entity -- the thinker. > > Knowing this enables you to observe the entity. > > The moment you start *watching the thinker* > > [emphasis his], a higher level of consciousness > > becomes activated." > > Mmmm...I'm still confused. Sounds silly and potentially self-deceiving. One thing about the research on witnessing DURING TM: by the time the person was able to press the button to report transcending, their physiology had returned to normal. It's not something you can hold onto. Peope who claim otherwise, may well be using the asymetric functioning version of witnessing aka dissociative state. 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/
