--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> > >> YOU are the one who is looking for "proof" that what I
> > > experienced was what you'd like to consider "real"
> > > levitation.  I have no such need.  I experienced what
> > > I experienced.  I was more than honest about relating
> > > it here.  I'm not trying to sell you anything or convince
> > > you of anything.  I just explained my experience.
> > > 
> > > I *understand* that it freaks you out and you'd like to
> > > not believe it.  I *understand* that if I were able to show
> > > you video, you would STILLnot believe it.  I really *do*
> > > understand.  I didn't want to believe it, either, and I was
> > > there seeing it happen.  
> > > 
> > > But I'm not gonna nitpick with you over your disbelief.
> > > It's yours.  I got over mine years ago.  
> > > 
> > > Unc
> > 
> > This internet group FFL is sometimes like watching someone 
actually 
> > levitate, or not. It is all just words on the one hand, and yet 
once 
> > we read for awhile, it dawns on us that things are being 
discussed and 
> > ideas exchanged that are every bit as astonishing as watching 
someone 
> > levitate. 
> > 
> > Watching someone levitate, or doing it yourself, is just a 
matter of a 
> > wall in the mind, or no wall in the mind. Symptomatic of neurons 
> > firing in a specific pattern in the brain, or not.
> > 
> > shempmcgurk, I followed your logic to its ultimate conclusion 
and 
> > realized as Unc and Rory have alluded (afw=another favorite 
word) to, 
> > no matter what the proof, say levitation taped with a video 
camera, by 
> > your mom, for example, what would it change in your life, in 
your 
> > mind, in your everyday existence?
> > 
> > Recently I woke up and did a mundane chore around the house, 
only it 
> > was something out of sequence; I had never before written checks 
for 
> > my bills before washing the dishes, for example. I forget the 
actual 
> > event, but it was similar. Anyway, this time I did it without 
> > thinking, and realized that the only reason my reality changed 
was 
> > that there was no longer this virtual wall inside my head. The 
absence 
> > of the boundary changed my life.
> > 
> > Then I got to thinking how life in general evolves from a lot of 
> > boundaries, to fewer and fewer and fewer, until we have none. As 
Rory 
> > speaks about Brahman being a state of life where the duality 
> > disappears; no boundaries. (and Rory, let's see THAT on video-
tape, 
> > eh? ;))
> > 
> > Pick any living thing and trace its evolution to the next level 
of 
> > life and you'll see what I mean. e.g. a rock can't move, but a 
roach 
> > can. Fewer boundaries for Sir Roach. 
> > 
> > So the important thing isn't the levitation at all. At all. It 
is the 
> > elimination of boundaries within us.
> 
> Exactly.  And why it is not productive to pursue this conversation.
> Shemp isn't interested in "proof."  He's interested in making sure
> that none of his boundaries are disturbed.

Not by bullshit, that's for sure.




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