--- In [email protected], "whynotnow7" <whynotnow7@...> wrote: > > I think of the ongoing dynamic, the engine propelling that which is me/not me > forward, as taking responsibility for everything, yet having knowledge of > nothing. Continuous acceptance of what I am sensing, feeling, thinking, > being, and yet watching it unfold largely without judgment or reaching > conclusions. When I am not being active, my mind is still, vs. keeping the > low idle of "me" going. > > I like the way you refer to "I-particles" because it immediately assumes my > total ownership of my experience. On the other hand, it does have an odd > flavor to it too (not that there's anything wrong with that), because of the > mental image I get of literally being filled with a lot of tiny "I's" - like > a bag shaped like me, stuffed with a zillion styrofoam peanut "I's". > > And yet referencing the "I's" on a practical level, having something to work > with to resolve various attachments, tranforms into an amazingly simple, > literal, astral exercise. > > Thanks fer joggin' my noggin'.%-)
* * My pleasure, Jim! Yes, it is a beautiful marriage. In the words once more of Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne" -- Your I-particle devata-devotees want to travel with you, for you've touched their perfect body with your mind ...
