--- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I think this self-trust thing in regard to realization > is a bit off. Trust is an emotional/mental assumptive > act. You have to trust when there is doubt for > whatever reason. It's hard to doubt your own > experience, even in waking state. But doubting "pure > existence" itself is even more difficult! To say I > doubt my own existence is a bit of a paradox, of > course, because prior to doubting is existence. So you > can't doubt that "you are." You can doubt any > experience, but not that. Now to inquire into who this > "you" is will bring about some interesting results! > **** You seem to mean by realization a state of being where the conscious mind's thinking process has stopped and what is left is just silent awareness and witnessing. However this state cannot last in everyday activity, because conscious conceptual thinking forms an important evolutionary function for us. I don't want to deny the value of this silent state, but personally I mean by realization a permanent formation of a new more advanced, more holistic and inclusive structure of the mind. This new structure is capable of better and more truthfully relating to the world than the previous structure. I think that it is an important cornerstone in the evolution of our mind to learn to trust oneself more than someone we consider to be an authority. This could also mean being better capable of discriminating, when to trust an authority and when not. It is clear we cannot be specialists in every area, so we have to trust the authority of others, but less in interpreting our subjective experiences. Of course it is good to have an open mind and listen to what others have to say, but I myself am the authority who decides, if I accept that information or not. Irmeli 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/
