--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In > > [email protected], "tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis" > > > Be specific please. What do you know and how does it appear in the > > > physiology. This is not a trap but genuine inquiry. I really want > > > know how it appears for you and what sensations in the physiology > > > you can comment on. Thanks Tom > > > > I'd characterize it generally as a feeling of > > resistance. It can manifest in many different > > ways, from "butterflies in the stomach" to > > feeling drowsy to feeling hungry to feeling a > > lack of physical energy, among other things, and > > overall a feeling of resistance to just "being > > with" those discomforts, the sense that they > > constitute interference that has to be removed. > > Another example would be severe physical pain > > and an accompanying sense of panic if there isn't > > some way to quickly mitigate it. > > > > Another way to put it is that what MMY calls > > the mind's tendency to go for "more and more" > > is still in operation: one continues > > compulsively to seek to increase pleasure and > > minimize pain, psychic or physical (and the > > two are reciprocal). The physiology is not > > supporting the experience of "All," which > > would terminate the compulsion (as opposed > > to just the inclination) to seek "more and > > more." > > That was very well stated. Seriously. > > I know this conversation is with Tom, > and I honestly don't want to get in the > way of it, but just as a question, which > do you think comes first -- the physical > feelings of discomfort, or the resistance > to Self?
What resistance to Self? > In other words, do you think that some- > thing happens on a physiological level > and as a result the inclination to seek > more and more lessens? Or could it be > that one resists the inclination to seek > more and more, resists the Self, and the > physiological sensations are the result? I didn't say anything about resisting the inclination to seek more and more; to the contrary, I said it's a *compulsion*. So I'm not at all sure what you're asking. 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/
