For most practical purposes, YES, absolutely!!! Thanks for following all of this...identity spaghetti.:-)
--- In [email protected], Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@...> wrote: > > So, the essence of *you* does exist, but you experience *you* as housed, for > all practical purposes on this planet within a body (vehicle), but the *you* > (the personal consciousness and attendant personality characteristics of you) > is a fluid aspect of a larger "un-local" (what is un-local?) objective > consciousness? or energy field?  Following the idea of you/your personal > energy or self -  extending expansively beyond your physical body (and I'm > not arguing the validity of this concept), are you not still actually *you* > and yes, distinguished, from however you are defining the "un-local?" > > > ________________________________ > From: "doctordumbass@..." <doctordumbass@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 10:17 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: "I create my reality" Yeah, right... > > > >  > I am not surprised - I always challenge it, too. > > It is a matter of core identity. I exist less locally, or perhaps more > subtly, than I used to, although I have undying reverence for the vehicle I > currently inhabit. > > I also act appropriately to my personality. That reflects my life experience > in this vehicle, this temple I inhabit for this life's journey. > > So, when I contrast myself with the writer of the article, it is not black > and white thinking. We all have a personal sense of self, a personality, an > individual body, and thoughts and emotions that go along with that. > > Also, in terms of learning any lessons, and building any character in this > lifetime, I am all I have! All of that, that I described above. > > However, I tend to experience life and myself as a wholeness, more graceful, > more expansive, stronger in the face of any obstacle, and perhaps that is > simply the wisdom of being older. > > So, I certainly exist, but enjoyably often don't care to make a big > distinction between me locally, and me, um, un-locally. > > --- In [email protected], Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@> wrote: > > > > So, *you* don't exist? àI have the hardest time with this concept. à> > *Who* posted what you posted? > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: "doctordumbass@" <doctordumbass@> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 10:01 AM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: "I create my reality" Yeah, right... > > > > > > > > à> > Her: > > Beliefs (b) + Thoughts (t) + feelings (f) = Internal Reality (IR) > > > > Circumstances (c) + people (p) = External Reality (ER) > > > > Me: > > Silence = (Internal) Reality > > > > All the stuff moving around in the silence = (External) Reality > > > > That's the difference. She is still operating on the assumption that *she* > > primarily exists. > > > > --- In [email protected], Share Long <sharelong60@> wrote: > > > > > > Doc, I think she addresses both of these issues when she writes about > > > noticing thoughts and feelings rather than trying to change them, get rid > > > of them, etc. I think in the Buddhist tradition noticing is a way of > > > quieting the mind. And she doesn't say to only notice one kind of thought > > > or feeling. I don't see how you and she disagree. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: "doctordumbass@" <doctordumbass@> > > > To: [email protected] > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 4:03 AM > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: "I create my reality" Yeah, right... > > > > > > > > > > > > Ãâà> > > I personally think she is full of it. *Of course* our thoughts create our > > > reality. Not just the positive, affirmative ones, but all of the > > > thoughts. > > > > > > Most people have a non-stop mind, like yours. It is the spinning and > > > looping of energy that creates most of the resonance in a non-stop mind. > > > This then leads to their reality, WHETHER THAT IS THEIR INTENTION, OR NOT. > > > > > > The issue she is talking about is owning certain thoughts and intentions, > > > and subconsciously disavowing others. But she is clueless enough about > > > her inner state of mind, resulting in this ego-based drivel. > > > > > > More excellent evidence that you don't know yourself very well, if you > > > agreed with this half-baked article. > > > > > > --- In [email protected], turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > A friend posted this to another forum. I do not know > > > > the author or even of her, but I thought much of it > > > > was a breath of fresh air in the often stale cyber- > > > > chatrooms of New Age thought. > > > > > > > > Let's see what people here think of it: > > > > > > > > http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/07/your-thoughts-do-not-create-your-reality-stupid/ > > > > > > > > > >
