--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > <snip> > > > > > > > > So I'm sitting there not appreciating the Now, > > > > and I say to myself, "I'd rather be appreciating > > > > the Now." > > > > > > > > My point is that you've gotten yourself into > > > > yet another infinite regress when you "prescribe" > > > > appreciating the Now. > > > > > > Some Suggestions on How to Appreciate the Now: > > > > > > 1) Pay attention to whatever is in front of us. How are we > > > feeling? If we feel good, the exercise is done. If not, try > > > step 2. > > > > "It would be better if I felt good." > > > > > 2) If we don't feel completely satisfied, and we wish to clarify > > > our thinking patterns, > > > > "It would be better if I clarified my thinking > > patterns so I could be completely satisfied." > > > > <snip> > > > 3) If we don't feel completely satisfied, and we wish to > > > clarify our emotional-physiological patterns, > > > > "It would be better if I clarified my > > emotional-physiological patterns so I could be > > completely satisified." > > > > If I work *really really hard* on this, someday > > in the future I may come to be able to appreciate > > the Now. > > And when this happens, in this dreamed-of future, > wave to the pigs as they fly by... :-)
*Boy*, you're slow on the uptake today, Barry. Say, here's an idea: Why don't you try actually *reading* the post? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
