--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Beautiful. A few comments interleaved below. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > Akasha: > > > > > Does it strike anyone else as funny, even absurd, that the > > whole paradigm about enlightenment on this list is > > > > > dichotomous, digital, either "on or off"? > > > > > > Unc: > > > > YES! That's exactly the issue. > > > > > > > I realized that some time back, during the discussions > > > > about 'appreciation.' Some comment by, I think, Tom > > > > made me completely abandon my old paradigm and come up > > > > with a new one that more accurately described my > > > > subjective experience. > > > > > > A: > > > > > Pure consciousness begins from the first mediation. If not > > > > > before. > > > > > > U: > > > > Before. There has never been a moment in my life when > > > > I was not enlightened. > > > > > > That's the one point on all of this where I think we differ. > > > First, I see no value in labels such as enlightenment. > > > > Me, either. I was just using the terminology already > > being used in these discussions. > > > > > It can create > > > distinctions, it can creates longing for "titles", it can create > > > false egos, it can creates scams, etc. And the upside is? > > > > Giving some people who are anxious for the "title" > > something to do with their time? :-) > > > > > > I just never appreciated it > > > > until a three-week period in Fiuggi, when the 24/7 wit- > > > > nessing made it impossible not to appreciate. Since > > > > then, that witnessing has slipped from foreground to > > > > background many times, but what I realized during the > > > > 'appreciation' discussion is that it has always been > > > > present. What I realized when I first appreciated it > > > > was that it had *always* been present. > > > Speaking of which, perhaps someone can comment on an experience I've had lately:
I've always had a well developed intellect, can think quickly. However, lately my intellect has literally been operating on a higher level. I say that because my previous experience of mental concentration in order to think something through always felt like it was inside my brain, and it took a lot of effort. My recent experience is that I am thinking *above* my brain. There seems to be a location about two hands above my head, wherein if I focus my thinking there, my intellect seems to achieve effortless answers to anything. Just out of curiosity, does anyone know what this is, or have heard of it before? Also feels like I'm wearing a crown, or a halo or something. Not a big deal, just curious. Thanks- ------------------------ 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/
