--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Rory Goff" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > Judy: > > > > > > > Rory, has it ever occurred to you to say to > > > > > > > yourself, "Gee, this doesn't seem to be working"? > > > > > > > > > > Rory: > > > > > > *lol* No. I certainly wouldn't see the point in giving up > > > > > > before we have even tried; that doesn't seem like you. But > > > > > > it is *your* body, and *your* emotions and *your* mind, and > > > > > > you have every right to choose when and where and with whom > > > > > > and certainly *whether or not* to inquire into them. I > > > > > > think you're the greatest either way.:-) > > > > > > > > > > On the other hand, if I *were* saying to myself, "Gee, this > > > > > doesn't seem to be working," and if there were some pain > > > > > associated with the thought, I suppose I would go ahead and > > > > > breathe and see/feel where in the body that pain/defeatism > > > > > was located, and so on ... :-) > > > > > > > > Great. You go do that, and let us know what > > > > you discover, OK? > > > > > > And Judy will keep complaining about being in > > > ignorance. It's a status quo thang... :-) > > > > It is the small self, which is *not* Judy, fighting for its > > illusory life... > > (1) The small self *is* Judy. Judy's the > illusion. > > (2) Being in ignorance is *not* what Judy is > complaining about, never has been. > > (3) All three of you--Rory, Barry, and Jim--have > completely missed the point I was making to Rory. > I really didn't think I was being *that* subtle. > > Take another look at what I wrote a little earlier > in the thread, commenting on Rory's attempt to > play therapist: > > "If I work *really really hard* on this, someday > in the future I may come to be able to appreciate > the Now." > > Jim, try thinking about this one above your head, > see if you can pick up on one of those effortless > answers. > > If you're still stumped, revisit the original > context: > > --- In [email protected], "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > <snip> > > > > [to Barry:] > > > 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.
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