--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Rory Goff" > > <[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." > > > > > > > > > > And so how do we feel? Not-good? Is that the same as bad? > What > > > > > kind of bad? Itchy? Weepy? Stubborn? Guilty? Angry? "Not- > good" > > is > > > > > a good start, but perhaps let's dig a little deeper, taking > > our > > > > > time, allowing it to breathe. Where in the body would it be, > > if > > > > > it were in the body? > > > > > > > > Another very useful technique, with the limitation > > > > inherent in any technique. It must actually be > > > > practiced, not just read and discarded. > > > > > > Yes indeedydoo. If we're not appreciating the Now, > > > and we think it would be better if we did, we should > > > practice this technique so we can get rid of all > > > those nasty obstacles sitting there in the way. > > > > > > <horselaugh> > > > > *lol* I like your laugh. No, it is not to "get rid" of the > > obstacles at all; it is to refine our attention sufficiently to > > appreciate them and integrate them as aspects of our Wholeness. :-) > > Yes indeedydoo. If we aren't sufficiently appreciating > the obstacles to be able to integrate them as aspects of > our Wholeness, and we think it would be better if we did, > we should practice this technique to get rid of all the > nasty obstacles to that appreciation and integration > sitting there in the way. > > Think "infinite regress," Rory. Think "going around in > circles." > > Ask yourself whether there might be something just a bit > peculiar about the concept of "a technique to enable > us to appreciate the Now."
Yes, Judy, I am familiar with your "infinite regress" argument -- it just doesn't apply here, at least in any meaningful way. The fact is, these techniques do work, if we really feel we have a sincere need or desire to "grow." The truth is, of course, there *is* no growth; we *are* throroughly enjoying the Now, always have been, always will be. I was using a spacetime "perspective" to communicate with any small portion of Us which might still believe itself "trapped" in those illusory limitations. But I am happy if you are -- and even if you aren't :-) ------------------------ 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/
