> > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > I am interested to know what does it mean to be liberated? > > > > > > > Every action we take is designed to influence our future. > > > > > > When I was younger, my consciousness discriminated between > spacetime > > > and Enlightenment, between boundaries and Boundlessness. Like > > > looking out the window of an airplane while landing on a cloudy > > > night, seeing patches of clear air where the lights on the > ground > > > were clearly visible, interspersed with impenetrable cloud. > > > > > > My awareness had a dual nature; that of Mastered awareness and > > > cloudy awareness. I then focused on piercing the clouds in my > > > awareness, transmuting them into awareness itself, making the > > > subconscious, conscious. Everything was fair game. Just by > > > meditation, and then facing that which came to light during the > > > practice. > > > > > > The inevitable effect of this activity, discriminating between > > > Enlightenment and spacetime, was that once the clounds of > spacetime > > > were Absolutely eliminated, spacetime and Enlightenment joined > > > together, in a quiet Unity; no more duality. > > > > > > As a result, I have found that I can now influence the future, > > > simply by aligning my attention with this perfect blend of > > > Enlightenment, lived in time and space. When my attention is > > > centered on Now, time assumes its Infinite dimension, as does > space, > > > making available from one instance to the next, infinite > > > possiblities. > > > > > > This is what it means to be liberated. > > > > > > And the upside is what?
> > > Being successful in every endeavor undertaken, from the smallest, > like cooking a delicious dinner, to larger desires, like having > wonderful relationships with others, harmonious family life, success > in my career, good health. Come on, it is an infinite list! So being successful is your view of being liberated. > > The point being, think of all of your desires and what it would be > like to fulfill all of them. What if I have no desires? > That is the upside, though your desires > do change pre and post liberation. The reality too is that desires > per se don't mean as much on the one hand, because life is lived > much more in moment to moment fulfillment vs the old way of mostly > feeling dissatisfied. > To go into much detail here is meaningless > from me to you. Sorry if I am so dense. I am what I am. You will experience it in you own, completely unique > way. "Will" seems to be a word that seekers use a lot. ------------------------ 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/
