Thanks for posting this, David335577 I am appreciating the exercise, it reads as concentrated transcendentalism. Good reflection. An ability at transformation just by Being. Where people can be of help in transformation by field-effect, that becomes 'saintly' on a scale of things.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote : The knowledge that transforms is the only knowledge truly worth having. This is not an intellectual knowledge, a knowledge of specific facts. We have received plenty of knowledge of that type, and we remain fearful, or insecure, or distracted, or limited by problems we can't always even remember. The knowledge that transforms is the knowledge that relieves us of great suffering, suffering that had always seemed inevitable, or a specific problem that was so subtle and yet so common, a problem that seemed to have no solution. The knowledge that transforms is the knowledge that comes from within ourselves, not from a book or a speech. It is not simply an insight, but a transformation of who we are from a name, a past, and a conditioning to a lively and spontaneous person, one who is strong, free of problems, and free to dive into the challenges of life. The solution to our problems is not something we have learned, but the practice of transcending the surface level of life and discovering something much deeper, something nameless, formless, and not bound by words or any other structure. By repeatedly transcending we gain the deep rest, different in nature from sleeping or dreaming, that transforms our lives from problems, limitations, and suffering to freedom. It is like being focused for years on the clouds in the sky, clouds that seem to gather and darken with the very involvement we have in them. Transcending these clouds means being more concerned with the formless blue sky. The sky does not change, like the clouds do. When our attention is naturally on our Self, which is universal, unlimited, and unchanging, our concerns naturally rise above the problems and limitations. Our daily life is finally anchored to something real and unchanging--our inner Self, which simply exists--instead of being tossed by thoughts and fears that seem beyond our control. Control over our life comes when we relinquish the control that consists of effort, and which we have learned or has come about by our traumas and conditioning. Life already takes care of everything without effort, but we don't or can't see this clearly. Instead, distraction and worry, caused by stresses in the nervous system, hide what life actually is. The true nature of life is that everything is the experience of the abstract fullness of our Self. When we can finally see past the clouds of our conditioning, we enjoy the blue sky of the Self, which is the nature of reality
