--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > Great 2 cents. Here's mine. We're talking about > > identification, right, in different states of > > attention. Some prefer to identify with the > > POV of the state of attention in which they > > are not the doer, and value it higher than > > the POV from other states of attention. Some > > prefer identifying with the POV of the state > > of attention in which they are the doer. But > > either way, aren't they both still identifying > > with a particular state of attention, and a > > the point of view that goes with that state > > of attention? > > > > Another possibility, as I see it, is to > > identify with none of them, to be comfortable > > with whatever state of attention happens to > > be predominant at the time. If it's an I-am- > > the-doer kinda day, be comfortable with every- > > thing you do. If it's more of a not-the-doer > > kinda day, be comfortable with everything > > you don't do. If both doer and nondoer happen > > to be running concurrently, be cool with that. > > Thanks. I agree with you that any attempt at trying > to determine or being hung up on POV takes away > from whatever experience is going on.
Yup. It's also *still identification*. In the Buddhist paradigm, the goal is to identify with *no* point of view or state of attention, but to transcend them all and identify with *nothing*. This actually becomes a practical exercise when one starts "multitasking," and experiencing multiple states of attention at the same time. It's yet another of the TM oversimplifications that states of consciousness/states of attention happen only one a time. One can experience *many* of them, "running concurrently" as it were. When that happens, the issue of "Which one do I choose to identify with" becomes a real issue. The way Buddhists choose to deal with it is to identify with none of them, to treat all of them, and identification itself, as illusory. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/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/
