--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > Whatever floats your boat. :-) > > > > > > As long as we're dealing with speculation, I > > > think you're pretty heavily invested in not > > > being responsible for your own decisions and > > > actions. Something in you doesn't believe that > > > they could ever be perfect if it was "you" that > > > made the decisions. So you like to believe that > > > the universe goes to the trouble of making them > > > all for you. > > > > It isn't about one set of decisions/actions that you > > would make if you were "in charge" versus a different > > set that would be made if the universe were "in charge." > > It's the same set of decisions/actions in both cases. > > The only difference is your experience of who/what is > > "in charge" of them. > > Your experience of who/what is in charge of them, > plus your *preference* as to which of those to base > your life in the relative on. *Especially* if your > experience is that *both* "in charge" and "not in > charge" are your experience, *simultaneously*. Then > it becomes all about *both* of these things being > true, from their respective states of attention, > and the only issue is which one you choose to > focus on.
Non sequitur. Above you suggested Trinity had in mind an "imperfect" vs. a "perfect" set of actions. I'm pointing out that this is not the case, as I read what he wrote. He's talking about the experience of who is "in charge" with regard to the *same* set of actions. > > Focus and using it is a remarkable tool of self > discovery. Doonesbury makes a great comment about > it in todays strip at: > > http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html? > uc_full_date=20060219 > > In my opinion, it's all about preference -- which > of the many congruent and simultaneously manifesting > "realities" you choose to focus on. My preference is > to focus on the one that seems the most productive > at the time. Most of the time, that's the one in > which I get to make the decisions myself and take > the responsibility for those decisions myself. > > If you prefer a different focus, that's your > preference. But IMO it's nothing more *than* > preference. > ------------------------ 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/
