--- jim_flanegin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], Bhairitu > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Peter wrote: > > > --- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > >> --- In [email protected], Peter > > >> <drpetersutphen@> wrote: > > >> > > >>> Great description of pure CC. Watch how > everyone > > >>> > > >> is > > >> > > >>> going to jump all over your post of her > writings > > >>> > > >> and > > >> > > >>> dismiss it because it won't fit their waking > state > > >>> concept of CC. > > >>> > > >>> > > >> Who can say who is enlightened? > > >> > > >> However, my own OPINION is that people can > mistake > > >> pathological witnessing for CC and visa > > >> versa. > > >> > > > > > > How would you define pathological witnessing? I > assume > > > you mean the experience of derealization. The > > > difference between the two is that in > derealization > > > there is a "me" that is experienced as > disconnected > > > and distant from experiencing: "I seem to be a > million > > > miles away." But in CC there is no self or "me" > that > > > is localized to be either far away or close. > > > > > > > > How would you function if you cannot localize > enough to deal with > paying > > your bills or driving a car? > > > From the Susan Seagal book: "Buddhism, she found, > explained this by > describing the skandhas or 'aggregates' as > personality functions > which remain when one is empty of the person or the > 'me'. The five > skandhas include form, feelings, perceptions, > thoughts and > consciousness. Their interaction creates the > illusion of self."
Yes. One of the most unusual things about realization is that nothing is happening. All happening is "outside" of Self. And all happening is just thought too. > > > > 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 > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com
