--- In [email protected], "larry.potter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tom wrote: > > << Jim Flanegin writes snipped > I like to think of it in terms of who we identify with. In waking > state I identified with Jim. After waking state, I identify with > whatever. Sometimes Jim, sometimes not, sometimes past, sometimes > here, sometimes there, sometimes future. Doesn't matter- One thing > is > for certain- there is a *lot* more freedom, whether I like it or > not. > Sometimes I revel in the infinite, and other times it is like > falling > continuously without end, and grabbing for a rope that is never > there > for long. It is incomprehensible intellectually and comprehensible > only through being. > > Tom T: > Jed McKenna (a FF Ru using a pseudoname) wrote in his book Spiritual > Enlightenment the Damndest THing. That one could charaterize the > above > feeling as "Free Fall Forever" and another awake friend said it is > "all teflon all the way down" with absolutely nothing to cling to, > attach to, or lean on. Now that really is incomprehensible by the > mind > but just fine with consciousness. Tom >> > > > Is that the reason there are so many dysfunctional individuals > in the movement or other similar spiritual groups, due to the fact > that they can not "cling" to anything ? > > If so, what would McKenna or others advise to "resolve" it or better > said smooth it in order that those who in that "free-fall forever" > state can also be productive in what we call the "daily life"? > Don't be attached to the non-attachment! :-)
Seriously, don't confuse the inner state with the outer responsibilities. Today I woke up at 5:30, meditated, and then began reinstalling my sink disposal, which has developed a leak due to the plumbing connecting the disposal to the drainage pipes being cut slightly too short by the original installer, causing the disposal to cant about 5-7 degrees off level, causing greater stress on the plumber's putty seal on the sink drain, eventually leading to a leak- - which I have now repaired by essentially taking everything apart and putting it back together again- three hours. Also spoke with someone at length about a possible learning program redesign contract for a computer networks audience, which is what I do when not repairing the plumbing. I use the above as an example of how grounded and normal anyone can be while still experiencing "free-fall forever" during daily life. By progressively culturing both states of awareness, inner and outer, over time they exist simul;taneously, clearly, without conflict, and without any *impairment* (lol!) to our daily activity.
