--- In [email protected], "tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Judy writes: > So when you claim the criticisms of others are > their own deepest, darkest, denied secrets, that > must mean what you're accusing them of is *your* > deepest, darkest, denied secret, right? > > Does the 12-step journey provide any insight into > how to spot and deal with infinite regresses? > > Tom T: > No judy not accusing just recognizing how it is. There is a > difference. But in the larger sense it is all just me talking to me so > there we have that old paradox again. Yes I am talking to myself and > it is all me. Get sober. That is what awakening or the big E is all > about. Monkey mind is drunk on its own power and rightousness. When > the monkey mind gets sober it is clear that in its wild search it has > always been obscuring the Truth of who I am.
That's kinda what I'm saying--mind tries to put things in a linear cause-and-effect sequence, but in the process ends up creating an infinite regress, which is the ultimate obscuration (endless self- reference, as opposed to Self-reference). And it is and always has > been perfect. Tom >
