--- In [email protected], "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > <snip> > > In contrast, those who cling so strongly to what > > > they believe now, to the point of being incapable > > > of stating even the *possibility* that these beliefs > > > might be less than perfect, have made a commitment > > > to STAYING THE SAME. They are actively *resisting* > > > change, and thus resisting the very enlightenment > > > they profess to seek. > > > > > But you could be wrong. :-) > > Yes, this is the interesting thing -- for the most part we can only see > what we BE, or have been. Getting back to M. Scott Peck's model for a > moment, on closer look it all appears to be simple, alternating > currents or strata or layers of particle-identification and field- > identification. > > Thus his POV-1 (Chaos) is the emergence of small-I particle- > identification, the unruly child. > > Then his POV-2 (Fundamentalism) is the first emergence of field- > identification, subservience of the chaotic "evil"-I to a larger whole - > - one of rules, society, tribal consciousness (one could argue that > this is actually its second appearance, after the prenatal mother- child > we-ness). > > Next his POV-3 (Eclecticism) is the re-emergence of small-I particle > identification, now with broadly expanded freedoms. One now sees the > limiting or relative nature of the belief-systems of one's previous > fundamentalism. > > Next his POV-4 (Love) is a new spiral of field-identification, Being > the Perfection of what IS, and so on. Beginning to see the relative > nature of *all* of our stories, even the one giving the subtitles in > this moment. Beginning to see *we have a choice* in how we gather and > interpret data -- and that it's the "finest feeling level" we choose > which determines our mental interpretrations and sense-gathering. > Another great relief, yet more freedom, etc. > > Next we could posit a POV-5 (Bliss) wherein we BE this great field now > *collapsing* its totality into particular point(s) of awareness, > embodying phsyical, literal, bliss. Now we see that the small I and the > large I are the same. > > And so on, and so on -- constantly alternating strata of fluid and > particle, in ever-rising harmonics. > > When one is speaking a particular or a field truth, from whatever > level, one will tend to be heard, resonated with, by those identifying > primarily with some harmonic of that given stratum. Thus one expressing > the particular truth of "I-as-bliss" will resonate with the Eclectics > *and* the Chaotics, both of whom are Doing Their Own Thing. One > expressing the field truth of "Only One" will resonate with the Lovers > and the Fundamentalists, both of whom are experiencing profound > devotion and mergence with the One. > > We could see these alternating layers of particle- and field- > identification as themselves the alternating denser-and-rarer strata of > cosmic speech.... > > *L*L*L* > Dude-ji! I was just thinking about the whole particle/wave perception alternation, though I didn't carry it into group dynamics as you have. Yummy stuff!
On another topic, I've been noticing some interesting things around sleep. My first experience about a year ago (?) on getting to sleep was to consciously blank my mind of thought, and fatigue would take over, I'd slip on the banana peel, and down for the count. After several months I became too interested or I could say in Love with the active part of my mind, and it didn't seem fair to annihilate it willfully just to go to sleep, but I *had* to go to sleep. So I'd surf on my mantra for hours dipping into dreamland and back out. But this wasn't satisfying because I wasn't really in a clean state of mind- kinda meditating and kinda thinking and kinda dreaming and kinda sleeping. Not much to be gained from the experience. So, next I saw that I could isolate my mind into at least two sections, one logical thinkiing piece which would do its own thing, and my dinosaur mind, watching autonomous nervous system stuff like regulating breath and heart beat, kidney and liver function, blood flow, neurotransmitter activity and stuff like that. Once I saw each part as a clear entity, it was then just a matter of turning my attention to the dinosaur mind, and dropping into sleep. I no longer had to negate the active logical mind, just tweaking my attention so that it would no longer get drawn in that direction, like any other control of the senses, though I am not sure which subtle sense is involved, feels like touch and sight combined. Anyway, on with the show! :-)
