I think you are selling yourself short, and your analogy of smoking doesn't really apply. Every experience we have, especially spiritual, is an invitation into greater possibility. Integrating each higher state of consciousness into our lives is simply walking along the path. However, there is nothing wrong with stopping for awhile in a nice scenic spot and enjoying the view! Sometimes the rest allows integration, gives us time to digest. I suspect you will be inspired at some point, to resume the walk. The next view up the road may be more spectacular!
On Aug 8, 4:59 am, deripsni <[email protected]> wrote: > If one was capable of stacking up the blissful moments to make > continuous time, they would not be able to function properly in a job > situation, raising the kids, driving the car or playing golf. From > what I remember, people have a cigarette after sex, not during it. ;-] > > In regards to your question, if I understand it right, the answer is > yes. > > On Aug 7, 9:57 pm, Tinker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > That doesn't seem to be in line with the wish for stacking all those > > moments. > > And the idea that you're just doing time, till you can do it full > > time? > > > peace & Love > > > On Aug 7, 4:50 pm, deripsni <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I turned it off for a reason. I don't need to go "there" any more. It > > > seriously messes up my desire to be human. ;-] > > > > On Aug 7, 5:48 pm, Tinker tinker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > You should try Samadhi Yoga, they teach of the way to your > > > > 'exceptional' experience. People attain it all the time, at will. > > > > > peace & Love > > > > > > Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 12:29:57 -0700 > > > > > Subject: [Mind's Eye] Re: Live forever? > > > > > From: [email protected] > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > Interesting if "we could pick our ideal age and physically remain at > > > > > that age for as long as we liked". Now, if we could arrange it so that > > > > > we could pick our ideal feeling and emotionally keep that feeling for > > > > > as long as we liked. I'd buy into that big time! ;-] > > > > > > On Aug 7, 2:10 pm, retiredjim34 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Francis - very perceptive and thoughtful. Thanks. Granted, many see > > > > > > death as either the culmination of a gradual physical decline, as > > > > > > in a > > > > > > geriatric ward, or as a sudden event such as in an ER room. What I > > > > > > was > > > > > > presuming is that science had progressed to the point that there > > > > > > would > > > > > > be no physical decline - we could pick our ideal age and physically > > > > > > remain at that age for as long as we liked. So the focus then > > > > > > becomes > > > > > > - would we choose to live forever, or what would cause us to choose > > > > > > to > > > > > > move on from this life? Certainly as we live, experiences would > > > > > > continue to happen, and presumably we would continue to learn from > > > > > > them. In that sense we would become wiser and wiser I guess. We also > > > > > > could continue to enjoy the beauty of this world, and continue to > > > > > > bemoan the follies of our fellow man. I guess some point might be > > > > > > reached eventually that we wanted more than this life offers and > > > > > > choose to move on. As you said, we may see that things here had run > > > > > > their course. But I'd prefer to not rage against the night; rather > > > > > > at > > > > > > some point I may prefer to choose the bliss that death may well > > > > > > offer. > > > > > > Who knows? Jim > > > > > > > On Aug 7, 10:24 am, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > On 6 Aug., 22:45, retiredjim34 <[email protected]> wrote:> > > > > > > > Fran - why not consider both living deeply and living forever? > > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > I'm really not sure, Jim, it may have something to do with the > > > > > > > fact > > > > > > > that I generally see death as a natural ending of things - they > > > > > > > begin/ > > > > > > > are born, grow, develop, mature, run their course and then reach > > > > > > > some > > > > > > > kind of completion and then decay, die/change into something > > > > > > > else. I > > > > > > > am completely agnostic about "life after death," maybe I'm just > > > > > > > focussed on life before death ;-) > > > > > > > > There are two aspects to my present situation which I think > > > > > > > influence > > > > > > > my position deeply. Firstly, I am forty nine years old and live > > > > > > > in the > > > > > > > reasonable expectation of having around another thirty years to go > > > > > > > (while, on another level, being of course aware that it could all > > > > > > > be > > > > > > > over tomorrow). It is clear to me that I may well see things very > > > > > > > differently in twenty to twenty five years time. > > > > > > > Secondly, as a health care professional, I have spent twenty years > > > > > > > involved in geriatric nursing and the care of the very seriously > > > > > > > chronically ill. In this time I have had enormous experience of > > > > > > > death > > > > > > > - generally in the context of the inevitable completion of life > > > > > > > lived > > > > > > > (which is quite different to the experience of those who work, for > > > > > > > example, in accident and emergency centres). This experience has > > > > > > > undoubtedly helped me to see death as something natural and > > > > > > > inevitable. > > > > > > > > Do I want to live forever? How should I know, I have no idea of > > > > > > > what > > > > > > > it would be like to live forever! I do know that I want to live > > > > > > > now. > > > > > > > To go further, I very much relish living now, am very attached to > > > > > > > my > > > > > > > life. A decade or so ago, things were very different; as a result > > > > > > > of a > > > > > > > mixture of addiction, depression, marital breakdown, job > > > > > > > dissatisfaction, etc., I didn't much care. In fact, I spent quite > > > > > > > a > > > > > > > period surviving on the default option that, if it all got too > > > > > > > unbearable, I could just end it. In the end, I even tried. > > > > > > > Strangely > > > > > > > (or not), the failed suicide attempt was the beginning of > > > > > > > fundamental > > > > > > > changes - in a "positive" direction. > > > > > > > > As I mentioned, I have no idea how I'll see things in ten/twenty/ > > > > > > > thirty years time. I hope that my present affirming attitude to > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > experiencing of life will continue. I like to think of me - when > > > > > > > I am > > > > > > > very old and tired (well into my eighties, at least :-)) - > > > > > > > rounding > > > > > > > off my life, seeing it as good and accepting my end with positive > > > > > > > resignation. To embrace it; as one poet put it, "to cease upon the > > > > > > > midnight with no pain." But when the time comes perhaps I will, > > > > > > > in the > > > > > > > words of another, "rage against the dying of the light." > > > > > > > > Francis- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > With Windows Live, you can organize, edit, and share your > > > > photos.http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/products/phot...text > > > > - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
