The assertion that "all choice is an illusion" is a good example of a choice.
-----Original Message----- From: ornamentalmind <[email protected]> To: "Minds Eye" <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Jun 3, 2010 6:44 pm Subject: [Mind's Eye] Re: THE MEANING ...even Pat knows this! On Jun 3, 12:00 pm, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: so, you don't choose the words you put into your posts? On Jun 3, 1:49 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > All choice is an illusion. > Cynicism is but ignorance as to the true nature of things > On Jun 3, 8:20 am, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > > we choose our words, our thoughts and emotions. But as you say, when > > we are "in the equipoise way" those choices are self evident and, as > > DWB points out, only Brahaman. Cynicism will not get us there. > > On Jun 3, 12:40 am, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Being aware that there is no choice to be made and remaining in > > > equipoise is the way. > > > On Jun 2, 3:43 pm, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Making the choice to be neither, yet embracing all those that are, as > > > > essential to the One, is the means to escaping the slavery we each > > > > impose on ourselves. > > > > On Jun 2, 5:29 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Those who dominate are actually slaves to their own lower nature. > > > > > On Jun 2, 12:15 am, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Molly is right. > > > > > > Allan > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 2:33 AM, ornamentalmind > > > > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > Such confidence is rarely seen. > > > > > > > On Jun 1, 3:00 pm, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > we all use it, you are no exception. > > > > > > > > On Jun 1, 1:57 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> rote: > > > > > > > > > *** assumes the royal 'we' is being used *** > > > > > > > > > On Jun 1, 4:43 am, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > "we need to take on a greater arrogance to put the ' good at > > > > > > > > > > - heart ' arrogant in place." > > > > > > > > > > I see, like toning down anger with more anger. Yes, this an be > > > > > > > > > > effective, but only if our counter anger is seen in truth y us. > > > > > > > > > > Often, in such situations, instead of one person lovingly sing the > > > > > > > > > > affect of anger to tone down another into a more rational tate, we > > > > > > > > > > get two people raging at one another. And like force, his rarely > > > > > > > > > > comes to love. > > > > > > > > > > The trick to it would be, I suppose, that our judgment of nother be > > > > > > > > > > completely clear, devoid of all self serving agenda, hining like the > > > > > > > > > > sun at high noon, without shadow. Often, we do not ecognize that it > > > > > > > > > > is not until the words are already spoken and the damage one. More > > > > > > > > > > often, we donn the suit of the warrior out to squash wrong n another > > > > > > > > > > with our sword of love and come to find that indeed, we ave picked > > > > > > > up > > > > > > > > > > the sword of self interest instead, and are ultimately at ar with > > > > > > > > > > ourselves, only recognizing it in other when our own hadow turns the > > > > > > > > > > mirror to darkness. Thus, humility has its way with us, nd the > > > > > > > light > > > > > > > > > > is restored. > > > > > > > > > > I think that one big clue as to which is which is the anguage that > > > > > > > we > > > > > > > > > > choose, even in our own thoughts. If we are looking to xpose and > > > > > > > > > > condemn with references of evil and harsh words, we are sually > > > > > > > > > > quelling our own ghosts. When we are reaching out with ompassion > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > > > holding other in the greater good, we are moving in ompassion. > > > > > > > > > > Unfortunately, when we are revved up with emotion, we ometimes don't > > > > > > > > > > stop to determine the difference. > > > > > > > > > > On May 31, 8:40 am, vamadevananda <[email protected]> rote: > > > > > > > > > > > It isn't the whole thing, Molly ! Sometimes, as they ay, God > > > > > > > > > > > willing, we need to take on a greater arrogance to put he ' good - > > > > > > > at > > > > > > > > > > > - heart ' arrogant in place. Out of sheer love of the ther, if I > > > > > > > may > > > > > > > > > > > add. It usually is on account of forgetfulness and the reatment > > > > > > > > > > > serves to shake things up in a moment or for a day or eek, for the > > > > > > > > > > > protagonist to reflect and realise the simplest of ruths he'd come > > > > > > > to > > > > > > > > > > > transgress. > > > > > > > > > > > We'll all have the time and occasion to come together hen we can > > > > > > > > > > > appreciate or deprecate our bodies, talk of our feelings nd > > > > > > > emotions, > > > > > > > > > > > our thoughts and ideas, and our knowledge, with the full wareness > > > > > > > > > > > that it is the others who are making it possible. ccasionally too, > > > > > > > > > > > the knowledge comes to resonate among two or may people. hat's the > > > > > > > > > > > blessing beyond par ! > > > > > > > > > > > But force - creating such resonance is not only futile ut > > > > > > > damaging, > > > > > > > > > > > even traumatic, too. > > > > > > > > > > > On May 31, 5:05 pm, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Arrogance can be offputting. My experience is, that t is > > > > > > > usually, in > > > > > > > > > > > > one way or another, shattered by humility. Experience as a way > > > > > > > of > > > > > > > > > > > > giving this to us in the most surprising ways. > > > > > > > > > > > > On May 31, 3:27 am, vamadevananda > > > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> rote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > " But how do we know that someone else is not just xploring a > > > > > > > > > > > > > particular phase in their overall integrity, and may ind > > > > > > > something > > > > > > > > > > > > > tomorrow to move them beyond ?" > > > > > > > > > > > > > As PSK said, by the rigidity, definitiveness and inality in > > > > > > > one's > > > > > > > > > > > > > public declarations. The evangelists and extremists o that, so > > > > > > > do the > > > > > > > > > > > > > doom - sayers ! It is the damage by such eclarations that > > > > > > > must be > > > > > > > > > > > > > preempted, if we may. The moving beyond, as the 2012 oom > > > > > > > sayers > > > > > > > > > > > > > certainly will, is in the future, having nothing to itigate > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > > > > damages and scarring one is causing today. > > > > > > > > > > > > > " Why is it important to judge a person's view as losed or > > > > > > > open ?" > > > > > > > > > > > > > Because closed views are like stagnant, nreplenished, waters > > > > > > > ... > > > > > > > > > > > > > filthy and poisonous ! The open view is above all bout the > > > > > > > awareness > > > > > > > > > > > > > of what is factual, experiential, deductive or xtrapolatory, > > > > > > > belief > > > > > > > > > > > > > however reasonable to oneself, and conjectural. It's mportant > > > > > > > to keep > > > > > > > > > > > > > a hold on oneself, and not miss out or obfuscate hese > > > > > > > qualifying > > > > > > > > > > > > > truths pertaining to our thoughts. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Once thoughts are shared in such open spirit, we do ot > > > > > > > consider > > > > > > > > > > > > > ourself and our thought as privileged or verridingly more > > > > > > > important > > > > > > > > > > > > > than that of other ( well meaning or like endowed ) > > > > > > > individuals. You'd > > > > > > > > > > > > > find the dialogues which then proceed to be elatively free of > > > > > > > > > > > > > desperation and violence, not to speak of the human joys, > > > > > > > laughters > > > > > > > > > > > > > and flirtations ' fostered by our readiness to ppreciate the ' > > > > > > > > > > > > > meanings ' of what our interlocutors offer. In hort, we remain > > > > > > > human > > > > > > > > > > > > > amongst others ... not seekers or claimants of rivileged > > > > > > > status or > > > > > > > > > > > > > position. > > > > > > > > > > > > > On May 30, 10:12 pm, Molly <[email protected]> rote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "those who do not rise and > > > > > > > > > > > > > > merely become adept, great adepts but chilling ike lords > > > > > > > Voldemort, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > dedicated to a specific concept - structure that s deified > > > > > > > but only > > > > > > > > > > > > > > because it assures one's own overriding self - mportance." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > How can we possibly judge whether someone else is oing as > > > > > > > you say > > > > > > > > > > > > > > here, or merely in the midst of current xploration and > > > > > > > integration? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > After all, we all take our studies in phases. eing open and > > > > > > > in a > > > > > > > > > > > > > > state of wonder is important, I agree. But how do e know > > > > > > > that > > > > > > > > > > > > > > someone else is not just exploring a particular hase in > > > > > > > their overall > > > > > > > > > > > > > > integrity, and may find something tomorrow to move hem > > > > > > > beyond? Why > > > > > > > > > > > > > > is it important to judge a person's view as closed r open? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On May 29, 4:55 am, vamadevananda [email protected]> > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It seems the way I came across to this Group, he ideas and > > > > > > > views I > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > presented, have affected some people. Pat may be rue in > > > > > > > saying that > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > he'd been thus ' helped.' I do remember ommunicating with > > > > > > > a few > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > others through mail. ... read more ยป
