Molly, my dear friend, you are a mystic ! The delightful internal processes of awakening and experience you speak of are for gains not many are aware of or looking for. Even those who might be, knowingly or unknowingly, would see your language as dense or obscure, even though they are precise and exact to other mystics. But that's how mystics are.
Kid surprises me. The love for solitude and contemplation is rather, rather rare, for girls and guys of her age, and that with ' unlearning ! ?' WTH, but it's reassuring too. On Jul 10, 5:08 pm, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > I enjoy reading (and contemplating) Neville Goddards take on the > awakened imagination. There is a difference between fantasy for > diversion and that capacity within us where our imagination is > awakened, we are unattached to the realities of limitation, we imagine > possibility, and move ourselves to that state wholeheartedly. This > can create our experience. > > On Jul 9, 3:53 pm, ashok tewari <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Sure, Doug, but just ask any of them ... and they'll still say it was 90% > > perspiration ! > > > It takes a lot more than imagination to input that part to birthing any > > invention. > > > On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 12:39 AM, DarkwaterBlight > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > "Mere preoccupation with imagination and its imaginings could be > > > purposeless, > > > tiring and, yes, wasting." > > > > Ah, yes but if it more than but a mere preocupation one could create > > > reality! The imaginations of great writers have given birth to > > > fantastic inventions. > > > > On Jul 9, 11:45 am, ashok tewari <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > This is great read ... and write, Doug ! > > > > > The thinking function has a purpose ... to enable us to realise, > > > conclude, > > > > and feed the conclusion back into our feeling, psychic and emotional > > > world > > > > to effect a perspective reorganisation and let the light of our > > > realisation > > > > illuminate and simplify our nether being. Which in turn strengthens and > > > > empowers us while we next negotiate our way through the day to day world > > > of > > > > action and relationships. > > > > > Mere preoccupation with imagination and its imaginings could be > > > purposeless, > > > > tiring and, yes, wasting. > > > > > On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 7:55 PM, DarkwaterBlight < > > > [email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > I was just thinking... > > > > > > It started out innocently enough. I began to think at parties now and > > > > > then to loosen up. Inevitably though, one thought would lead to > > > > > another, and soon I was more than just a social thinker. I began to > > > > > think alone --"to relax," I told myself -- but I knew it wasn't true. > > > > > Thinking became more and more important to me, and finally I was > > > > > thinking all the time. > > > > > > I began to think on the job. I knew that thinking and employment don't > > > > > mix, but I couldn't stop myself. I began to avoid friends at > > > > > lunchtime so I could read Thoreau and Kafka. I would return to the > > > > > office dizzied and confused, asking, "What is it exactly we are doing > > > > > here?" > > > > > > Things weren't going so great at home either. One evening I turned off > > > > > the TV and asked my wife about the meaning of life. She spent that > > > > > night at her mother's. > > > > > > I soon had a reputation as a heavy thinker. One day the boss called me > > > > > in. He said, "Skippy, I like you, and it hurts me to say this, but > > > > > your thinking has become a real problem. If you don't stop thinking on > > > > > the job, you'll have to find another one." This gave me a lot to > > > > > think about. > > > > > > I came home early after my conversation with the boss. "Honey," I > > > > > confessed, "I've been thinking..." > > > > > > "I know you've been thinking," she said, "and I want a divorce!" > > > > > > "But Honey, surely it's not that serious." > > > > > > "It is serious," she said, lower lip aquiver. "You think as much as > > > > > college professors, and college professors don't make any money, so if > > > > > you keep on thinking we won't have any money!" > > > > > > "That's a faulty syllogism," I said impatiently, and she began to > > > > > cry. > > > > > > I'd had enough. "I'm going to the library," I snarled as I stomped out > > > > > the door. I headed for the library, in the mood for some Nietzsche, > > > > > with NPR on the radio. I roared into the parking lot and ran up to the > > > > > big glass doors... they didn't open. The library was closed. To this > > > > > day, I believe that a Higher Power was looking out for me that night. > > > > > > As I sank to the ground clawing at the unfeeling glass, whimpering for > > > > > Zarathustra, a poster caught my eye. "Friend, is heavy thinking > > > > > ruining your life?" it asked. You probably recognize that line. It > > > > > comes from the standard Thinker's Anonymous poster. Which is why I am > > > > > what I am today: a recovering thinker. > > > > > > I never miss a TA meeting. At each meeting we watch a non-educational > > > > > video; last week it was "Porky's." Then we share experiences about how > > > > > we avoided thinking since the last meeting. I still have my job, and > > > > > things are a lot better at home. > > > > > > Life just seemed ... easier, somehow, as soon as I stopped thinking. > > > > > Soon, I'll be able to vote. > > > > > > Anynomous > > > > > -- > > > > ASHOK TEWARI- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > -- > > ASHOK TEWARI- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -
