My dearest Gabbs, once more your words have left me confused....
On Dec 29, 12:06 pm, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > Hahaha, Lee, travel the time line and see what lies around the next corner > is a truly precise description of the thre-e-volution! Brilliant! > Triangulation at its holistic best! Speaking of best, this maximum love > business is getting more and more on my nerves. The dynamics that the three > introduces is seen as the deceit/ the illusion - our life principle. It is > not connected to the presence that Molly is addressing, the way I understand > it. Time to disconnect, yes. ;-) > > On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 11:41 AM, [email protected] < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > What I think is that it does seem odd that we do seem obsesed with > > three's? A triad of selves seems far too restricted to fully > > encompass the self. Having said that however Molly's inclusion of the > > word faceted shows that he has placed the multitude of what things > > that make up the self into three broad catogories. > > > Personaly I take a rather more holistic view, but ahhhh that just > > makes the head hurt, Molly is certianly onto something by simplifiying > > and suggesting a triade, but enough with the hijack and onto the > > answers. > > > I think that ultiamatly we are in responsible for our 'selves', for > > how we interact and change both us and those around us, are we like > > scaletric cars and stuck in the slot of life? Naaa we have the > > ability to do exaclty that what it is we wish to do. Time then to > > change slots? Perhaps, let me just travel this one for a while and > > see what lies around that next corner. > > > On Dec 27, 1:25 pm, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The beginning of the New Year is traditionally a time of renewal and > > > reassessment. For some of us that goes deeper than boxing up old > > > things to make way for the new, or wrapping up financial figures to > > > prepare our taxes and budget the upcoming year. Taking a step back to > > > witness ourselves, who we are, and how we relate, is also in order. > > > From the position of the witness, I can see a faceted triad of self - > > > my self-image: my mental self portrait; my identity: the part of self > > > formed in relation to others; and my presence: the dynamic, infinite > > > self connecting the internal and external, beyond form yet recognizing > > > forms such as thought and feeling as they arise and all other > > > complexities of self that identity and self image assign. All parts > > > of the triad are developmentally important to me, all integral to who > > > I am. > > > > As I contemplate this triad, I consider that self image and identity > > > can, but don’t always, give way to doubt. Presence does not. > > > Presence unifies. It does not hold me in separation of anyone or any > > > event or any time because there is a flow in presence that unites the > > > many and One. When I view myself from the position of presence, there > > > is no need to place a value on one aspect over another because all is > > > experienced as constant, unified flow. From the position of my self- > > > image or identity, I find myself assigning values of good, bad, true, > > > untrue, self, not self…and in a reassessment, doubt may arise – did > > > “I” make a mistake? > > > > Another observation is that the relationship between cause and effect > > > changes when I witness myself from the position of presence. Internal > > > cause from the dynamic presence takes precedence, and external cause, > > > like that from my worldly experience, others or even my own mental > > > constructs of self image, become the effect. My world does not change > > > me, I change my world by changing my view to that of presence. My DNA > > > does not define me from birth, but changes as my consciousness > > > changes. > > > > It must be said that this is nothing new. Mystics as old as written > > > history have relayed these ideas to us. They can be found it all the > > > sacred texts. But as I enter the New Year 2011, I feel an infinite > > > gratitude, for entering in presence, surrounded by people that read > > > what I write here, and enter with me, a large part of my smile. > > > > What do YOU think?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
