Yes, Mark, you description rings true. There's a little tension in not picking up the train of though, but it feels precious.
On Jan 27, 2010, at 3:24 AM, markhsmit wrote: > > Marsha, > I have an inkling of what you are talking about since I get something > similar. Sometimes I can induce it if I remember the feeling. This > feeling is one of extreme clarity and extreme relief and joy. If I do > not question it, it can last. However, I do not feel like doing much > else at that point except staring at things. Perhaps its a state of mind > as you suggest, that is no thoughts just awareness. However, not that > I am religious or anything, but I feel like everything makes sense even > though I'm not really thinking. Like you say, it is not something I chase > like a drink or drug, but something that I know is there. > > OK so much for my idiosyncrasies, back to figuring IT out... > > Mark > > xacto, > > Oh what the heck, if you can't be honest enough to risk your credibility now > and then, why bother to speak? I accept your duh. > > > Marsha > > > > On Jan 26, 2010, at 10:21 PM, X Acto wrote: > >> Duh >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> From: MarshaV <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Tue, January 26, 2010 3:04:40 AM >> Subject: Re: [MD] Intellect's Symposium >> >> >> John, >> >> I'm not a religious person and have no idea what a religious experience >> would be. >> >> For weeks it felt like something was going to happen, like my mind was >> squinting, or something, and then it happened. It was visual. I was seeing >> but their were no thoughts in my head, but I was aware. It was seeing, but >> not seeing anything. It lasted about 5 minutes, no less, but I don't know >> for sure. I was flabbergasted because it was so obvious. OMG, unpatterned >> experience!!! Or, OMG I was totally aware without thinking. And then I began >> not to believe my own experience, so I did on my own. Naturally, I was >> excited. The next day I did it again of my own volition. I was overjoyed, of >> course. It was wonderful. It was amazing. I tried it again about a week >> later, and made it happen, but I haven't tried it since, which is sad. Life >> interfered, or more probably I'm lazy and ungrateful. But it was "real". Yet >> it's no big deal; it's what naturally happens. I guess. Oh, I don't know; I >> don't know anything. >> >> I do not often enough sit in meditation, but do try to keep a mindfulness >> throughout my day. I think there is a relationship, but I'm guessing. I had >> a very formal meditation practice for a few years and was able to watch my >> thoughts. I have no trouble saying that's watching patterns flicker through >> mind, and that is why I go on about Quality (unpatterned experience and >> patterned experience); both have been experienced. >> >> Maybe you'll think I have just described indigestion. Maybe if I hadn't had >> such experiences I'd think the same thing. >> >> >> unMarsha >> >> >> Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
