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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2018 17:34:16 GMT
I have the intention of making fun while I was saying to her. She stare at me while I was saying it but she also knows that I was making fun. You still got 'the look.' The "look" is undeniable. It's like a siddhi. Undeniable.
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Post by muttley on Nov 12, 2018 0:06:58 GMT
As I recall, you're the one who doesn't say 'I love you' to your wife because you said it before and you will notify her if there is any change pending forthwith. I have the intention of making fun while I was saying to her. She stare at me while I was saying it but she also knows that I was making fun. .. too bad you didn't get that with a phone camera.
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Post by Enigma on Nov 12, 2018 2:03:00 GMT
As I recall, you're the one who doesn't say 'I love you' to your wife because you said it before and you will notify her if there is any change pending forthwith. I have the intention of making fun while I was saying to her. She stare at me while I was saying it but she also knows that I was making fun. Like I said,you need all the help you can get.
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Post by Figgles on Nov 12, 2018 18:26:15 GMT
What you're really asking is; Do certain circumstances have the power to temporarily obscure the Peace of Being? I don't think anyone can say for certain until such circumstance actually appears.
Experience IS compelling,and in those times where something very extreme is appearing, for some, it's easier to get sucked in...to temporarily lose sight of the Peace of Being, but if SR is the case, if/when that 'getting sucked in' did happen, it would only be temporary. Whereas for one who is fast asleep within dream, there is never a point where he is not fully immersed within the story...fully and deeply convinced, he is the appearing, starring character...taking all of the action/drama very, very personally.
What I have actually found is that in those really extreme circumstances, that which is foundational to arising experience, becomes even more pronounced...it really is like a movie/play unfolding. If anything, engagement with the story was lessened in those moments... rather than increased. That's the way it was anyway to date with regards to the more 'extreme' happenings in my story; a physical attack when working in a group home.... a phone call from paramedics telling me my brother had no detectable heart-beat........giving birth.....getting my head ripped open by a dog while walking home from school....learning my son has fatal genetic disease...during all those experiences, the presence of being rose up front row, center, while the experience sort of faded more into the background.
Can I know for certain it will always be that way? Is there something that could still push my buttons to the degree that I get sucked in? I just don't know. But that really doesn't matter. Right here, right now, I am clear that what I am is not something that appears within the story, and that's good enough.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2018 6:00:30 GMT
I have the intention of making fun while I was saying to her. She stare at me while I was saying it but she also knows that I was making fun. .. too bad you didn't get that with a phone camera.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2018 6:02:42 GMT
What you're really asking is; Do certain circumstances have the power to temporarily obscure the Peace of Being? I don't think anyone can say for certain until such circumstance actually appears. That's nonsense!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2018 6:03:52 GMT
Experience IS compelling,and in those times where something very extreme is appearing, for some, it's easier to get sucked in...to temporarily lose sight of the Peace of Being, but if SR is the case, if/when that 'getting sucked in' did happen, it would only be temporary. Whereas for one who is fast asleep within dream, there is never a point where he is not fully immersed within the story...fully and deeply convinced, he is the appearing, starring character...taking all of the action/drama very, very personally. Since you are also old, I need to keep repeat this statement "You are not only perceiving, you are creating as well"
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2018 6:13:31 GMT
What I have actually found is that in those really extreme circumstances, that which is foundational to arising experience, becomes even more pronounced...it really is like a movie/play unfolding. If anything, engagement with the story was lessened in those moments... rather than increased. That's the way it was anyway to date with regards to the more 'extreme' happenings in my story; a physical attack when working in a group home.... a phone call from paramedics telling me my brother had no detectable heart-beat........giving birth.....getting my head ripped open by a dog while walking home from school....learning my son has fatal genetic disease...during all those experiences, the presence of being rose up front row, center, while the experience sort of faded more into the background. Can I know for certain it will always be that way? Is there something that could still push my buttons to the degree that I get sucked in? I just don't know. But that really doesn't matter. Right here, right now, I am clear that what I am is not something that appears within the story, and that's good enough. what you are is very strongly tied up in such a way it doesn't move! It is allowed to perceive whatever is appearing. This on going appearance carries the feeling along with it. Feeling part is the cause of suffering,happiness,sadness and everything else!
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Post by Figgles on Nov 13, 2018 15:34:34 GMT
Experience IS compelling,and in those times where something very extreme is appearing, for some, it's easier to get sucked in...to temporarily lose sight of the Peace of Being, but if SR is the case, if/when that 'getting sucked in' did happen, it would only be temporary. Whereas for one who is fast asleep within dream, there is never a point where he is not fully immersed within the story...fully and deeply convinced, he is the appearing, starring character...taking all of the action/drama very, very personally. Since you are also old, I need to keep repeat this statement "You are not only perceiving, you are creating as well" Yes, perception=creation. But really, there is no identifiable 'you' who perceives...no 'you' who creates. Perception/creation is just happening, absent a person....absent an object 'who' perceives/creates. The character who appears within the story is also but an appearance within Being... and thus, "the Peace of Being" is not caught up in/appearing in the story. The story appears within Being. Not the other way around. Abiding realization/awareness of that means abiding Peace, regardless of what's happening within the story. The Peace of Being gets obscured when appearance takes the forefront...when Being itself somehow slips into the background in favor of the experiential foreground. There is a point where "Being" is always at the forefront and the arising experiential content, secondary to that. It's that primacy of Being over appearance that renders the totality of 'the experiential' as 'dream-like.'
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Post by Enigma on Nov 13, 2018 15:36:53 GMT
Experience IS compelling,and in those times where something very extreme is appearing, for some, it's easier to get sucked in...to temporarily lose sight of the Peace of Being, but if SR is the case, if/when that 'getting sucked in' did happen, it would only be temporary. Whereas for one who is fast asleep within dream, there is never a point where he is not fully immersed within the story...fully and deeply convinced, he is the appearing, starring character...taking all of the action/drama very, very personally. Since you are also old, I need to keep repeat this statement "You are not only perceiving, you are creating as well" If you mean Figs, she's not creating anything. If you mean Awareness, it's not experiencing anything.
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