I'm going to need more than a few days for this question.Even the thoughts just happen, like the flow of sensations, but where is their creator or thinker? Sometimes there is the idea that 'I' have 'thought' them or am 'affected' by their stories. Look now. Really, where is the one that is affected?
Can you say what you mean? Why?I'm going to need more than a few days for this question.
There is an assumption that there is 'a person' 'me' that can become adept at letting thoughts float by like clouds.If I became adept at letting my thoughts float by like clouds in the sky, or possibly getting better at not getting emotionally attached to thoughts that are harmful for my environment or body, the thoughts would come from beyond what I would call "reflex thoughts"; definitely not there yet.
Love is all there is.
How beautiful!There is no I
That's beautiful.There was no "I" when I was a child , only imagination. "I" seems to have developed as a means for survival. but I don't think it is who this soul is. Still believe in souls, my mother's past through me when she died.
Love is what connects everything.
Ok. Well, the reason I was asking about soul is that I am guiding towards seeing that there is no 'self'. If soul is a kind of personal, separate self then it gets challenged here. You may or may not want that?As soon as I find out I will let you now, but I think it is love.
It can be a misunderstanding about seeing that there is no self, that it would lead to nihilism. It is possible to imagine that 'I am nothing' but that's far from what we are about. To see no self is simply to turn round within experience and notice that there never was this fictional character everyone taks of as 'self'. Do you see the difference?The table isn't a table it is all energy, or whatever, and if I bash into it it's just sensation, so what. I'd adapt a nihilistic view of things, and do whatever I want.
'Connected' is far more what seeing no self is about. There is a beautiful exercise that you can do, of going for a walk in nature. Somehwere where there are trees, grass, wind, sky, sun, people, animals; everything alive and going on at te same moment. Just experience being there and be aware of everthing that is alive and the body too, as part of that. Then look to see if it is possible to find an edge or line where 'you' end and 'everything else' begins?I am not very good at getting the voice over to shut-up, but when I do It is pleasurable and I feel a connection to the people and the world around me. Is this because everything is awesome no matter what and I am connected to the wonderful
I think that my thoughts are a product of my being. my society and my culture . They are what have aided me in surviving this world up until the present. Some of my mental habits I would really love to lobotomize, but that's unfortunately not what your group is all about. Therefore, I guess I must embrace these thoughts , be thankful that they have enabled my being to be and to not get emotionally attached to such thoughts. they don't define me, since I am part of everything. Nighty night Jon, me go dodo.About trying to get unwanted thoughts to shut up... These thoughts simply appear, don't they? Are they 'your' thoughts? Are they in any way the fault of a 'you'? Did a 'you' create them
Thanks. I understand.I didn't post yesterday because I worked from 9-21 hr. I'm quite tired so I might even make less sense than usual.
Is there a 'self' that could prevent such thoughts from appearing? Is there a 'self' that could create only desirable thoughts? Look at this and see.Some of my mental habits I would really love to lobotomize, but that's unfortunately not what your group is all about. Therefore, I guess I must embrace these thoughts , be thankful that they have enabled my being to be and to not get emotionally attached to such thoughts
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