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Originally posted by FlyersFan
Originally posted by arpgme
The core reason for all suffering is the focus on lack.
I suffer because of the exact opposite. I have 'TOO MUCH' ... too much of not feeling well.
I'd love to 'lack' my autoimmune disease. But I'm stuck with it for the rest of my life.
I suppose you could say that I suffer from lack of feeling well.
But really, the disease came first and caused the lack of feeling well.
So really .. I suffer because of 'TOO MUCH' disease. It caused the 'lack' elsewhere ...
If you can follow that ..
Originally posted by Itisnowagain
reply to post by AthlonSavage
Thoughts are appearances. The appearance appears and is known.
No one can control what appears.
Originally posted by Itisnowagain
reply to post by AthlonSavage
You think you are a wave.
I am the ocean.
And I am against trying to "change" (control) other people...
Originally posted by arpgme
Originally posted by Itisnowagain
reply to post by AthlonSavage
You think you are a wave.
I am the ocean.
The wave IS a part of the ocean, they are CONNECTED so, the the experience and experiencER is connected as well, such as changing an experience not wanted...
Although I do admit that SOME things appear to not be able to be changed...
And I am against trying to "change" (control) other people...
I am the entire ocean including the waves. There is nothing separate.
Originally posted by arpgme
Originally posted by Itisnowagain
reply to post by AthlonSavage
Thoughts are appearances. The appearance appears and is known.
No one can control what appears.
I'm not sure if this is completely true. It appears that I can't change certain things, but others I can. If I am bored, I can choose to do something else, changing my experience (what appears).
Originally posted by AthlonSavage
reply to post by arpgme
And I am against trying to "change" (control) other people...
Neither i. I never have tried to control any one on Ats.
Originally posted by Itisnowagain
I am the entire ocean including the waves. There is nothing separate.
However, when one believes one is separate - it 'thinks' it is just a separate wave amongst other waves.
Originally posted by Itisnowagain
What is right before you is here. The appearance that is here presently cannot be changed. A thought that appears cannot be any different than how it appears. You might resist the thought that appears but it does not change the original thought.
You might not like the colour of your wallpaper but it is appearing as it is.
What is right before you is here. The appearance that is here presently cannot be changed. A thought that appears cannot be any different than how it appears. You might resist the thought that appears but it does not change the original thought.
You might not like the colour of your wallpaper but it is appearing as it is.
Originally posted by Itisnowagain
Can you choose not to see?
Can you choose not to hear?
It is done.edit on 27-10-2012 by Itisnowagain because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by arpgme
reply to post by Itisnowagain
Originally posted by Itisnowagain
Can you choose not to see?
Can you choose not to hear?
It is done.edit on 27-10-2012 by Itisnowagain because: (no reason given)
But what I can choose is my focus.
If my keyboard and monitor is appearing in front of me, I can think and sift through thoughts until I find the one most important to convey.
If I am speaking about something, I may get a random thought/image in my mind, but it doesn't mean I don't have the choice to let a more important thought to arise and speak about that one instead.
So I have no choice in what I am seeing now - it is done - it has already appeared, what I can do is NOW focus on another aspect of now.
If someone puts a scare photo in my face, this is happening now, it is already seen, but the background is happening NOW too, and I can choose to focus on this (behind the picture) which is also happening now.edit on 27-10-2012 by arpgme because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Itisnowagain
What is appearing now is appearing. No one can change that fact.
The appearance can be resisted, avoided and denied.
What is happening is IT - there is no other.edit on 27-10-2012 by Itisnowagain because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by arpgme
reply to post by Itisnowagain
All is Reality and we are apart of it, there is no separation but that doesn't mean there is no such thing as free-will / choice (choosing between choicces of what is available now.)edit on 27-10-2012 by arpgme because: (no reason given)