Hi. This is the meow-send program at usenet. I'm afraid I wasn't able to
deliver any clue to the following address: ***@groundhogs.roXor "blu"
This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.
: On Sat, 07 Oct 2006 13:05:08 -0700 "Tom" <***@comcast.net>
: exploded onto the scene and screamed incoherantly:
:
::
:: "blu" <***@groundhogs.roXor> wrote in message
:: news:***@utbwltt...
::: [NOTE: this is not an original writing. It's copied from the book
::: 'Grace and Grit' by Ken Wilbur]
:::
::: I have a body, but I am not my body. I can see and feel my body, and
::: what can be seen and felit is not the true Seer. My body may be
::: tired or excited, sick or healthy, heavy or light, anxious or calm,
::: but that has nothing to do with my inwasrd I, the Witness. I have a
::: body, but I am not my body.
:::
::: I have desires, but I am not my desires. I can know my desires, and
::: what can be known is not the true Knower. Desires come and go,
::: floating through my awareness, but they do not affect my inward I,
::: the Witness. I have desires but I am not desires.
:::
::: I have emotions, but I am not my emotions. I can feel and sense my
::: emotions, and what can be felt and sensed is not the true Feeler.
::: Emotions pass through me, but they do not affect my inward I, the
::: Witness. I have emotions, but I am not emotions.
:::
::: I have thoughts, but I am not my thoughts. I can see and know my
::: thoughts, and what can be known is not the true Knower. Thoughts
::: come to me and thoughts leave me, but they do not affect my inward
::: I, the Witness. I have thoughts but I am not my thoughts.
:::
::: Then affirm as concretely as you can: I am what remains, the pure
::: center of awareness, the unmoved Witness of all these thoughts,
::: emotions, feelings and sensations.
::
:: My brother-in-law is highly accomplished in yoga and martial arts.
:: He has used this formula often, even in some challenging situations.
:: Going to the dentist is one he's tried. He was able to get his
:: tooth drilled and filled without anasthetic, but he backed off of
:: doing an extraction that way.
:
: As you may know, Treya Wilbur had cancer and that's how she dealt
: with it, only using the morphine at the very end. This is a spot I
: hope to be able to acheive some day.
:
:
:: Whether you identify with your pain or not, you still feel it.
:: There are limits to how much we can ignore, although exactly what
:: those limits are may vary widely from one individual to the next.
:
: Definitely. Nobody believes me when I say I refused the prescription
: for my broken wrist bone. But, I did. Been using that mantra/whatever
: for a few days now and it *does* work. I feel the pain, but I can
: detach from it. It's there, but if I choose to ignore it, it's a
: non-issue.
After breaking every bone in my right leg in a high speed motorcycle
crash 26 years ago, I will agree with this. When I woke up in hospital
and realised they'd been injecting me with opiates, I requested that
they stop that pain relief. I was in plaster from ankles to chest for a
year , then another 6 months before I learned to walk again. Yes it hurt
like fuck back then and it still does, but an intelligent mind
absolutely can learn to ignore it.
:
: Namaste,
--
Steve Leyland
mhm32x16 Smeeter#24 WSD#41
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em ess en: my 1st name at purgatory dot org
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"My suggestion is to completely ignore idiots like Leland. They are the
lowest form of pond scum. People like him have tried unsuccessfully in
the past to disrupt the newsgroup. The best medicine is to completely
ignore them. As I'm sure you'll see, they're most intelligent response
is to yell nasty names. Other than that, they have nothing."
JG, netKKKop, alt.sailing.asa
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Steve Leyland is a trolling twat of the highest order. Killfile the
muppet now and move on. Even the briefest of searches on his past
UseNet posts will reveal the truth. You have been warned. *plonk*"
Bear, netKKKop, uk.rec.motorcycles
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"I didn't delete any part of your meaningless, pointless, worthless
post in order to clearly demonstrate that you are the nemesis of
Usenet: the crossposting, non-editing, diagram-creating worthless,
dickless, brainless, gutless, mindless, ball-less, spineless, flaccid,
obese, fish-belly pale, ugly, VD-ridden, moronic, bald, hunch-backed,
flat-footed, odoriferous, obnoxious, fecal-smelling, buck-toothed,
physically handicapped, fungus-infected, HIV positive, mud-packing,
masturbating, whining, simpering, self-important, arrogant, egomaniacal
POS that takes up more bandwidth than a despicable binary-poster, and
for no apparent reason beyond seeing his own defecatory vomitus
slithering down the screen in vile green rivulets."
Admiral Halsey, alt.sailing.asa
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"I went to the Garden of Love,
And saw what I never had seen;
A Chapel was built in the midst,
Where I used to play on the green.
And the gates of this Chapel were shut
And "Thou shalt not," writ over the door;
So I turned to the Garden of Love
That so many sweet flowers bore.
And I saw it was filled with graves,
And tombstones where flowers should be;
And priests in black gowns were walking their rounds,
And binding with briars my joys and desires."
William Blake.
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"When the Earth has been ravaged and the animals are dying, a tribe of
people from all races, creeds and colours shall put their faith in
deeds, not words, and make the land green again. They shall be known as
Warriors of the Rainbow, protectors of the environment."
Native American prophecy
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