Asking for help. (Pete)

[Guest guest]

Glad to see a familiar face (or whatever). I saved an email warning

you wrote me a year ago. Success for me was being able to experience a

state of surrender. I was able to lay there and let all hell break

loose and stay centered. Typically my emotions/reactions will get

involved in what I'm hearing. This time it was like listening to the

whole thing on tape. Not " me " being present while it's going on.

 

Shawn

 

Nisargadatta , " cerosoul " <Pedsie2@a...> wrote:

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> Nisargadatta , " Shawn " <shawnregan>

wrote:

> >

> > Pete Seesaw is that you?

> >

> > I'm smiling as I read your message. I think you are right about my

> > trying to control the process. I had success in meditation this

> week

> > on just letting go which showed me I'm holding on too tight.

> >

> > Shawn

> >

> >

> Yeah, Shawn, it's Seesaw, with a new handle. What is success

> in meditation? Why do you think you have food allergies?

>

> Pete

[Guest guest]

Nisargadatta , " Shawn " <shawnregan> wrote:

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>S: Glad to see a familiar face (or whatever).

 

P: I think it's a whatever.

 

>I saved an email warning

> you wrote me a year ago.

 

P:Oh dear! Well, don't do it again. What I write

has value ( if any) for that particular moment,

it should not be taken as a blue print to

navigate the unexpected.

 

 

S:Success for me was being able to experience a

> state of surrender. I was able to lay there and let all hell break

> loose and stay centered. Typically my emotions/reactions will get

> involved in what I'm hearing. This time it was like listening to

the

> whole thing on tape. Not " me " being present while it's going on.

 

P: Yes! Good. Just being there listening, is a good practice. I used

to sit and listen to the noice of traffic, as if I were listening to

music.

After a few months of doing that, I found the sound of traffic

was better than music. As the sound of a car faded, it began

revealing a mysterious depth, as if the true nature of space was

in that fading sound. I still do it for fun, sometimes.

 

Surrendering, that is, giving up trying to manage your perceptions

and interior states is also an excellent practice. That stance

of resistance, and preference is what creates the false entity.

( As Toom and Kip wrote yesterday) So to this brain, liberation

is a knack to let the landscape of life move you. No different than

skiing. Enlightenment could be said to be the knack of fading into

the background.

 

So, I think, your on the right track.

 

Best,

 

Pete

 

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