I was 'in the moment' earlier this year. I don't remember much about the moment because I was put under for the duration. I wanted to be awake so I could watch, but the doctor said no it would be best to be "out of it".
for me, sometimes the moment is just within reach but never achievable. I don't worry about the moment becaue the next is just around the corner
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Maybe as our brain splinters experiences into words.. we gain 'keeping' it (like a snap shot) to discuss, remember and compare things to it, but we miss constant countless others in every moment we spend 'remebering.' I would call the feeling i had 'peaceful.' Peaceful to 'zoom out' infinitely , yet from this silence to see the very same playing itself out in the most subtle of the myriad teeming things.. infinitely smaller. Either way Returning.
Does not peace correlate to death? therefore 'dont like it' and 'so be it' produce each other.
:shock: >BoiNG
That's exactly what my brain does: when it "gets" something, it latches on for dear life, compares everything else to what it "knows", then judges, agrees or disagrees. There's hardly any room to let a new idea in!
That's what I like about this board. Because it's all written, I can observe my brain's knee jerk reactions and perhaps be able to let them go and shatter some old thoughts and beliefs. It leaves more room in my head for space to hang out in.
Or maybe I'm spacey enough?
Oh yes, it feels so peaceful when we have [chref=19]little thought of self[/chref] interest. And yes, being in the 'yin' column, death = peace. Boy, aren't you glad life is so short! Although, I've asked people if they'd like to live forever and many have said yes (maybe most, I can't recall). Oh how instinct [chref=65]hoodwinks[/chref] and rules.
I've become a 'master' at non remembering. But, as we know, Nature abhors a vacuum, and so observations and their connections constantly pop into my mind. So much for [chref=5]holding fast to the void[/chref]. Nature won't allow it! :roll:
I don't "latch on", nor "judges" much anymore. Alas, my mind's space fills with "new ideas". I think the moral of this is we can't win happiness. Thus, '[chref=69]it is the one that is sorrow-stricken that wins[/chref]' applies to personal life as well. Whatever we feel would be to our advantage, once we have it, it ain't. The lower position, [chref=39]taking the inferior as root[/chref], is the only path that 'works'. Of course, that flies in the face of instinct. Now that's cosmic justice!
By the way, I happened upon an interesting site, Tea House 2.0, which I just joined and posted the Global Warming piece to see what mischief I could stir up . I just can't get over the 'internets' (as our illustrious president put it).
I don't either. "I" do!
Carl, I could say only that and you would know what I meant, wouldn't you?
I am hoping (but not counting on) I get another go 'round under different circumstances after I make the best of the ones I have already.
... How much time is enough time? [chref=33]He who lives out his days has had a long life[/chref] is a sentiment that soothes me as I deal with time.
... For me, it is '[chref=10]knowing [/chref]' that I don't "get another go 'round" that makes me more [chref=64]careful[/chref] with this one.