posted August 21, 2005 02:01 AM         

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New age is a wondrous time.

For one to begin to chose not fear but love. To begin to recognize that even though one has believed that in their lives they have acted lovingly, for the most part the actions, the behavior though they may seem to be loving, truly come from fear

You see you cannot live your lives in remembering , nor in anticipation. The only reality that exists is now. In this moment, as you breathe in, the next breadth of your life, all things are available to you. As you inhale you inhale thru the cutting edge of creation. That is who you are.
And if you let yourself experience just that openess of being being reborn with every breath. And with every exhalation to be willing to die. To exhale all that has ever been in your life. To free yourself. To be present again in the next moment.
You will never have to ask again "Who you are.?"

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And if you interested in any of her books here goes:

"Emmanuel's book"
introduction by Ram Dass
compiled by Pat Rodegast and Judith Stanton

posted August 21, 2005 10:43 AM         

Love every moment of my existance... for sure, but to forget or disregard my past is to lose my identity and that is something I will not do

posted August 21, 2005 02:20 PM         

And to be honest, yes live like the goldfish (every momenet is new to them) and like a small child to experience a heavenly state of mind. I really hate adults. They are nothing but a trash bag of emotional abuses they have experienced, the bitterness, the unending fight with their own egos, etc. I do count myself as one amongst adult. So take it easy folks

I think, this is one of the most beautiful messages I have come across. May be from the moutaintop view that I am at.(hehe my point of view), everythings seems so clear.

posted August 21, 2005 03:42 PM         

that being said, there is no real time except the present moment and in order to live in it, it helps to cultivate the zen concept of Mu Shin.....or empty minded-ness (the concept of Mu even goes beyond that of emptyness)

a person who harmonizes a daily discipline with Mu-Shin No-Shin (mind of no-mind) can be invincible in life and especially in moments of life-or-death like a battle in self defense......

posted September 03, 2005 03:53 PM         

IAT, I have that book and love it. Do you have the second one, The Choice for Love? IMO, that one's even better. I refer to it often.

posted September 06, 2005 07:22 PM         

"Emmanuel's book" A Manual for Living Comfortably in the Cosmos
introduction by Ram Dass
compiled by Pat Rodegast and Judith Stanton

IAT,

posted September 06, 2005 11:36 PM         

'Be Here Now' is an old one:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai l/-/0517543052/qid=1126063763/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-4643227-2127912?v=glance&s=books

and a yet to be published 'Be There Now'

Gotcha.

posted September 06, 2005 11:49 PM         

can you tell me more about Mu-Shin No-Shin?
how do you go about incorporating this concept into your life?

posted September 09, 2005 10:10 PM         

OK back to the topic discussion. If we lived like a Goldfish, We would forget our own name every now and then
or forget mathematics or forget when was the last time we had a shower.
For survival this is no good.

You said ">>>>>Anyhow, for me, it is not a matter of not having your memories of the past to look back on,
because they are part of what defines the now and help shape what you are doing in the now.y"

Yes agreed it does. But given any situation, you would either react or not act.
For example if you were hurt by a friends comment you would either totally forget about it,
or remember it. It stays with you. It corrupts you. It will come out someday in a different form.
Either the friend would face that brunt one day or you will have one of those 'just had a bad day' apology
at work. What I meant to say, was because you had let it go when the choice was
presented to you, you are a much better person compared to if you had acted otherwise.
That is how the inner world is. An opposite of the world around us if you might allow me to say that.
Once Jesus was said how is this inner world? He replied (I am paraphrasing) its like when a man sells
all his riches to buy a single pearl from that world.

We sometimes do look at the past for where we are going is indeed
based on where we came from. But believing it too much. obstructs you. Makes it hard for
you to see the light. Just as a stone collects dust with time. And the light is not reflected
well off it. We become a victim of our circumstances Because of our past actions.
The dust are the negative karma.

Once the dust is collected it may be a while before its cleaned and if physical death happens
you may have to bear it in the next life (At least in the present age)

Sometimes God would randamly choose you and just love you too much and give you that which is impossible.
We call that miracle. Sometimes, he won't. He knows that you would repeat the same mistake again.
He knows everyones heart.
He is already 10 steps ahead of you

Sometimes a man reaches his stopping point and calls out to God.
There are some who just lives a life, leaving all to God. During good times and bad times remembering
his mercies. Accepting what ever come or goes as coming from Him.
These people are dearly loved by God. He does not abandon's when the need comes.
when Jesus was praying in the Garden before his last day. An angel appeared to him.

A guest must not stay forever at the hosts place. Lest he stops the host from doing his chores.

You mentioed about your thoughts disturbing you.
Yes, the thoughts are not yours. You are programmed that way.
Silence the mind and your self meets the cosmos. Somewhere there am I that is if I am in my dreaming state. If I am in my waking state, I am at the nearest park taking a walk for the moment