--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> On Oct 13, 2007, at 1:05 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote:
>
> > I can relate to this. I have this thing where I think of some
> > information I need from a book and when I open it randomly I
often
> > come right to the exact page I needed. It used to happen so often
> > that I came to believe that it was through my refined sense of
touch.
> > It made me feel special. These days I consider that I am a total
> > book fiend and do this activity so often that the laws of
statistics
> > are in my favor. Plus I am often looking in books I have already
read
> > and they are naturally creased to my favorite sections. Throw in
the
> > natural influence of "shaping" where I tend to remember only the
times
> > it happened and completely forget when it doesn't happen and you
have
> > a full blown miracle in my hands!
>
>
> Selective memory certainly is a common component in this type of
> activity; nice observation Curtis. It's also worth pointing out
that
> this mechanism of selecting one thing and deselecting another is
> essentially a function of the ego. How "spiritual" is that really
and
> honestly? Should that be considered expanded consciousness or a
form
> of self-delusion?
>
Once again, I see you, Curtis, and NM doing backflips to maintain
the place of enlightenment as something special and remote and not
to be reached by all us ordinary niggahs. Just ain't so, boys.
