--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > Sorry, I keep having further thoughts on this: > > The mind can certainly get into making > distinctions that go way beyond what's > needed for survival, to the point where > it becomes actually *harmful* to the > physical survival of the individual, even > the entire species.
Agreed! > <snip> > > > > And I'd take a wild guess and say that the intellect > > > > continues to be ignorant of Perfection Now after > > > > realization as well. > > > > > > Maybe so. My understanding is that the old intellect virtually > > > disappears into something more like moment-to-moment intuition or > > > appreciation of the continuously emerging miracle of here-now. > > I'd suggest it gets whittled back to making > the kinds of distinctions that are necessary > for survival, albeit perhaps survival more > broadly defined than the merely keep-me-alive- > long-enough-to-pass-on-my-genes variety. *lol* Yeah, I don't think my genes are going anywhere :-) And it seems survival/desires have become completely autonomic: that the larger bodymind (inside and out) and everyone in it takes care of everything pretty nicely -- unless out of old habit I should choose to get in there and override, micromanage, and generally screw things up. Even so the homeostatic balance reasserts itself pretty quickly :-) To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
