--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Gimbel" > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > --From my experience also: sometimes we like to hold onto > > > > > our pain > > > > > > > > Or, we'd be happy to let it go if we could only > > > > figure out *how*. > > > > > > In all seriousness, a great start would probably be > > > to STOP TRYING TO FIGURE EVERYTHING OUT! > > > > > > The more you try to figure things out, the more you're > > > locked into the intellect, the more you reinforce the > > > self, and the more you reinforce the pain. > > > > And if you could tell when words are meant > > literally and when they aren't, you'd be a > > lot more likely once in a while to come up > > with a helpful comment. > > > > When you "figure out" how to hit a line > > drive, does it involve the intellect? > > Yes. The intellect is the means of discrimination- place the club a > little bit more this way or that.
OK, but discrimination per se is a means of awakening, as I understand it, unlike what Barry's talking about, where you get stuck in the thinking process. It's primarily the body, or the mind-body connection, that "figures out" how to hit a line drive. It isn't something you think *about* or can get stuck in. That's the analogy I was trying to draw. "Letting go" is what one "does" in TM, except it's more a matter of not-doing. If you bring the intellect into it, it just gets in the way, as it would in trying to hit a line drive. But you have to learn the "trick" to it. In any case, I was suggesting that "We want to hold onto our pain" isn't really the case. Rather, we don't know how to let go of it. Barry's response was entirely beside the point. However for the action to fully > succeed it must involve the heart and mind working in alignment with > each other, just like it talks about in the Gita. 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/
