--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <drpetersutphen@> wrote: > > > > > > --- jyouells2000 <jyouells@> wrote: > > > > > > > My experience is that the 'bound' self is built upon > > > > the unwillingness > > > > to be nothing, the fear of > > > > that... Sort of a continuous looking away. > > > > > > Brilliant(IMHO)!! The continuous looking away is also > > > a continuous looking for a subjective "feeling" of > > > self that affirms (falsely) that "I exist." The mind > > > does this every few seconds in waking state. It's a > > > very subtle egoic habit. You can see this habit in CC > > > because the mind turns to find something to affirm > > > itself and nothing, literally, is found instead. There > > > is no longer a felt-sense of "I" to affirm > > > individuality. There is, again, literally, nothing > > > there to find but pure consciousness and pure > > > consciousness is something that the mind can not > > > comprehend. > > > > I know this was a couple of days ago, but today > > I found myself wondering whether the same "looking > > away" could help to explain those with an Internet > > addiction. They intuit that they're close to the > > experience of nothingness, and that scares them, > > so they post a lot and/or post stuff calculated > > to get a response (positive or negative doesn't > > matter, just as long as it's a response), all so > > that the self can preserve the illusion of itself. > > As long as the self is busy dealing with one-on- > > one interactions, the "looking away" succeeds, the > > illusion of self's existence is preserved, and > > the person never has to deal with the nothingness > > they can feel just over the horizon. > > > > Nice self-analysis. It takes a lot of courage to step up and offer > such a deep and critical analysis of oneself. Especially before a > group that can be a bit "cutting" at times. Particularly when you > have fueled such by regular and at times massive goading. This is > good. Part of the healing process perhaps.
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