--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > <snip> > In contrast, those who cling so strongly to what > > they believe now, to the point of being incapable > > of stating even the *possibility* that these beliefs > > might be less than perfect, have made a commitment > > to STAYING THE SAME. They are actively *resisting* > > change, and thus resisting the very enlightenment > > they profess to seek. > > > But you could be wrong. :-)
Yes, this is the interesting thing -- for the most part we can only see what we BE, or have been. Getting back to M. Scott Peck's model for a moment, on closer look it all appears to be simple, alternating currents or strata or layers of particle-identification and field- identification. Thus his POV-1 (Chaos) is the emergence of small-I particle- identification, the unruly child. Then his POV-2 (Fundamentalism) is the first emergence of field- identification, subservience of the chaotic "evil"-I to a larger whole - - one of rules, society, tribal consciousness (one could argue that this is actually its second appearance, after the prenatal mother-child we-ness). Next his POV-3 (Eclecticism) is the re-emergence of small-I particle identification, now with broadly expanded freedoms. One now sees the limiting or relative nature of the belief-systems of one's previous fundamentalism. Next his POV-4 (Love) is a new spiral of field-identification, Being the Perfection of what IS, and so on. Beginning to see the relative nature of *all* of our stories, even the one giving the subtitles in this moment. Beginning to see *we have a choice* in how we gather and interpret data -- and that it's the "finest feeling level" we choose which determines our mental interpretrations and sense-gathering. Another great relief, yet more freedom, etc. Next we could posit a POV-5 (Bliss) wherein we BE this great field now *collapsing* its totality into particular point(s) of awareness, embodying phsyical, literal, bliss. Now we see that the small I and the large I are the same. And so on, and so on -- constantly alternating strata of fluid and particle, in ever-rising harmonics. When one is speaking a particular or a field truth, from whatever level, one will tend to be heard, resonated with, by those identifying primarily with some harmonic of that given stratum. Thus one expressing the particular truth of "I-as-bliss" will resonate with the Eclectics *and* the Chaotics, both of whom are Doing Their Own Thing. One expressing the field truth of "Only One" will resonate with the Lovers and the Fundamentalists, both of whom are experiencing profound devotion and mergence with the One. We could see these alternating layers of particle- and field- identification as themselves the alternating denser-and-rarer strata of cosmic speech.... *L*L*L*
