Guest guest Posted June 9, 2007 Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 i like that quote about george bush.. we all see a different one.. and one day we might like him...could happen.. ??? and the next day its quite likely we could hate him.. democrat,so far, roslyn > > > > > > > > >> I couldn't agree more. Somehow,I expected this doomsday response > > >> to my post even before I posted it, and it gave me pause, which > > >> is part of why I am repelled by many of the ACIM posts by > > >> certain individuals. Half the time I don't even read these ACIM > > >> posts, so often they feel just like " GOTCHA's " -- someone shares > > >> a realization they've gotten to through the work, and then the > > >> ACIM " representative " says just the opposite with the authority > > >> of (gasp) God. Come on, who's living in the frightening dream > > >> here, folks, and how much can you be enjoying it? Sounds more > > >> like paranoia than lightening up. I prefer to correspond with > > >> people doing the work, but I know you're all going to keep doing > > >> what you do, too, and give me more to work on. Thanks. > > > > > > > > > Hi Cori. > > > > > > There was a time when I shared your sense of....what?...what > > > would you > > > call it?... exasperation?....at the babblings of ACIM and other > > > belief > > > systems which assert they ~ and only they ~ " know " the " Truth. " > > > > > > The annoyance disappeared when it was realized that those > > > apparently > > > doing the prattlings are not the authors of the words, simply the > > > instruments through which the words take form. > > > > > > And it goes further than that. Even the annoyance/aggravation > > > felt > > > here in reading the rantings...it is clear that I am not the > > > author, > > > merely the vehicle through which annoyance/aggravation is > > > created/experienced. (When using " I " it refers to the > > > self-referential sense-of- " me " that only arises when thought > > > generates > > > it. If there is no thinking about " me " here, there is no " me " > > > here in > > > any conceptual sense.) The notion that " that person is off his > > > rocker " is simply a programmed > > > response born out of x years of conditioning and actually has no > > > truth > > > value. It is simply a thought that has been attached to (and > > > thus the > > > annoyance). > > > > > > Looking even more closely, it can be seen how we actually create > > > these > > > people. They exist for us in thought only (actually, anything > > > that we > > > know/experience, exists for us in thought only). As each > > > bodymind > > > mechanism is basically only a programmed set of thoughts that is > > > unique to itself (with some overlap in others), it is not > > > surprising > > > that one bodymind mechanism will respond with approval at the > > > babblings of a particular belief system. That bodymind > > > mechanism's > > > conditioning is such that it resonates with that belief system. > > > Another bodymind mechanism has its own, different programming and > > > the > > > prattlings of ACIM may grate against it, like nails on a > > > chalkboard. The entire response-reaction chain is really quite > > > innocent. It's not > > > like there is someONE " in there " DOING it. It happens, is all, > > > like > > > when you press the keys on your pc's keyboard and squiggles > > > appear on > > > the screen. Is there someONE " in there " ... in the pc ... > > > " doing " > > > anything? > > > > > > It's just to see that there really is no objective reality " out > > > there. " What we see, feel, think, hear, touch, taste, smell, is > > > ALL a > > > construct of thought, of consciousness. It's very *real* for us > > > (the > > > illusion is very compelling!). Perhaps there us an objective > > > " world " > > > out there. How would we know? All we know are the thoughts & > > > sensations which arise in the localized consciousness which most > > > of us > > > associate with an entity called " me. " > > > > > > Byron is well aware of this. Note a comment she made > > > during a > > > 2004 interview on social activism. The magazine Catalyst asked > > > > > > if " there's a reason that the collective consciousness invented > > > > > > Bush for us? " 's response: > > > > > > " No, you have. You've invented him! Everyone has a different > > > > > > Bush. No two people have the same Bush. " See? If there > > > IS, in fact, some objective reality (and that question > > > is still on the table), we will never know it. What we know are > > > the > > > inventions of thought & feeling that happen through us. > > > > > > Whether or not any of this resonates with an individual is > > > very......individual :-)) It is a function of the time, place, > > > circumstance, and whether or not the reader's conditioning is in > > > synch > > > with the words. > > > > > > Cheers! > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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