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Subject: Re: Making sense of things

Author:
Ben Hursh

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Date Posted: 11:28:19 02/20/01 Tue
In reply to: Cassie 's message, "Re: Making sense of things" on 20:37:04 02/19/01 Mon

I just have to say more here. First I would like to complement SK on her/his response and I would really like to know who it is. Would a name be in order? Secondly I think what I said about The Mystery needs further comment. The mind can be useful but thinking can be endless and come to no valid conclusions. I spent years being the abused victim of a busy mind. Enless chatter and questioning that got so bad I was unable to sleep. I would pray for only a minute or two of mental silence. I had no clue or memory of what that would be like. To the mind an answer to a question only prompts another question. There is no way to figure IT out. The mind doesn't have the capacity for the job. The body has a native intelligence that it operates by, as the mind can not handle the job. The mind is limited, and thinking, although it has a place, can just plain cause us a lot of unnecessary suffering. It's like being trapped on a very unpleasant carnival ride. We get sick of it but we can't get off. When I begin to realize that is happening to me I move my attention to the whole body and breathe. That is the Mystery to me. Because I don't have a clue about what I am experiencing, but I am feeling something very profound. I experience this Mystery and it is obvious to me that I am The Mystery. It is not a lable I put on something to make myself feel safe. If it were such a thing it would be an immense failure. It makes me feel, as Saniel has written. that I am bungee jumping without a cord. There is nothing to grasp or even reach out for to prevent my falling. When I can let myself just feel this and surrender to it I find love and peace. Yes it is also fearful and painful but that is only part of the package and what that whole package is, is a Mystery. Another part of this Great Mystery is the non seperation. Being every one and every thing. I have developed a great empathy for what others are feeling and Cassie I feel your confusion. What I want to say is that confusion, not knowing, is part of who we are. A very big piece of who we are. It doesn't change or get better, but love makes it bearable and I want to thank you for letting me love you as it makes my life a lot more pleasant.

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: Making sense of things	Cassie	14:44:18 02/20/01 Tue
Re: Making sense of things -- Gill, 05:05:42 02/21/01 Wed Re: Making sense of things -- Cassie, 00:01:38 02/22/01 Thu