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Posted by rat on 12/22/2008, 9:10 am, in reply to "Re: Rising and Falling: a continuation"
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: "It's true that it is not often easy
: to tell when something is no longer
: useful...[but] I've found that most of the
: time, with a little introspection, I
: can."
:
: Yes, and I'm suggesting that for the
: introspection to have come, the balance--the
: trajectory--must have already changed for
: you.
:
: It was the natural falling away of what was
: impeding your way--of what was not useful to
: you--that brought you the introspection.
:
: I cannot 'will' introspection, just as I
: cannot 'will' awareness.
:
: For me this is not a disempowering
: determinism, but something entirely
: different.
:
: Something far more benevolent.
:
:
:
Hi Steve
"I cannot 'will' awareness."
I cannot either. But I can force it to arrive.
love,
rat
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