"Distinctions have a short half-life, and need to be recreated from time to time." ... | speaking with Laurence Platt in Encounters With A Friend #7 (Half-Life) | |
1) |
I distinguish between "I feel" and "I have feelings" (or even
better: I distinguish between "I feel" and "there are
feelings").
There's no being in "I feel", and neither is there any access to being in "I feel". The statement "I feel feelings" is patently false. In fact it's a lie. I don't feel feelings. Feelings feel me. Moreover, feelings feel me automatically (my vote isn't required). Such assertions are often misconstrued as making emotion wrong. Look: there's nothing wrong with emotion. Honest! It's just emotion. That said, it's not the being. Distinguishing between "I feel" (a statement of emotion) and "I have feelings" or "There are feelings" (statements of being) gives me access to being. |
2) |
I distinguish between "I think" and "I have thoughts" (or even
better: I distinguish between "I think" and "there are
thoughts").
There's no being in "I think", and neither is there any access to being in "I think". The statement "I think thoughts" is patently false. In fact it's also a lie. I don't think thoughts. Thoughts think me. Moreover, thoughts think me automatically (my vote isn't required). Such assertions are often misconstrued as making the mind wrong. Look: there's nothing wrong with the mind. Honest! It's just the mind. That said, it's not the being. Distinguishing between "I think" (a statement of the mind) and "I have thoughts" or "There are thoughts" (statements of being) gives me access to being. <aside> Listen: if you're still unclear that your feelings and thoughts are on full automatic, then stop having feelings / stop thinking thoughts. <un-aside> |
3) |
I distinguish what I
add on
to what's happening ie what I
add on
to what's going on ie what I
add on
to reality ie what I
add on
to what's so.
For example, I add on "This shouldn't be happening"; I add on "I don't like what's going on"; I add on "Something's wrong"; I add on "This isn't it" - in other words, I distinguish between being with life ... and what I add on to being with life. That doesn't negate, diminish, discount, deny, or ignore what I add on to my experience of being with life. Rather it simply distinguishes what I add on to my experience of being. And it's making this distinction that gives me access to being. |
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