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problem with my first S/A
By: Tseeker Date: July 14, 2018, 6:30 pm
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hello dear Jed, I wrote my first S/A sentence as "I am Mohammad"
and started to work on it, but very soon the first problem
showed up.
my S/A:
I is a pronoun which refers to me as a speaker who has a body.
I can not go any further. :(
I see myself as something that has a shape and is separated from
other things, so I do exist! how can I think otherwise?
I can think of myself as being a consciousness, but that
consciousness is confined or attached to a body, so I have a
form which I can not easily deny.
is my S/A wrong? please help me :'(
thanks in advance
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Re: problem with my first S/A
By: Jed McKenna Date: July 15, 2018, 12:59 am
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Hi Moh:
Welcome to the forum and thank you for your post.
S/A worked for me, but that does not mean that it's optimal for
everyone. So, you start with I am Mohammad. Right at the
beginning you have that tricky little word ''I''. So, is it true
that there is an ''I'' where you appear to be? Key word,
''appear''. And here is where I recommend turning to the
methodology of Nisagardatta. His teacher told him to just
contemplate the concept, feeling, thought, that he was,
expressed as ''I am''. He contemplated that at every spare
moment for almost three years. You cannot undo your lifetime of
learning in a day or two. The influence of teaching, government,
religion, friends and the like goes way too deep for an instant
cure.
I suggest you stick with that starting point. You can use ''I
am'' or just ''I''. Contemplate who or what this ''I'' is. And
be patient... be very patient.
Write me any time.
Love ya, Jed.
#Post#: 35112--------------------------------------------------
Re: problem with my first S/A
By: Tseeker Date: July 18, 2018, 5:08 am
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hello Jed
thanks a lot for your warm welcome.
[quote author=Jed McKenna link=topic=1627.msg35096#msg35096
date=1531634367]
so, is it true that there is an ''I'' where you appear to be?
Key word, ''appear''
[/quote]
you mean that my physical form and my appearance has nothing to
do with concept "I"? that it is possible to have a physical form
but not an "I" to correspond it?
as you suggested I narrowed down the statement to only "I", it
still seems to be a broad area, I attempt to contemplate my
feelings and thoughts about concept "I"
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Re: problem with my first S/A
By: Jed McKenna Date: July 18, 2018, 6:03 am
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Í'll expand a little more on that suggestion.
If I asked you if you ''are'' what would you say? (I assume
something like, ''Oh course you silly person, obviously I am''.
Next question, ''How do you know you are?''. (answer: ''I just
know, have this feeling that I am'')
Great, we are doing just fine so far.
Now, my instructions are for you to gently contemplate that
feeling that you ''are'', that you exist. Do it without analysis
or expectations, (that's important) just be with that feeling in
a daily contemplation. Start out for only ten or fifteen minutes
at a time. Sit back, relax and just feel the sense of you are.
Remember, NO analysis, reasoning, mental garbage, etc. Just be
with that feeling.
Talk later.
Love ya, Jed.
#Post#: 35115--------------------------------------------------
Re: problem with my first S/A
By: Tseeker Date: July 18, 2018, 11:15 pm
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I try to contemplate the feeling of "I am" at every spare moment
I get. last night while doing this I had a short realization, an
idea sprang into my mind and disapeard quickly. I had the idea
that my body is an image between images. everything is connected
like different parts of a painting on a paper (house, tree,
river). are they separated though they are identifiable? but I
don't have that feeling of connectedness anymore. that was
short.
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Re: problem with my first S/A
By: Jed McKenna Date: July 19, 2018, 1:11 am
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Ignore that and continue contemplating I am.
Cheers.
#Post#: 35532--------------------------------------------------
Re: problem with my first S/A
By: Tseeker Date: August 24, 2018, 5:02 am
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hello Jed.
when I think about the notion of "me" I can conclude that there
is no me, that all is illusion, but that remains on the level of
thoughts, the feeling of me is still there. I mean that there
is a feeling which tells me "I" exists. I can not remove that
feeling by thinking. how can I get rid of that?
#Post#: 35533--------------------------------------------------
Re: problem with my first S/A
By: Jed McKenna Date: August 24, 2018, 6:30 am
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Don't try to get rid of anything. Just let it be... embrace
everything and be patient... very patient.
Love ya, Jed.
#Post#: 38914--------------------------------------------------
Re: problem with my first S/A
By: Tseeker Date: July 29, 2019, 4:30 pm
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hi Jed.
I am back. I am still on my way to awakening. I have nothing to
say. no questions, just want to be in touch with you.
#Post#: 38918--------------------------------------------------
Re: problem with my first S/A
By: Jed McKenna Date: July 30, 2019, 2:58 am
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I'm still here, well... I appear to be here.
Love ya, Jed
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