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Re: Jed rant, letting go, stimulated by Gromer
DIR By: Sparrow
Date: November 3, 2014, 9:13 am
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> Jed McKenna on Today at 12:54:03 am
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> Let's pretend for a moment only, that you are at the moment of
your death. Now, you tell me exactly what you are going to cling
to and what you are going to let go of.
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> How difficult do you want your death to be?
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> Love ya, Jed.
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Hai Jed,
1. Fear, in both the cling on thing and let go thing.
2. Stupid question. What do you think?
Greatings Sparrow.
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Re: Jed rant, letting go, stimulated by Gromer
DIR By: Notdan
Date: November 3, 2014, 9:32 am
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Considering the illusory nature of this existence and my nearly
complete lack of free will I am actually fairly embarrassed by
all of them. So to avoid a pure alphabet soup and in the
interests of fierce honesty here a partial list of the
attachments which have manifested thus far this morning;
My morning tea
My failure to charge phone
My Sweetheart's dental distress
My daughter's sprained ankle
My exercise regimen
The fact that I used 'my' 6 times already
Jed's rant and responses
Mork's departure
The teaching's of Jed and BK versus those in A Course in
Miracles
Lack of laundry change
Global warming
The plight of the polar bear
Colony collapse in bees
Poaching in Africa
The health of my father
The fates of various sports teams
A productive bm
Tightness in my neck and shoulders
The calls of Sandhill cranes flying overhead
My oldest daughter's afternoon visit
Netflix distribution centers being closed on Saturday
My rock climbing project route at the gym
Crowds of selfish climbers at the gym
Idiot drivers
Fear of mechanical problems with car 180
Food I like versus food I should eat
Laundry facility availability
Bosses demands
Clients flakiness
.............
Boy howdy! I am just one hot mess, a regular dumpster fire of
fear and neediness and clinging. Tended to think of this work as
shoveling crap, but I think a chainsaw might be the first tool I
should use to lop off all these ridiculous attachments!
Off to fire up the pruners!
#Post#: 4033--------------------------------------------------
Re: Jed rant, letting go, stimulated by Gromer
DIR By: Notdan
Date: November 3, 2014, 9:50 am
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Immediately upon re reading my post I realized these much more
honest attachments;
Desire to appear clever
Fear of failure
Viewing myself as a failure
Juggling lies
Need to sharpen shears. Too dull to cut through these ropy
vines. Least that's what I tell myself. Anything to avoid the
actual severing
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Re: Jed rant, letting go, stimulated by Gromer
DIR By: mattj
Date: November 3, 2014, 10:04 am
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1. Pleasant feelings of all shapes and sizes.
If I think about it, the moments of greatest happiness in my
life aren't so much related to this or that (with one
exception--- the happiness of family love). What I would say the
moments of greatest happiness are the ones that just come. One
day, I blissed out on the sofa looking at my unkept basement.
But most "life" milestones left me thinking, "Is that all there
is?" And when I get really sick, it wouldn't matter if I were
surrounded by sunsets, dancing girls, and million dollar bills.
So for me, I would say it is less what is appearing and more how
is it feeling.
You know what though, we let go of everything every night
drifting off into sleep (or sometimes when meditating). The
first thing to go are all the problems and worries. Then
personal memories, the body, all of it goes. And it is so great
that it is sometimes hard to get out of bed in the morning.
#Post#: 4036--------------------------------------------------
Re: Jed rant, letting go, stimulated by Gromer
DIR By: kozi
Date: November 3, 2014, 11:34 am
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Hi Jed.
I never knew worrying, wishing, wanting and on could be
considered clinging.
Here are mine:
Wishing my son can develop interest to learn what I am learning
about being H/A first.
Worrying if my son continue drinking and taking drugs he might
not live long or have some illness soon.
Worrying my grandchild might be affected by his drinking and
start drinking one day when he grows up.
Drinking coffee (one cup a day) what will do to my health in the
long run.
Wanting and wishing if I can have my own home than paying rent.
Thought it’s a waste of money renting.
Thanks for everything that you do to help humanities who live in
the dark.
#Post#: 4039--------------------------------------------------
Re: Jed rant, letting go, stimulated by Gromer
DIR By: kozi
Date: November 3, 2014, 12:36 pm
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Jed,
the question I ask is what would you do to let all the clinging
go? Is it like saying No, No get away when the thoughts arrive
in the mind? I tried to figure it out myself but I am not sure
what is the right way.
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Re: Jed rant, letting go, stimulated by Gromer
DIR By: Mischa
Date: November 3, 2014, 12:38 pm
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My cat and any other animal
and some humans.
nature
creativity
coziness
relaxation
no pains
distraction
tilidin (in low dosis, its a painkiller)
the imagination of my self
the words of all these McKennas, Jed and Terence ;)
etc.. etc.................and many more useless crap
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Re: Jed rant, letting go, stimulated by Gromer
DIR By: Googol Plex
Date: November 3, 2014, 1:33 pm
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Usually a middle sized cup of coffee with a name on it.
And some strange subtle feeling that tells me that I should care
about what people are saying and what they care about when I
really don't care at all. And perplexity because of the fact
that I notice this happening but I'm not succumbing to the
mind's effort to care about it and yet witness it questioning if
I really really don't care. It's like that thing before you log
out from certain web pages when you are asked "Do you really
want to log out?". Yep. Somehow this keeps happening. I'm
attached to my mind's tendency to care and not the actual caring
in itself. Attachment to non-attachment is as whatever as
everything else.
Oh, and food. That shit is awesome.
#Post#: 4048--------------------------------------------------
Re: Jed rant, letting go, stimulated by Gromer
DIR By: Matt Ricks
Date: November 3, 2014, 4:42 pm
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That's an interesting exercise...
My holdings -
Enlightenment/TR
Maintaining an ongoing inquiry
Insights of the inquiry (feel the liberating feelings associated
with it)
Getting more emotional mature and ready for TR
Having hope and goals for the future
Love/intimacy/warmth with humans (or animals)
Occupying the mind by new and interesting experiences
Mobility (having legs, a car, not being confined to one place)
Health - specially the ability to see, hear, talk, walk, and not
being in pain or bound by disease
Comfort of the senses
Being in nature and in inspirational places that invoke good and
spiritual feelings
My mother, ex-girlfriend, and few other people (wishing that
they would be happy, healthy and alive)
The feeling that I'm OK exactly as I am, that I'm appereciated
by others, and not being regarded as an outsider/stupid/not
attractive and so on
Having time for myself, privacy and silent enviroment
That's for now, sure there is more
Jed, if you feel like responding or cutting my head off, you are
welcome... ;)
#Post#: 4050--------------------------------------------------
Jed rant, letting go, stimulated by Gromer
DIR By: claudia
Date: November 3, 2014, 5:11 pm
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If I was really in my death bed I would want to say goodbye to a
few people. Other than that I don't see myself being afraid
since I attempted death once I lost the fear of dying. Perhaps I
would cling to the disappointment that I wasn't going to live to
be 700 years old. I am attached to the idea of ascension. But my
curiosity would get the best of me and I would jump to the
opportunity to transition.
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