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       #Post#: 11749--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Jed rant, letting go, stimulated by Gromer
   DIR By: Jed McKenna
       Date: May 17, 2015, 10:55 pm
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       Yes, there is nothing to say, and i never said that.
       Love ya, Jed.
       #Post#: 11906--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Jed rant, letting go, stimulated by Gromer
   DIR By: Jack
       Date: May 23, 2015, 1:37 am
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       Attachments:
       My GF, having a great relationship
       My best friend
       Being in a relationship/not being alone
       My Dad, Mom, and little Sis
       Becoming a good guitarist, making music
       Losing weight and being thin
       Being happy/not depressed
       Having people like and love me
       Living a long life
       Making alot of money
       Being healthy
       Becoming Enlightened
       Enjoying life
       Getting a nicer car
       Having things my way
       Being comfortable
       Nicotine and Marijuana
       Feeling comfortable in my body
       Being attractive
       Sex
       Having more energy
       Not being angry
       Not being apathetic
       My sister's life getting better
       Becoming an integrated human adult
       Having a bigger penis
       Controlling how others think of me
       Understanding/Figuring life out
       Healing the relationships in my family
       Being loving
       Doing something to earn Enlightenment
       Being wise, having people respect and learn from me
       Finding the right "Enlightenent Teacher"
       Having a good job
       #Post#: 11908--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Jed rant, letting go, stimulated by Gromer
   DIR By: Jed McKenna
       Date: May 23, 2015, 2:07 am
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       All of those hinge on one thing, the assumption that there is a
       ''you''. The cure, should you decide to take it, is deep
       investigation into this ''you''.
       Love ya,  Jed.
       #Post#: 11910--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Jed rant, letting go, stimulated by Gromer
   DIR By: Jack
       Date: May 23, 2015, 2:15 am
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       Yeah, its the "should you decide to take it" part that is
       troubling.  I know that I am not, and I don't know why.  I don't
       know what is holding me back...
       #Post#: 11912--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Jed rant, letting go, stimulated by Gromer
   DIR By: Jed McKenna
       Date: May 23, 2015, 3:31 am
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       I would hallucinate that it is fear of loss of the illusion,
       which is nothing anyways. See how it looks to you.
       Love ya, Jed.
       #Post#: 28891--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Jed rant, letting go, stimulated by Gromer
   DIR By: alighazi
       Date: May 21, 2017, 7:52 am
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       I'm not sure if letting go is within my control... But still
       here goes things that I feel like I'm attached to:
       Fears of:
       Not being healthy
       Being boring
       Not being enough for a relationship
       Appearing needy
       Appearing egoistic
       Having an ego
       Not being worthy of what I have
       Losing control
       Permanent damage to my body
       Wasting time
       Being incompetent in bed
       ....etc
       Ideas about who I am:
       Smart
       Free from ego
       Calm and collected
       Fit and though
       A Man
       A person
       Young
       Having a body
       Low energy
       Engineer and nerd
       forgetful
       Seeker of truth
       Egoistic (but should disguise it)
       A good student of Jed
       Etc.
       Others:
       Food and water
       Sleep
       Having a roof over my head
       Career
       My mind and intellect
       SmartPhone
       Internet
       Computers
       Friends and people
       This forum
       Etc. Etc.
       All attachments are kinda self-definitions as well :) all false
       Writing these attachments help me see clearly how "ordinary" I
       am. its such a relief to know that I'm not a special person at
       all, just a bundle of random attachments and importances
       collected here and there.
       #Post#: 28900--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Jed rant, letting go, stimulated by Gromer
   DIR By: partridgeoutofthinair
       Date: May 21, 2017, 10:13 pm
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       i am attached to
       my family
       my life
       my sanity
       pets
       job
       ambitions and dreams
       my image from friends
       image of my sexual life or lack of it
       respect from others
       #Post#: 28904--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Jed rant, letting go, stimulated by Gromer
   DIR By: guest1310
       Date: May 21, 2017, 11:00 pm
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       Great that this rant popped up. Lately been aware of what do I
       think I need "to live a good life" and how to let go of those
       thoughts.
       Is it necessary to know all the clingings to let go of it?
       Greatest attachments in everyday life:
       1. Thinking
       2. Some others:
       - Getting things done
       - Good relationships with and an approval of all the people
       - Movement, sweating, feeling physically strong and good
       - Clean surroundings
       - Greenery
       - Certain food I like to eat
       - Cigarettes
       - Partner
       - Internet
       - Phone
       - Something to do
       - Not too much to do
       Patterns of thoughts:
       - That somebody somewhere else enjoys the life more than I do
       here now
       - I should be going to that somewhere else
       - I have failed it all
       - People with whom I spend my life have failed
       -> thought of failure & success
       - I have to be doing something
       - I should be more  ...
       - I should be less ...
       - Thinking of the looks of the character
       - Feeling tight, not having "space for living" - anxiety
       - Not being able to stay in track of my own thoughts or plans
       - Brain burning out easily of overwhelming -> suicidal thinking
       (wish of not needing to exist)
       - In times of joy: positive thinking, optimism. Seen as clinging
       as when negativity rushes in I get scared and try to resist the
       depression and stay positive.
       - Making people feel good and smile through the joy of mine
       OK GOOD MORNING WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE.
       #Post#: 28907--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Jed rant, letting go, stimulated by Gromer
   DIR By: Jed McKenna
       Date: May 22, 2017, 12:36 am
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       Clinging to (attachment) and letting go (aversion) are just
       thoughts and thus do not exist. I would suggest that if you
       become deeply aware of these (they are both forms of attachment)
       then a letting go will come about quite naturally, but it takes
       work and determination.
       You want to be aware of the costs and the benefits of your
       attachments. Then you will see on you own their true nature.
       Love ya, Jed.
       #Post#: 28918--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Jed rant, letting go, stimulated by Gromer
   DIR By: EternalDawning
       Date: May 22, 2017, 9:42 am
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       What do I cling to? Maybe when the time comes I'll see. Maya
       will surely test me.
       I've let it all go including everything I think about
       everything, again and again. I know there's no death without a
       doubt.  Doesn't mean I won't cling to an edge of a cliff if I
       could fall off.  It's not about that kind of letting go.
       I know falling into nothing with nothing is the safest place to
       be, beyond the meaning of safety.
       I loosely cling to the sights, sounds, ideas and feelings which
       gives me a sense of great appreciation for what appears fleeting
       though I could create it all again a million times a million,
       it's all me.
       I cling to comfort and ease.
       I've seen the beginning, the end, and countless points of view
       all around. I am clinging, barely, to a subtle loud middle.
       What do I cling to?
       Stories, what else?  Nothing like a good story to pass the time.
       
       I cling to patterns.
       I cling to a desire to see the whole in each part.
       I cling to constructs and fantasy and future possibilities.
       I cling to clear consistent cohesive awareness that sees it all,
       and when I do, it slips like sand through the grasp of my
       thinking.
       I cling to letting go.
       I cling to doing and undoing.
       I cling to knowing and not knowing.
       I cling to further and to remembering there's nowhere to go.
       Love.
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