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#Post#: 18098--------------------------------------------------
Jed Rant... Giving a little attention.
DIR By: Jed McKenna
Date: February 17, 2016, 9:59 pm
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Dear Posters:
Life has a way of getting us to take things for granted. We take
the love that was so wonderful in the beginning with the
assumption that we now deserve it. We take almost any success in
the illusion, after the initial blush, as though we were the
bank and it's just a mortgage payment that's due each month.
I confess to taking members of the forum for granted at times,
mea culpa, and I now wish to thank you for your participation. I
can remember (back before God invented dirt) going to seminars
and doing exploratory that scared hell out of me. It took guts
and I know that sharing here can also take considerable courage.
Bob Dylan once wrote; ''You're invisible now, you got no secrets
to conceal... how does it feel?". (Best sung with a nasal drawl,
I love his poetry). This is the secret, when you are hiding
nothing you have no fear of exposure. Of course, the initial
exposure can be full of anxiety, and that's what makes some
folks reluctant to share. It's O.K., however, I do encourage
sharing, getting things off your chest. There is no point in
carrying meaningless garbage throughout this earthly
experience.
Two monks set out for town to get some supplies for their
mountainous temple. One was senior and the other a youthful and
eager devotee who had just taken his vows. It was springtime and
they came to a swollen river. The could manage their way across
it, but they noticed a young maiden on the bank who was helpless
against the flow of water. Without hesitation, the senior monk
offered to carry her across. The three manage the tide and
parted ways with the lady on the other side.
But, the young monk found his elder's behavior very upsetting.
He had just taken his vows and they included to never touch or
even look at a woman. As they walked he became more and more
upset with the matter. Eventually he blew up and ask how such a
senior and wise monk could do such a thing, could break his vows
by carrying the woman.
The senior monk look a little surprised, (imagine the Dalai
Lama's face at this point, he always seems a little surprised)
and said, ''Why, my boy... I left her back at the river bank...
you are still carrying her''.
What are you carrying? What things did you do in the past that
you have made yourself wrong for? Things that may have been
appropriate at the time, or perhaps not. It's doesn't matter
because either is only a judgment. Did your so-called past
events actually happen. Hearsay and memories are nothing but
flimsy garbage in my experience. They are stories and by
definition, (my definition) all stories are made up.
The weight of believing your past is usually just below
conscious awareness, subtle but very real, and influencing your
every action. If you want to get a sense of your true nature, I
suggest you begin with some corny new age b. s., i.e.
forgiveness. Now, in light of my assertion of this mechanism
being just outside conscious awareness I suggest you just
forgive everything... a kind of blanket forgiveness, for
anything that happened or even might have happened. Remember,
forgiveness doesn't mean you agree or disagree with an event or
person. You are doing it to lighten YOUR load, not anyone
else's. Eventually it will be automatic and then, someday, you
will realize that is was completely unnecessary, because there
never was a you, or a them, or an event.
For you overachievers who want to race to the end, go for it,
but I'm betting that you will get more out of just taking some
time out to forgive and let go of everything. Camel through the
eye of the needle and all that good stuff. You can't take
anything with you and everything you are holding on to is making
a camel out of you. It takes very little to block awareness of
you true nature... so, what could you let go of today, like
maybe right now? If you want to dump here, go for it. No one
will know it's you, so you are safe in that regard.
In conclusion, I ask that those of you who feel I have ignored
your courageousness, please forgive mey. I assure you, I am very
aware of what it takes to share. Just keep in mind that while
you may think your sharing is important, some day you will
realize that you were only sharing illusions... what's the big
deal? Besides, what you share may well be what someone else
really need to hear.
Love ya,
Jed.
#Post#: 18099--------------------------------------------------
Re: Jed Rant... Giving a little attention.
DIR By: Lisa
Date: February 18, 2016, 12:12 am
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Thanks Jed,
Lova Ya,
Lisa
#Post#: 18102--------------------------------------------------
Re: Jed Rant... Giving a little attention.
DIR By: Kova
Date: February 18, 2016, 1:27 am
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Jed, if this rant is because of i ve written too much last night
and wanting your attention sometimes, i am sorry. İ feel
lonely sometimes and yesterday was a decision day for me about
going to work with people again in some projects or not. But
last night i saw the end of the wine bottle. İ think it is
time to look at why i am doing this seriously. Really i am
sorry, thanks..
#Post#: 18103--------------------------------------------------
Re: Jed Rant... Giving a little attention.
DIR By: Stephan Caspers
Date: February 18, 2016, 1:30 am
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Yesterday I realised comfort is a two sided coin. Things were
running smoothly so I took the backseat. Like the hare taking a
nap whilst racing the turtle, the reality collapsed totally out
of any expectations. Keep on furthering!
#Post#: 18106--------------------------------------------------
Re: Jed Rant... Giving a little attention.
DIR By: Purple Haze
Date: February 18, 2016, 9:49 am
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That is very nice.
any kind of fault finding or offense taking is obviously in the
illusion, and even there, though we weave big stories around it,
it's just contraction meeting a like contraction. folks who tend
to feel rebuked and unheard will somehow magnetically find a
teacher with that style. the particular umbrage my me takes is
usually unappreciation, my me found many partners with that
skill. the pattern of ones contraction seems to meet up with
corresponding contraction that way. who knows how that works.
but isn't it rare that someone surprises you out of the blue
with some assholery you could never have predicted? (unless
you're way unconscious.) no - they contract in their habituated
pattern. you react in your me's habituated pattern. its a cosmic
contraction light show.
#Post#: 18146--------------------------------------------------
Re: Jed Rant... Giving a little attention.
DIR By: j(
Date: February 19, 2016, 8:51 pm
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--- Quote from: Sofunny link ---
>
> Wow, what a rant. Nothing do do with the truth though. What
problems are you carrying? Come on man. Problems are a function
of the ego. Destroy the ego by finding truth. Thats all you need
everyone.
>
--- End Quote ---
And so it seems with unsolicited advice concerning said
"problems" in the experience or expressions of others. But meh,
whatever keeps you boat afloat 8)
#Post#: 18148--------------------------------------------------
Re: Jed Rant... Giving a little attention.
DIR By: Jed McKenna
Date: February 19, 2016, 10:23 pm
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That's correct, it has nothing to do with (or at least very
little) T/R. It's about becoming an adult which is, in my
experience, a worthwhile preliminary step.
How does one become a Human Adult? It has to come from inside
you. Realize that you are responsible for everything and guilty
of nothing, no fault living. Obviously, it also applies to
everyone appearing else in your dream.
Grounded in H/A makes things go much smoother. Full blown T/R is
like a personal thermo-nuclear device, sans the person. It can
be pretty disruptive to your local environs.
Once you realize your True nature, you again revert to being a
child and see the world as a child does. No more need to
adulthood because no more need for a ''you'', unless you take
one on just to play in the sandbox.
Love ya, Jed.
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Re: Jed Rant... Giving a little attention.
DIR By: bear
Date: February 21, 2016, 4:18 am
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thanks.. good words... I feel quite heavy at times... but I feel
like I owe it to my self and others to carry my garbage... it
sounds pretty stupid tho..
I will think a little about forgiveness today..
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Re: Jed Rant... Giving a little attention.
DIR By: mariam
Date: February 23, 2016, 11:24 am
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forgiveness is undoing the past in the present to unlock the
future.
of course, there is no future, there only appears to be now,
but illusion is not all there is to what's going on.
thinking believing i owe it to myself or others to carry my
garbage... is garbage. set it on the curb and be done with it.
but what of the landfills, roadsides and waterways?
all illusion. is this screen any more real?
i don't know what anything is for,
but i'm open to being shown.
thanks for this place to pay my pretend self(s) some attention.
#Post#: 18311--------------------------------------------------
Re: Jed Rant... Giving a little attention.
DIR By: Jed McKenna
Date: February 24, 2016, 1:44 am
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My pleasure.
Love ya, Jed.
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