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      From: oldernow@dev.null               the ongoing want               i.e. lack               of ex-perience               is solved by               turning around               ~               of *course*        everything in a        made-up reality        is made-up               ~              for the life of me       i can't understand        how anything i       write could matter        to you              it's just gibberish        thoughts coming       to mind not unlike       waves meeting shore               as meaningful as       any of the bubbles        thereof              and gone as quickly        as they appeared               ~               said another way               mind "is" the        seeming shore              upon which thoughts        seemingly crash        and foam               ~               the seeming       problem: conflating        re-flection and        re-ality               ~               one of the        appearances        is a subject of       not-subject object        appearances               all are thoughts               aka re-flection               aka mind only               aka the seeming        mirror               ~              identification with        the mind object        deemed subject        of the other mind       objects is abiding       in the mirror/mind               abiding in        awareness is        remaining aware        of awareness and        its mirror/mind        game/play               ~               "in what attitude        of mind should        it be diligently        explained to        others? not        assuming the        permanency or the       reality of earthly        phenomena, but        in the conscious        blessedness        of a mind at        perfect rest. and        why? because, the        phenomena of life        may be likened        unto a dream,        a phantasm, a        bubble, a shadow,        the glistening        dew, or lightning        flash, and thus        they ought to be        contemplated."              --       NPC's dutifully ignored.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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