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   From: tanghuyen@gmail.com   
      
   On 11/7/2016 6:54 PM, brian mitchell wrote:   
      
   > In your eagerness to insert a thorn you seem to have missed the point   
   > of the question, which was not to judge, but to understand the inner   
   > nature of detachment.   
   >   
   > One could similarly address the question of mindfulness: in   
   > mindfulness, is there a watcher and a watched? To be unobstructed,   
   > must not awareness be fully participatory?   
      
   You are doing what I have warned you about many   
   times before, namely running a due diligence of   
   awareness. Just jump in with two feet, do it   
   straight-up and don't bother about a priori analysis   
   of it. It can't be done. (In Jewish mythology,   
   specially Catholicism, isn't it said to just believe   
   blindly, without understanding? That heavenly   
   wisdom is folly to the world?) You have   
   overpowering (theoretical) boogeymen about   
   oneness and non-duality. They lord over you and   
   scare you out of your wits. You have scarcely any   
   idea of unconcern. Just abandon your wits and be   
   mindful, without further ado.   
      
   "most don't recognize their true self so their   
   language is one of fear, desire and survival   
   addictions. the true self language doesn't concern   
   itself with those things." Jen.   
      
   "the lack comes from those who don't understand   
   the true self. true self is not in the vein of survival   
   and security addictions so a common ground not   
   being found is not the fault or the concern of the   
   true self." Jen.   
      
   Tang Huyen   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)