tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7598016314667596202.post6517306062510693955..comments2023-07-04T06:43:07.515-07:00Comments on Longings Enchantments and Sacred Space: Gentle IroniesLucy Lopezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06896499234585582947noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7598016314667596202.post-75393749003060923732008-08-29T05:08:00.000-07:002008-08-29T05:08:00.000-07:00Yes - it is an attachment I speak of, a communion ...Yes - it is an attachment I speak of, a communion of interpersonal joy - that is exactly what I meant.<BR/><BR/>I didn't think that would get past you, somehow . . .<BR/><BR/>:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)Ellumbrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04692032656434354445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7598016314667596202.post-53356882012612642562008-08-28T18:18:00.000-07:002008-08-28T18:18:00.000-07:00Fall in love??? Aren't we forever in the ocean of...Fall in love??? <BR/><BR/>Aren't we forever in the ocean of love??? Aren't we forever 'falling in love'? Isn't it only our lack of awareness that prevents us from experiencing the romance, passion and orgasm of the ever-unfolding and flowing ocean of life/love??? Isn't the practice of vipassana just one such means of experiencing and falling in love with our true. unconditioned, whole nature? <BR/><BR/>Isn't the sudden, disarming, heady encounter with beauty, whether of human or other (forest, mountain etc)nature, an instance of 'falling in love'???<BR/><BR/>Or is it something else you speak of? An attachment perhaps???? :-) (Please enlarge that smiley)Lucy Lopezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06896499234585582947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7598016314667596202.post-82477324490547429102008-08-28T10:40:00.000-07:002008-08-28T10:40:00.000-07:00:-)My expansive response - hoping to demonstrate t...:-)<BR/>My expansive response - hoping to demonstrate that I understand:-)<BR/><BR/>Put in simplistic subject/object terms, time is no more than an imagined dimension, which our perception, unconsciously implies and contributes to the unfolding of events in space, but in reality, we are one infinite moment, observing these events - for we have no "memory" of time itself - only the events.<BR/>A clock ticks - simply because its mechanism is designed to do so - we supply the concept of "time passing" - does time exist for the clock? <BR/>It is just a clock being itself.<BR/>The same for us - we supply the concept of "age."<BR/>So forces, influences that we may perceive as being "past" are still at work, are still active and potent - and their energy can still be harnessed and realigned.<BR/><BR/>So it's never too late - to fall in love?<BR/>He, he.<BR/>:-)Ellumbrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04692032656434354445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7598016314667596202.post-91324873793399204392008-08-27T21:00:00.000-07:002008-08-27T21:00:00.000-07:00mmm...here are some of my responses :-):~ In a tim...mmm...here are some of my responses :-):<BR/><BR/>~ In a timeless reality (which I happen to believe and experience as our fundamental reality), the boundaries of past, present and future do not exist. Therefore, it is possible to choose differently when reviewing the 'past'...after all, we do experience our world in our minds...When I have done this, I have noticed changes in the 'present' that I would have found impossible to engineer in more 'traditional/conventional/rational' ways!<BR/><BR/>As for blessings in disguise - I believe that everything, without exception, is purposeful and perfect. It is our conditioning that prevents us from seeing all things thus. So, yes, in their own way, each person, event and 'thing' can influence the path that we take, for better or for worse.Lucy Lopezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06896499234585582947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7598016314667596202.post-4971585584221520392008-08-27T06:40:00.000-07:002008-08-27T06:40:00.000-07:00Considering that there are no alternatives for our...Considering that there are no alternatives for our past, no "what ifs" - do you concede that those shackles were perhaps a blessing in disguise, the silver lining, that has inspired you to explore and expand in the realms of love and liberty?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11494469952232534729noreply@blogger.com