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Hello everyone,
Thank you for inviting
me to join in your
experiment. I have been following along just for fun and am intrigued
by your
dialogue thus far.
So as Piet suggested, I
am going to just
jump in, hopefully on to the right track with everyone and not off to
my own
tangent.
I guess the first thing
that struck me is
the wording. I know that there is no good way to describe the
experience, but
my sense is that the wording that is being used can be misleading. It
seems to
me that if we are describing what we are trying to do as anticipating
for a
different experience, a different state of being or altogether a
different
stage ... then there is still too much minding or trying involved. I
think that
it may set us up for failure as there is an anticipation for something
better,
more exciting, more rewarding.
As I follow along in
the experiment, I
can't help but sense that we are trying to practice and trying to
maintain a
state of being for a long time, hoping it will improve as we understand
more or
try harder, i.e.: Heloisa is noticing that she falls out of her state
when she
is engaged with others and she wonders how can she prevent that. So
there is an
idea that one state is better than the other and that only if she knew
the
formula, then she can maintain her preferred state longer. To me, I
think that
it may be a trap again. Perhaps just recognizing that there was a
difference
between the two states of consciousness is enough. But then, the
question
arises for me is who or what recognized this difference? How did we
know that
there was a difference?
I have been working on
giving up any
expectations for anything different and just try to get a better sense
of the
constant oneness in me that is never changing, always present and all
knowing.
Well, I hope I
communicated my thoughts on
this matter clearly. Sometimes I worry that I can't explain my ideas on
this
topic very well. Thanks for letting me share and I am looking forward
to
everyone's feedback.
Maria