Author Topic: What is this?  (Read 5687 times)

Mr Redshot

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Re: What is this?
« Reply #120 on: May 11, 2021, 11:50:10 am »
Hey, Jed,

I just realized one of my biggest problems is laziness.  I want to read more Nisargadatta and others, want to meditate, workout more and get off this dang screen, but always drift away to a new website tab or a movie in the background.  Do you, as well, find yourself drifting off to other websites that are a complete waste of time when there's other "beneficial" stuff to being doing?

Jed McKenna

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Re: What is this?
« Reply #121 on: May 11, 2021, 11:47:10 pm »
Hi there:

Thanks for your email. I understand what you are saying. I too waste time, not a lot, but when I  do waste time, I do it very consciously. I tend to separate experiences into two categories, but that's not really accurate because even when 'wasting' time I seem to gain some vague learning or knowledge in the process.

I suggest that you try to be more conscious of your experiences. When it is a wasting time experience then do it with all your heart, throw yourself into wasting time as best you can. If you really do that you might find that wasting time (SERIOUSLY wasting time) turns into a quiet contemplation/meditation. That's probably the best wasted time you can waste. And, of course, wasting time thinking about wasting time, well... that's some serious wasted time, IMHO.

I trust I haven't wasted my time sharing with you, but whatever it was, I'm sensing I learned something.

There is a contemplation in the Series call Vanishing identities.... where you take 'I am lazy' and can disappear it in a short while. After all, you made it up just for the fun of un-making it.

Write me at cambodianashram@gmail.com and I will assist you a little more deeply with it.

Much love, you lazy SOB.... enjoy the ride and stay healthy,

Jed.

Mr Redshot

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Re: What is this?
« Reply #122 on: November 08, 2021, 10:29:23 pm »
A gosh dang breakup from the summer.  Now I feel worthless, insecure, less of a man.  I'll be pretty amazed if you can give me an answer how to get out of this state.  I was a hundred percent confident at the beginning of the summer.  Now I just feel like a little boy