Comments on The Peaceful Self.com: Doing Everything (while doing nothing at all)

"This is difficult for an ego-self that needs...

2010-02-03T16:41:54.532-05:00

"This is difficult for an ego-self that needs to DO things that are not just meaningful, but meaningful based on the world’s standards of meaning."

The first pitfall in life! But the deck is stacked from the very beginning, handed down with constancy throughout the generations.

Lots of good things to ponder in here, Mike. Like a room of mirrors where all you see is yourself reaching out from each one of them. And then you walk out of the room of mirrors and the sun is shining and everything is there...and self-reflection itself comes to have had no meaning, but by some equal token, it was not fruitless to have done so. Is that a paradox then? For surely, the paradox exists? Or is that just a riddle of the mind as well? Interesting, now I think of that.

I still ponder between mind and ego. Melding, transformation in that, rather than divide and conquer. I suppose in trying to defeat chaos, one simply provides more of it. Strange as it seems now to think it. I actually do believe the two become separated at some juncture in early life and that is what causes the illusion of separation. Oy, I don't know where to go with that one. Mind of no meaning, ego at war.

"If everything is meaningless, nothing need be avoided and ALL can be engaged meaningfully, simply because, along with the absence of meaning, comes an absence of fear. Infinite players play fearlessly because they collapse ALL the meaningless into ONE meaning. When you have no idea what you should be doing, everything you do is as good as anything else that could be done or WAS done in the past."

The Cheshire Cat! Voila!

Let the rivers flow, where they all go nobody knows. In the clear morning light, all the whys, the wherefores, the whatnots...it's ok. What an allegory is Carroll's Alice, if you really think about it. Better to be the cat than Alice, I begin to think.

Blessings,
Nahnni

No One, Thanks! Barbara, Please feel free to e...

2010-02-01T17:35:44.147-05:00

No One,

Thanks!

Barbara,

Please feel free to employ humor whenever you feel moved to, since this is all quite hilarious and not to be taken serious(when you really get down to it)

Thanks!
mikeS

Lovely post. I use different words, but convey th...

2010-02-01T00:56:43.076-05:00

Lovely post. I use different words, but convey the same concepts.

Oh, those silly thoughts...they might be anything. Just ignore them!

If there's nothing there that needs validation, if the ego isn't the be-all and end-all, most goals for the sake of their outcomes become moot. Goals can still come up, but they're relished for their intrinsic value, for the sake of themselves, for their mere existence.

My ego tends to interpret, there are a lot of thoughts, but they aren't given any real credence. They are, in fact, a source of great amusement!

Love how you're not mincing any words Mike!

Ya know Mike, if you could refrain from the most a...

2010-01-31T17:00:16.567-05:00

Ya know Mike, if you could refrain from the most appropos graphics, I could maybe write a serious comment now and again about content and not commentary on the guy introducing your post. He is just a little too empty for my taste, but we might be more matched than I know.

The oddity is, my sister was always the self described funny one, however that remains up for debate. Humor seems my best, maybe safest route these days. Could be SHE taught me something? That might actually be funnier than anything else...

Maybe next time I can restrain myself, try and sound smart at least, we'll see.

Barbara