> "blu" wrote in message
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>> With persistent practice, consciousness may eventually be perceived or
>> felt as an entity of mere luminosity and knowing, to which anything is
>> capable of appearing and which, when appropriate conditions arise, can
>> be generated in the image of whatsoever object. As long as the mind
>> does not encounter the external circumstance of conceptuality, it will
>> abide empty without anything appearing in it, like clear water. Its
>> very entity is that of mere experience. Let the mind flow of its own
>> accord without conceptual overlay. Let the mind rest in its natural
>> state, and observe it. In the beginning, when you are not used to this
>> practice, it is quite difficult, but in time the mind appears like
>> clear water.
>>
>> --The Dalai Lama, in The Dalai Lama: A Policy of Kindness, edited by
>> Sidney Piburn
>>
>>
>> Thoughts? ...

> Martin Swain wrote:

>> "blu" wrote in message
>> news:ZM2dnaaXT-vI4LTYnZ2dnUVZ_tidnZ2d@giganews.com...

>>> With persistent practice, consciousness may eventually be perceived or...

> On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 22:09:53 +0000 Meltdarok aol.com> exploded
> onto the scene and screamed incoherantly:
>

>> Martin Swain wrote:

>>> "blu" wrote in message
>>> news:ZM2dnaaXT-vI4LTYnZ2dnUVZ_tidnZ2d@giganews.com...

>>>> With persistent practice, consciousness may eventually be perceived or
>>>> felt as an entity of mere luminosity and knowing, to which anything is
>>>> capable of appearing and which, when appropriate conditions arise, can
>>>> be generated in the image of whatsoever object. As long as the mind
>>>> does not encounter the external circumstance of conceptuality, it will
>>>> abide empty without anything appearing in it, like clear water. Its
>>>> very entity is that of mere experience. Let the mind flow of its own
>>>> accord without conceptual overlay. Let the mind rest in its natural
>>>> state, and observe it. In the beginning, when you are not used to this
>>>> practice, it is quite difficult, but in time the mind appears like
>>>> clear water.
>>>>
>>>> --The Dalai Lama, in The Dalai Lama: A Policy of Kindness, edited by ...

> blu wrote:

>> On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 22:09:53 +0000 Meltdarok aol.com>
>> exploded onto the scene and screamed incoherantly:
>>

>>> Martin Swain wrote:

>>>> "blu" wrote...

> On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 02:44:18 +0000 Meltdarok aol.com> exploded
> onto the scene and screamed incoherantly:
>

>> blu wrote:

>>> On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 22:09:53 +0000 Meltdarok aol.com>
>>> exploded onto the scene and screamed incoherantly:
>>>

>>>> Martin Swain wrote:

>>>>> "blu" wrote in message
>>>>> news:ZM2dnaaXT-vI4LTYnZ2dnUVZ_tidnZ2d@giganews.com...

>>>>>> With persistent practice, consciousness may eventually be perceived
>>>>>> or felt as an entity of mere luminosity and knowing, to which
>>>>>> anything is capable of appearing and which, when appropriate
>>>>>> conditions arise, can be generated in the image of whatsoever object.
>>>>>> As long as the mind does not encounter the external circumstance of
>>>>>> conceptuality, it will abide empty without anything appearing in it,
>>>>>> like clear water. Its very entity is that of mere experience. Let the
>>>>>> mind flow of its own accord without conceptual overlay. Let the mind
>>>>>> rest in its natural state, and observe it. In the beginning, when you ...

> blu wrote:

>> On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 02:44:18 +0000 Meltdarok aol.com>
>> exploded onto the scene and screamed incoherantly:
>>

>>> blu wrote:

>>>> On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 22:09:53 +0000 Meltdarok...

> With persistent practice, consciousness may eventually be perceived or
> felt as an entity of mere luminosity and knowing, to which anything is
> capable of appearing and which, when appropriate conditions arise, can
> be generated in the image of whatsoever object. As long as the mind
> does not encounter the external circumstance of conceptuality, it will
> abide empty without anything appearing in it, like clear water. Its
> very entity is that of mere experience. Let the mind flow of its own
> accord without conceptual overlay. Let the mind rest in its natural
> state, and observe it. In the beginning, when you are not used to this
> practice, it is quite difficult, but in time the mind...

> Martin Swain wrote:

>> "Meltdarok" aol.com> wrote in message
>> news:RMzWg.233253$QM6.55417@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...

>>> Martin Swain wrote:

>>>> "blu" wrote in message
>>>> news:ZM2dnaaXT-vI4LTYnZ2dnUVZ_tidnZ2d@giganews.com...

>>>>> With persistent practice, consciousness may eventually be
>>>>> perceived or
>>>>> felt as an entity of mere luminosity and knowing, to which
>>>>> anything is
>>>>> capable of appearing and which, when appropriate conditions arise,
>>>>> can
>>>>> be generated in the image of whatsoever object. As long as the mind
>>>>> does not encounter the external circumstance of conceptuality, it
>>>>> will
>>>>> abide empty without anything appearing in it, like clear water. Its
>>>>> very entity is that of mere experience. Let the mind flow of its own
>>>>> accord without conceptual overlay. Let the mind rest in its natural
>>>>> state, and observe it. In the beginning, when you are not used to ...