>
> dt wrote:
>
>

>>Well, there were also several years where *I* was
>>checked out. That ought to balance the accounts
>>somewhat.

>
>
> Erm, you were checked out for some years?
> Are you saying that rebirth is for real?
>
> Tang Huyen

> I have a neurological and immune illness and whilst I phase in and out
> of mentation regularly during the day I am aware of when it happens but
> everything becomes internal rather than external. For example, I know I
> have been watching something like NCIS but remember nothing of the
> episode during the mentation pause. Lots of interesting things do
> bubble up internally, it's very much like meditation but it's not
> voluntary and I can't think about it until whatever part of my brain
> stops flat lining and kicks back in, so literatlly just 'watch' things
> (thoughts, emotions, etc) coming and going :-) It was scary at first
> but now I enjoy the off switch moments when they happen, lots of
> learning in them.

>
> Shirley Knott wrote:
>

>> I have a neurological and immune illness and whilst I phase in and out
>> of mentation regularly during the day I am aware of when it happens but
>> everything becomes internal rather than external. For example, I know I
>> have been watching something like NCIS but remember nothing of the
>> episode during the mentation pause. Lots of interesting things do
>> bubble up internally, it's very much like meditation but it's not
>> voluntary and I can't think about it until whatever part of my brain
>> stops flat lining and kicks back in, so literatlly just 'watch' things
>> (thoughts, emotions, etc) coming and going :-) It was scary at first
>> but now I enjoy the off switch moments when they happen, lots of
>> learning in them.

>
> You apparently have an involuntary "switch-off"
> mechanism, by which your control turns off for
> awhile, right? I think that Jigme and Fu could
> enjoy such turning off of mentation, for they ...

>
> Shirley Knott wrote:
>
>

>>I have a neurological and immune illness and whilst I phase in and out
>>of mentation regularly during the day I am aware of when it happens but
>>everything becomes internal...

>Tang Huyen wrote:
>

>>
>> Shirley Knott wrote:
>>
>>

>>>I have a neurological and immune illness and whilst I phase in and out
>>>of mentation regularly during the day I am aware of when it happens...

> Robert Epstein:
>

>>Tang Huyen:

>

>>> Shirley Knott:

>

>>>>I have a neurological and immune illness and whilst I phase in and out
>>>>of mentation regularly during the day I am aware of when it happens...

>
> Ali wrote:
>

>> Robert Epstein:
>>

>>> Tang Huyen:

>>>> Shirley Knott:

>>>>> I have a neurological and immune illness and whilst I phase in and out
>>>>> of mentation regularly during the day I am aware of when it happens but
>>>>> everything becomes internal rather than external. For example, I know I
>>>>> have been watching something like NCIS but remember nothing of the
>>>>> episode during the mentation pause. Lots of interesting things do
>>>>> bubble up internally, it's very much like meditation but it's not
>>>>> voluntary and I can't think about it until whatever part of my brain
>>>>> stops flat lining and kicks back in, so literatlly just 'watch' things
>>>>> (thoughts, emotions, etc) coming and going :-) It was scary at first
>>>>> but now I enjoy the off switch moments when they happen, lots of
>>>>> learning in them.

>>>> You apparently have an involuntary "switch-off" ...

> On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:22:03 GMT, Robert Epstein
> verizon.net> wrote:
>
>

>>Tang Huyen wrote:
>>
>>

>>>Shirley Knott wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>

>>>>I have a neurological and immune illness and whilst...

> Tang Huyen wrote:
>

>>
>> Ali wrote:
>>

>>> Robert Epstein:
>>>

>>>> Tang Huyen:
>>>>

>>>>> Shirley Knott:
>>>>>

>>>>>> I have a neurological and immune illness and whilst I phase in and
>>>>>> out...

> Robert Epstein wrote:
>

>> Ali wrote:
>>

>>> On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:22:03 GMT, Robert Epstein
>>> verizon.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>

>>>> Tang Huyen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>

>>>>> Shirley Knott wrote:

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