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subtext and observation

Posted on Aug 22nd, 2008 by clyde : muse muser clyde
it's only through observation that the subtext can be seen.  That creates an implicit neccessitation to NOT reflect on BEING observed. BE as you ARE and watch as things are (but quite enough to not distrub the environment).  As the world about us, in REAL time, swirls about, we TAKE IN, that world (the input).  And with a grander input, without the interference and over preoccupation in PRESENTATION, we can then attend to, give attention to, the world about us--the happenings and occurances outside of us. 

YES, of course there is, an interplay.  And this, as mentioned above, depends upon OUR disturbance or interaction within that particular environment.  We can be harmonious or distruptive.  Either way, there will be a reaction.  As a matter of fact, we are actually quite 'invisible' if quiet enough.  We absorb ourselves in our preoccupations without disturbance. By that I mean, most of us ARE consumed by either our present goals, occupations, or objectives and therefore not very present with the world about us.  In very general case, we are OBSESSED with our present personal occupations (objectives included). 

Consciousness has only so much space.  Depends on how we choose to divide and emphacize it.  And that is the catch.  What arises, arises naturally, however WE ourselves obscure the fullest spectical of the observed through a general observation and preoccupation with the self (self consciousness or more loosely translated as 'ego').

So it becomes a matter of what part of now we tune to.  The ego generally causes an over fixation directly at ourselves rather than allowing the full spectrum of what is outside of us to enter.  Without input, the output is severely hampered and the interplay dead in the water.  And it is that interplay that makes the stuff of life itself--in my humble estimation today (grossly translated as 'lila'--'lila' is it in terms of 'the meaning of life'.  All meaning is not a 'picture', an 'ideal' or an 'object', but a MOTION.  NOT a snapshot, BUT full, 3d, 4d, 5d, FULL color MOTION picture...I.E., don't get hung up on 'identity' as the self cause we are action in motion rather than snapshots.  Change)

It's a matter of attention--to reiterate the last paragraph.  A matter of attention and BALANCE of attention.  We must of course become acutely aware of the realms themselves, and that is the beginning.  As we become more acutely aware of these simple realms, the balance can be made.  Consciousness itself must expand.  Preoccupations in the minute dismissed in the flow.  There is experience and there is examination.  While examining, we miss experience.  With too much experience, we miss the detail.  Balance in being and examination.

It's all bout balance, right?!  Just want to know who out there has given in-depth-thought to this hackneyed aphorism of 'balance'. 

Concepts, concepts, concepts.  Does anyone else have other models to share?  The concepts themselves require accurate represenations.  Models that bring us close to the reality of the experience.  The best models are complex AND simple. Meaning, as most direct, succinct, full, and simple as possible.  Elegant.  Theories of the human realm.

Don't be put off by my ASSertions...They are there as much to enjoy and learn from as they are to correct. 

Or just to inspire....

over and out 
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4 days later
Crouching Tiger said

The concept of balance, as you describe it, is why I transplanted myself to the mountains for a time…  I've given, and still give, in-depth thought to this “hackneyed aphorism of 'balance'” that doesn't sound hackneyed to me…

clyde : muse muser
5 days later
clyde said

I think there is a ton of very, very simple stuff that has been discarded.  Mostly because it has not been penetrated deeply or accurately enough.  The idea of balance is just one more.  But…there's a few more which I believe create 'hangups'.  By that, I mean blocks or traps.

Would love to hear your thoughts on 'balance'.

5 days later
Crouching Tiger said

Hmm…consciousness has only so much space…or does it expand as the physical universe expands…?  Does it have that same potential?  I think…Yes!   A mind once stretched…


If the deeper stuff isn't packaged in cherry-red wrapping paper, how many will dig dig dig through the bins to find it?  Many move on to the next display or set up on of their own.  I say we all put on old comfy jeans and worn-out t-shirts and spend the nights digging :)

I'd love to discuss balance… 

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