Theos-Talk Archives (January 1997 Message tl00351)

On Fri, 10 Jan 1997 18:19:55 -0500 (EST), you wrote:

>Bee Brown:
>>If you practice living in the moment long enough,
>>then suddenly, one day the brain becomes silent.
>
>I am starting to get a sense of that, although not perfectly.  When I first
>learned about that, I did not understand it.  My first thought was, "How am
>I going to get anything done in that way?  I need to constantly think of
>what I need to do.  I need to think of issues so that my mind won't go to
>waste."  When I finally was able to experience and understand that, I felt a
>most wonderful peace.  I hope that I will continue to have little
>enlightenments like this one.
>
>TTT
>
The first thing I did when I began to try this and got a bit concerned
about forgetting appointments etc, was to get a calander with big
squares for each day and I hung it in a prominent place and made sure
I wrote all things on it that I wanted to remember and it was quite
surprising how that eased the panic. Now I automatically look there to
see if I have anything on for the day and if not then I cruise in the
moment without a care in the world :-)
It seems to me that life begins to live itself through us when we are
still and can hear it. Things are just happening to me at the moment
and I feel as if I am standing by watching it all happen. Since mid
Nov, I now have a job in the city 450 km from where I live, in the
Theosophy HQ office, a house to buy when my present one is sold, a
daughter to share it with and who will pay the mortgage, and it just
all seems to be falling into place as I watch it all. My friends are
scratching their heads and wondering what next and I am too. I really
find that I do not need strain my mental equipment at all and
interesting events just unfold from out of nowhere. 
Have fun with it as it gets better and better.
Cheers
Bee

Member Theosophy NZ, T.I.
Life is not a problem to be solved;
it is a mystery to be lived.