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# Re: EOM and "forgetting oneself"

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- Subject: Re: EOM and "forgetting oneself"
- From: "dato1848" <dato1848@...>
- Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 00:09:29 -0000
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    Dear Joa,

    I remember once reading a comment from Rawn, where he said that we
    should learn to distinguish a *thought* from a *concern*. Your
    concern should be emptiness of mind - true. However, thought and
    concern are not the same, and thus there is no contradiction here.
    Maybe meditating on the difference between the two will help you to
    progress with the exercise? Just give it a shot.

    Yours,
    David

    --- In BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com, "Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@n...>
    wrote:
    > Dear Joa,
    >
    > >> I must confess that the "Mastery of thoughts" exercise has
    me "dazed
    > and confused" :) Like you say in your great commentary upon
    Initiation
    > into hermetics, this exercise involves the attainment of a vacancy
    of
    > mind or an absence of thoughts. But now you say that "Ideally, you
    are
    > *aware* of yourself throughout the experience, but aware without
    > thinking". To me, this is a great contradiction, because if you are
    > aware, evidently you are thinking. <<
    >
    > This is a common misconception brought about by the fact that most
    often
    > we reside totally within the surface awareness where thinking and
    > awareness are seemingly inseparable. In reality though, thinking
    and
    > awareness are two separate functions of the mental body. Thinking
    is
    > *an aspect of* or power of awareness. The EOM exercise teaches
    you to
    > separate thinking from awareness and focus entirely upon just
    awareness
    > by setting aside thought.
    >
    > I would suggest that the fact that you are convinced that the
    separation
    > of thinking from awareness is impossible, is the reason why you
    find
    > this exercise so difficult. Perhaps Lesson Three of my "Self-
    Healing
    > Archaeous" audio series might help you to *experientially* (as
    opposed
    > to just intellectually) grasp the true nature of the mental body
    and the
    > attributes, or powers, of conscious awareness. You can find the
    script
    > of Lesson Three at http://www.ABardonCompanion.com/Arch03.html or
    > download the audio file at
    > http://www.ABardonCompanion.com/MP3-Links.html
    >
    > My best to you,
    > :) Rawn Clark
    > 19 Feb 2004
    > rawnclark@n...
    > rawn@a...
    > http://www.ABardonCompanion.com
    > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BardonPraxis
    > http://E.webring.com/hub?ring=arionthebardonwe

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