Comments on: How to Lose Everything (Just in Time For Christmas) http://www.silentmusings.com/2008/12/how-to-lose-everything-just-in-time-for-christmas/ Inquiries into the Truth about life, love, spiritual cultivation, and whatever else Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:16:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Mike http://www.silentmusings.com/2008/12/how-to-lose-everything-just-in-time-for-christmas/#comment-57 Mike Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:27:03 +0000 http://www.silentmusings.com/?p=481#comment-57 Hey 2Da1, You're right, "ownership", "having things", and so forth are all labels and concepts that we attach to reality. They are born in thinking, and die in thinking. But "seeing" this is also not so obvious as it seems. To get it in the world of concepts has no practical value. But to <strong>be</strong> unaffected by such labels, that is an entirely different matter altogether. Peace, Mike Hey 2Da1,

You’re right, “ownership”, “having things”, and so forth are all labels and concepts that we attach to reality. They are born in thinking, and die in thinking. But “seeing” this is also not so obvious as it seems. To get it in the world of concepts has no practical value. But to be unaffected by such labels, that is an entirely different matter altogether.

Peace,
Mike

]]> By: Mike http://www.silentmusings.com/2008/12/how-to-lose-everything-just-in-time-for-christmas/#comment-56 Mike Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:21:17 +0000 http://www.silentmusings.com/?p=481#comment-56 Stacy, Beautiful. Thank you for sharing with us. Stacy,

Beautiful. Thank you for sharing with us.

]]> By: 2Da1 http://www.silentmusings.com/2008/12/how-to-lose-everything-just-in-time-for-christmas/#comment-55 2Da1 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:11:48 +0000 http://www.silentmusings.com/?p=481#comment-55 Hmm. Isn't the essence here that we don't own anything in the first place? How can we loose or let go of that which we never owned? Life, body, mind, spirit, material "possessions", .... Never been ours to keep. We're just bookies, managing and working with these items, till they fall apart, or we do first. Thanks for sharing. Very inspiring. Kind regards. 2Da1 Hmm. Isn’t the essence here that we don’t own anything in the first place? How can we loose or let go of that which we never owned?

Life, body, mind, spirit, material “possessions”, …. Never been ours to keep. We’re just bookies, managing and working with these items, till they fall apart, or we do first.

Thanks for sharing. Very inspiring.

Kind regards.
2Da1

]]> By: Stacy http://www.silentmusings.com/2008/12/how-to-lose-everything-just-in-time-for-christmas/#comment-54 Stacy Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:03:49 +0000 http://www.silentmusings.com/?p=481#comment-54 Dear Mike, Recently, I noticed something amazing: I went through great pains, acted as if I had made ultimate sacrifices, dramatized my very existence, and created a huge illusion of loss in my life through various mishaps and adventures ill advised to most. In actuality, though material and spiritual things have shifted, and I can enumerate items or even ideas/concepts that I've surrendered, there was/is nothing to lose, and likewise nothing to gain. I'm practicing accepting things more and pushing less these days, as a result of this direct experience. 'Course, there is still this person that shuffles around in the body that I wake up inside of everyday. Old habits die hard, and I'm far from realized, whatever that means. Yet, I've sort of reached an equilibrium (mostly intellectually, but more and more directly) where the losses and gains are no more than ripples in the river I wade in, as I continue to discover the true meaning of my particular, perfect life. Brightly, happily, it is one that intersects with all of yours. Love, Stacy Dear Mike,
Recently, I noticed something amazing: I went through great pains, acted as if I had made ultimate sacrifices, dramatized my very existence, and created a huge illusion of loss in my life through various mishaps and adventures ill advised to most. In actuality, though material and spiritual things have shifted, and I can enumerate items or even ideas/concepts that I’ve surrendered, there was/is nothing to lose, and likewise nothing to gain. I’m practicing accepting things more and pushing less these days, as a result of this direct experience.
‘Course, there is still this person that shuffles around in the body that I wake up inside of everyday. Old habits die hard, and I’m far from realized, whatever that means. Yet, I’ve sort of reached an equilibrium (mostly intellectually, but more and more directly) where the losses and gains are no more than ripples in the river I wade in, as I continue to discover the true meaning of my particular, perfect life. Brightly, happily, it is one that intersects with all of yours.
Love,
Stacy

]]> By: Mike http://www.silentmusings.com/2008/12/how-to-lose-everything-just-in-time-for-christmas/#comment-53 Mike Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:25:58 +0000 http://www.silentmusings.com/?p=481#comment-53 Hey ROK, Thanks, and Happy New Year to you as well. Namaste, Mike Hey ROK,

Thanks, and Happy New Year to you as well.

Namaste,
Mike

]]> By: River of Karma http://www.silentmusings.com/2008/12/how-to-lose-everything-just-in-time-for-christmas/#comment-52 River of Karma Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:16:47 +0000 http://www.silentmusings.com/?p=481#comment-52 Hey Mike, Been awhile since I dropped by. Great to see your new site. And as usual, great posts bro. Here's to a Happy New Year. Cheers, River of Karma Hey Mike,
Been awhile since I dropped by. Great to see your new site. And as usual, great posts bro.

Here’s to a Happy New Year.

Cheers,
River of Karma

]]> By: Mike http://www.silentmusings.com/2008/12/how-to-lose-everything-just-in-time-for-christmas/#comment-51 Mike Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:01:08 +0000 http://www.silentmusings.com/?p=481#comment-51 In a sense, yes, that is what I am talking about. Even more so than that, I am pointing to the falseness of all the notions that we have about attainment and loss, and suggesting, rather than considering the contents, observe the process by which those ideas come into being. Peace, Mike In a sense, yes, that is what I am talking about. Even more so than that, I am pointing to the falseness of all the notions that we have about attainment and loss, and suggesting, rather than considering the contents, observe the process by which those ideas come into being.

Peace,
Mike

]]> By: Svasti http://www.silentmusings.com/2008/12/how-to-lose-everything-just-in-time-for-christmas/#comment-50 Svasti Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:44:31 +0000 http://www.silentmusings.com/?p=481#comment-50 Its a weird phenomenon... can we really ever lose everything? Whether its physically, emotionally, materially or metaphysically - life is in a constant state of flux. I moved home (again, where I live is always in flux too) in mid-November. And since dragging everything out of storage, I've been mercilessly shedding 'things'. Clothes, shoes, handbags, general crap. Things I really don't need. But nature abhors a vaccum. Since then, I've acquired a new (and wonderful) writing desk - which kinda balances out the equation somewhat. Even though said desk is much more useful. And that's just the physical. Perhaps you're really talking about the idea of surrendering attachment? As in, showing no preference as to whether or not your possessions, your emotions, thoughts and other such things are 'yours', or 'someone else's'. Do we show possessiveness for our 'things'? Do we relate to those 'things' as something that defines who we are? For me, that's the real definition of losing everything. Its a weird phenomenon… can we really ever lose everything? Whether its physically, emotionally, materially or metaphysically - life is in a constant state of flux.

I moved home (again, where I live is always in flux too) in mid-November. And since dragging everything out of storage, I’ve been mercilessly shedding ‘things’. Clothes, shoes, handbags, general crap. Things I really don’t need.

But nature abhors a vaccum. Since then, I’ve acquired a new (and wonderful) writing desk - which kinda balances out the equation somewhat. Even though said desk is much more useful.

And that’s just the physical.

Perhaps you’re really talking about the idea of surrendering attachment? As in, showing no preference as to whether or not your possessions, your emotions, thoughts and other such things are ‘yours’, or ’someone else’s’. Do we show possessiveness for our ‘things’? Do we relate to those ‘things’ as something that defines who we are?

For me, that’s the real definition of losing everything.

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