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I was converted to the joys of washing dishes by paying attention to the now.
I appreciate the sympathy but it's okay, I've learned to bear it.
But maybe it's not the day runnin' from you but you runnin' from it...because you can't face it. It does need to be seized in both hands, and given a damned good shake up !henry quirk wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2017 3:29 pm In my experience: seizing the day is a waste of time...the day ain't runnin' from you but is up in your face...no, much better to 'seize the throat' (cuz the throat-owner is either runnin' from you or trying damn hard to seize yours)...so let the day alone and go after the bastids you run across 'in' the day.
Still chewing this one over...Walker wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2017 2:35 pm The now is eternal.
To be in the now means to be in eternity, which is where you are now.
Phenomena exists in time, and is transitory.
Movement of mind activates time.
The phrase, “being in the now” is a conceptual observation that the real you, which is awareness, is witnessing the movement of time-bound phenomena from the vantage of the timeless eternal which is not apart from phenomena, but which is not phenomena.
The phenomena of moving mind may include memories of the most recent witnessing, such as the memory of the seams on a fastball prior to the home run.
“Seizing the day” is mind movement made from the “being in the now” state of consciousness, and results in some thing moving, even if that thing be fingers tippy-tapping on the keyboard.
Not unless you mean Rumpole.
In a way, yes.henry quirk wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2017 7:19 pm "because you can't face it"
Obviously, if the day is in my face, I'm facing it...
Well he's currently occupying my Kindle and sends me to sleep every night. I don't know what else to say. Actually, I'm beginning to regret saying anything in the first place. Just forget I mentioned it, Rumpole means nothing to me, I'd never even heard of Rumpole before I mentioned him in my last post.marjoram_blues wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2017 7:14 pmGo on, thrill me
Sounds like my kinda guy who could help me seize the night and throttle all thoughts til dawn.Harbal wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2017 7:45 pmWell he's currently occupying my Kindle and sends me to sleep every night. I don't know what else to say. Actually, I'm beginning to regret saying anything in the first place. Just forget I mentioned it, Rumpole means nothing to me, I'd never even heard of Rumpole before I mentioned him in my last post.
Well Rumpole does that with the help of Chateau Thames Embankment.marjoram_blues wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2017 7:50 pm
Sounds like my kinda guy who could help me seize the night and throttle all thoughts til dawn.
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