Car Stolen
Our car was stolen last night, and it reminds me of the different levels of the world...
- Absolute / Absence of Stories
- A step into this is to find myself as pure awareness, as the witness, as that within which the world of phenomena unfolds - and then see that the witness has no inherent "I" either
- Another way into this is to ask myself can I be with what I am experiencing right now?
- I find myself without stories
- I find myself as headless, as the whole world happening with no center
- I find what is with no "I" anywhere
- I find the eternal timeless Present, within which the world of phenomena unfolds
- I find myself as Big Mind, beyond and including all polarities
- I find myself as nonseeking mind
- I find myself as Ground taking all these forms
- Here, it is all fine - it is the Eternal Present within which anything and everything unfolds, as expressions of God, of Spirit, of Buddha Mind
- Relative / Stories
- One set of stories creates a sense of it as desireable
- We have insurance to replace it
- It was getting old anyway
- We can get the car we have wanted to replace our old one with
- We don't need it right now
- Another set of stories creates a sense of it as undesireable
- This is inconvenient
- Dealing with insurance and buying a new car is a hazzle
- We live in a dangerous society
- Who knows what will happen next? Burglary? Fire? Terrorism?
- And yet another set of stories are pragmatic, helping me to navigate in the world
- Contact the police
- Contact the insurance company
- Researching and looking for a new car
- One set of stories creates a sense of it as desireable
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