12-23-2009, 11:07 PM
Remember that if we are looked at from a multidimensional perspective, we are seen as a whole and not "strung out" through time. The ones who are looking at the fruit and determining if it's ripe to pick aren't going to take out a microscope and go over every square millimeter of the fruit's surface. (if we think of time as spacious, then they could examine a part of the fruit and it would be like looking at you in a certain 3D time) They are probably just going to take one glance, and they can tell whether or not it's juicy!
As Purple Dragon says, I probably wouldn't worry about whether or not you're ripe. Just know that you're ripening and feel that right now! Just by being here! Sometimes when I feel dissatisfied with my behavior or I question it, I ask myself "Well, what would I have done in that situation a few months ago? a year ago? 10 years ago?" The difference is stark. I am maturing... in more ways that one. And what's another word for maturing?
I think that if you asked yourself the same question, you will find that you shouldn't doubt your own ripeness so harshly or be afraid of not being harvestable. You're on the right track right now, whether it's STS or STO.
It's impossible not to think about your actions both before and after they've been committed. There is a place somewhere in the Q'uo archives where it talks about it being the ego's job to reflect on the teaching once it has come from you. Just so we're on the same page, "teaching" here means your STO part in an encounter I believe. And your part in an encounter is what changes your harvestability score, is the widely held belief in these forums I think. Anyway, Q'uo said somewhere (I really oughtta start keeping notes) that a part of you will always think about the thoughts that have been manifested into action from you. But remember, that's just an opinion. And don't worry because it's not conclusive. It's just the little voice in your head that is always trying to figure things out.
The short message: Be who you are so deeply that you cannot fathom any other way to be. If you do this, you will find naturalness flowing from you effortlessly, and it will polarize naturally. As the saying goes, "Worrying about it ain't gonna change a thing!"
As Purple Dragon says, I probably wouldn't worry about whether or not you're ripe. Just know that you're ripening and feel that right now! Just by being here! Sometimes when I feel dissatisfied with my behavior or I question it, I ask myself "Well, what would I have done in that situation a few months ago? a year ago? 10 years ago?" The difference is stark. I am maturing... in more ways that one. And what's another word for maturing?
I think that if you asked yourself the same question, you will find that you shouldn't doubt your own ripeness so harshly or be afraid of not being harvestable. You're on the right track right now, whether it's STS or STO.It's impossible not to think about your actions both before and after they've been committed. There is a place somewhere in the Q'uo archives where it talks about it being the ego's job to reflect on the teaching once it has come from you. Just so we're on the same page, "teaching" here means your STO part in an encounter I believe. And your part in an encounter is what changes your harvestability score, is the widely held belief in these forums I think. Anyway, Q'uo said somewhere (I really oughtta start keeping notes) that a part of you will always think about the thoughts that have been manifested into action from you. But remember, that's just an opinion. And don't worry because it's not conclusive. It's just the little voice in your head that is always trying to figure things out.
The short message: Be who you are so deeply that you cannot fathom any other way to be. If you do this, you will find naturalness flowing from you effortlessly, and it will polarize naturally. As the saying goes, "Worrying about it ain't gonna change a thing!"
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