cognisant of it (without the "almost"), it is one of the characteristics of the enlightened. The body-mind continues to proceed under its own momentum, without an "I". Consciousness, always the Witness to everything, continues making the body-mind appear to others as a person. Ulvfugl: true, I may be stirring the pot with people from my past. I'm willing to take that risk. It's not just to apologize and clear my conscience; there's also a lot of gratitude to express. I think it may be more challenging to write certain letters to my former therapists- I want to thank them for their efforts, but I'm afraid I'm also going to skewer their profession and explain why they have done me more damage than good, despite their good intentions. I will try to honor them as fallible human beings and keep the focus on the monstrous systemic assumptions that they are embedded within. Kathy C: love the image of you reading, processing a rooster, reading some more, processing another rooster. Sounds like my kind of life. When one becomes fully cognisant of it (without the "almost"), it is one of the characteristics of the enlightened. The body-mind continues to proceed under its own momentum, without an "I". Consciousness, always the Witness to everything, continues making the body-mind appear to others as a person. 1) the brother of one of my good friends had his asshole closed last week because of cancer. I do not think that asshole should be used as an