Andrew: (…) People who explored and found this obscure “cult” where feeling good is the ultimate entry point!
Hi Andrew,
As you enjoy writing on this forum and, besides “cringing”, consider it an achievement that you are doing it, perhaps it is beneficial to look closer at the above statement.
Recently I had long discussions with Syd because I discovered that for him ‘feeling good’ initially included all the feelings which hedonically feel good, i.e. the ‘good feelings’ (link). He even tried to make out that actually free people said so (link) – and before others are infected with the same misunderstanding I want to make sure that this short-cut representation of “this obscure “cult” where feeling good is the ultimate entry point” is not misunderstood in the same way.
I also had a detailed discussion with you about the nature of ‘good’ feelings (link) and how they, being ‘self’-enhancing, have nothing to do with the term feeling good as explicated in This Moment of Being Alive. I am putting in this note of caution because after you expressed interest in information for putting “everything on an ‘it-doesn’t-really-matter’ basis” (link), and you now titled your new thread “Unlocking the power of being empowered to be you”, which somehow seems to contradict your previous intent. Viz.:
Richard: A general rule of thumb is: if it is a preference it is a self-less inclination; if it is an urge it is a self-centred desire. [Emphases added]. (Richard, AF List, 25d, 14 Jan 2004)
As this title sounds more self-aggrandising or at least ‘self’-enhancing, in contrast to putting everything on an ‘it-doesn’t-really-matter’ basis, I am rather baffled as to your intentions and your understanding of the term ‘feeling good’.
Perhaps all is well and you are throwing off old cobwebs of the past because you also say, in the middle of it all –
Andrew: “I had a wonderful walk today. It was vibrant. I was perky and energetic. Great times!”
Just checking.
Cheers Vineeto