To: cosmicforce who wrote (85648 ) 8/17/2000 2:50:27 PM From: Frederick Smart Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 108807 Away from the Moment..... ME >>>>If we are really living in the moment, everything in life should be an expression of LOVE which is pure risk. It's GO - no hooks, bells, labels, conditions, expectations, restrictions, limits.>>> YOU >>So, summarizing... GO! Kidnap and kill people. GO! Be selfish and never look at the consequences of your actions. GO! Rape the environment GO! Be a criminal GO! Adulterate that food supply GO! Sell swamp land GO! Tell people any kind of crap and get paid to do it. GO! Clearly an act of LOVE!! Warped, self-indulgent self-love that knows NO limits, NO mercy, NO conscience and NO compassion. That's where I want to GO? NO!>> Nope. If we aren't able to love we aren't able to embrace the fullness of each moment. So, logically, we will do things which we will regret now or later which take energy or abuse others. It's the selfish ego in operation - ie. if "I" can't have it them I'm going to "take it." No, I believe this separation from ourselves and love in the potentail full energy of the moment is what drives envy and hatred, etc. We end up defining our value "relative to" something/somewhere/someone else that's outside of ourselves. I just believe "NO" stops us from discovering, accepting and risking what's necessary to be ourselves. NO puts us on the shoreline and in cue to live life away from the moment, marketing time. The waiting game. NO does not allow for the existence of LOVE for it wants to erradicate risk. GO embraces LOVE for it embraces risk. This is my last post today, but if there is NO RISK then all you have is corruption. Peace. .