Hi folks,
Just had a huge realization.
People object to there being no feelings of love. No feelings of friendship. No feelings of sexual attraction, etc...
And this is where they get stuck. They object and move away.
But the big question is, given that those things aren't there...
What is there INSTEAD in AF?
I've read about Richard talking about actual intimacy that is there instead of friendship/love, that far surpasses those feelings of friendship/love.
In AF you lose a lot of things. But my impression is that the functioning you get in return is far more worthwhile than the human condition feelings. They may seem strange to others, but once operating at the AF level it makes sense.
I base this on the time I spent with my dad today. I love my dad. I also kept doing my practice.
At one point I looked at my dad from a PCE perspective and he was far more beautiful than any love could give. It was pure, that's the best way to put it.
So my realization was that the substitute for everything is there in AF.
Which means that... Now I'm going for it!