Guest guest Posted November 13, 2001 Report Share Posted November 13, 2001 Dear Wim, that's what the sages have been saying all along- there's something fishy about this creation! :-) Glad you are back. Take care, Michael > -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- > Von: Wim Borsboom [wim_borsboom] > Gesendet: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 20:31 > An: > Betreff: Re: Nowhere to Turn - A Fish and Plato's Cave > > > Dear Mike, > > That is so timely this post, I was about to include the same > allegory in my > post. > Thank you so much for taking the time... it is indeed more than an > allegory... > I am the same fish as you are... but in time and space we act as though > different...and people see us as though different... and we see people as > though different from us... and we stimulate and enjoy that play > as joyful > reality... > Oh how I love this life... It beats being "one indifferentiated God" :-) > > Love you Michael, Wim. > > > >there is this well-known allegory, illustrating the illusory > nature of our > >perception of this world: looking at a fish in an aquarium, the shape we > >are > >seeing when facing that fish is completely different from the one we are > >seeing when watching it from the side. In the same way, life and death, > >pleasure and pain, and all of the other pairs of opposites, are > said to be > >partial views of one eternal existence. > > > >The wave-particle dualism of modern physics seems to be of that same > >nature. > >There seems to be one underlying phenomenon (only one fish!) that > >physicists > >are as yet unable to completely understand in a holistic way. > > > >You may enjoy, as I did, re-reading Plato's Allegory of the Cave, a > >wonderfully simple yet expressive illustration of these ideas. A reliable > >source can be found at > >http://plato.evansville.edu/texts/jowett/republic29.htm > > > >Love, > > > >Michael > > > _______________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > > /join > > > > > > All paths go somewhere. No path goes nowhere. Paths, places, > sights, perceptions, and indeed all experiences arise from and > exist in and subside back into the Space of Awareness. Like waves > rising are not different than the ocean, all things arising from > Awareness are of the nature of Awareness. Awareness does not come > and go but is always Present. It is Home. Home is where the Heart > Is. Jnanis know the Heart to be the Finality of Eternal Being. A > true devotee relishes in the Truth of Self-Knowledge, > spontaneously arising from within into It Self. Welcome all to > a. > > > > Your use of is subject to > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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