Guest guest Posted November 3, 2002 Report Share Posted November 3, 2002 Everything I know about Enlightenment I Learned in Kindergarten Enlightenment is something that I continue to think about. If understanding is the booby prize, can enlightenment be far behind? Just what the heck is it that I am supposed to do...Lord knows I have striven until I am as blue in the face as Krishna. Don't get me wrong. I am as determined as the next guy to win the elusive prize. Because then I could go on the lecture circuit and tell the unwashed unenlightened a thing or two. I would start with this....a grand summary of all the best axioms. Don't put a head on top of your head... .the wind is blowing, not the flag....put down that woman, you're still carrying her.... hey, dope, that's a snake, not a rope....I am just a finger pointing toward the moon....I am sitting by the river selling river water, and perhaps my favorite,--stop, my cup is overflowing. I have always wanted a bigger cup size. Here, here, a toast of river water to the unwashed unenlightened. Okay, okay, I get it. I already have it--it must be contagious. But there's no cure for the enlightenment bug. It is going to drive you to think--to think about how nice it would feel to be enlightened. Our birthright has been snatched from us, recycled and sold to us as Osho puffs. And mantras--don't get me started. We all use mantras all day long. "I don't need this, I don't want this, I can't stand that." Or "here, give it to me, I need it, where can I get this wholesale...." Joko Beck tells a story about a man who was waiting for the enlightenment train. While he was waiting he busied himself taking care of others who were waiting and so he forgot that he was waiting...until he no longer cared about his own enlightenment. You see, it's not that we choose to do good deeds while awaiting our ultimate enlightenment. It's the way that God has set up this paradoxical thing called life. It is how things work. If you really want to be enlightened, you must wait your turn. Be polite, don't push, respect your elders, etc. The people inside the enlightenment seminars are being told the same things that their mothers and fathers told them. It's just couched in different terms. Namaste just means be nice to people, satsang is birds of a feather flocking together, and seeing God in everyone is Aretha singing r-e-s-p-e-c-t. Vicki Woodyard, http://www.bobwoodyard.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2002 Report Share Posted November 3, 2002 Vicki, you are AWESOME. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! , "skiplaurel" <vicki@b...> wrote: > Everything I know about > Enlightenment I Learned in > Kindergarten > > Enlightenment is something that I continue to think > about. If understanding is the booby prize, can > enlightenment be far behind? Just what the heck is > it that I am supposed to do...Lord knows I have > striven until I am as blue in the face as Krishna. > > Don't get me wrong. I am as determined as the > next guy to win the elusive prize. Because then I > could go on the lecture circuit and tell the > unwashed unenlightened a thing or two. > > I would start with this....a grand summary of all the > best axioms. Don't put a head on top of your > head... .the wind is blowing, not the flag....put down > that woman, you're still carrying her.... hey, dope, > that's a snake, not a rope....I am just a finger > pointing toward the moon....I am sitting by the river > selling river water, and perhaps my favorite,--stop, > my cup is overflowing. I have always wanted a > bigger cup size. Here, here, a toast of river water > to the unwashed unenlightened. > > Okay, okay, I get it. I already have it--it must be > contagious. But there's no cure for the > enlightenment bug. It is going to drive you to > think--to think about how nice it would feel to be > enlightened. Our birthright has been snatched from > us, recycled and sold to us as Osho puffs. > > And mantras--don't get me started. We all use > mantras all day long. "I don't need this, I > don't > want this, I can't stand that." Or "here, > give it to > me, I need it, where can I get this wholesale...." > > Joko Beck tells a story about a man who was > waiting for the enlightenment train. While he was > waiting he busied himself taking care of others who > were waiting and so he forgot that he was > waiting...until he no longer cared about his own > enlightenment. > > You see, it's not that we choose to do good deeds > while awaiting our ultimate enlightenment. It's the > way that God has set up this paradoxical thing > called life. It is how things work. If you really want > to be enlightened, you must wait your turn. Be > polite, don't push, respect your elders, etc. > > The people inside the enlightenment seminars are > being told the same things that their mothers and > fathers told them. It's just couched in different > terms. Namaste just means be nice to people, > satsang is birds of a feather flocking together, and > seeing God in everyone is Aretha singing > r-e-s-p-e-c-t. > > Vicki Woodyard, http://www.bobwoodyard.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2002 Report Share Posted November 3, 2002 I love this part, especially... , "skiplaurel" <vicki@b...> wrote: <snip> > > The people inside the enlightenment seminars are > being told the same things that their mothers and > fathers told them. It's just couched in different > terms. Namaste just means be nice to people, > satsang is birds of a feather flocking together, and > seeing God in everyone is Aretha singing > r-e-s-p-e-c-t. > Real fast now: sock-it-to-me sock-it-to-me sock-it-to-me sock-it-to-me... *giggle* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2002 Report Share Posted November 3, 2002 , "kheyalove" <kheyala@n...> wrote: > I love this part, especially... > > , "skiplaurel" <vicki@b...> wrote: > > <snip> > > > > The people inside the enlightenment seminars are > > being told the same things that their mothers and > > fathers told them. It's just couched in different > > terms. Namaste just means be nice to people, > > satsang is birds of a feather flocking together, and > > seeing God in everyone is Aretha singing > > r-e-s-p-e-c-t. > > > > Real fast now: > > sock-it-to-me > sock-it-to-me > sock-it-to-me > sock-it-to-me... > > *giggle* Actually I never went to kindergarten....so in first grade at age five I used to snack on my art gum eraser and then throw up in my lunch tray. I think in a way lists are a little like show and tell, don't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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