Adventures at Rasa Ranch #116

[Guest guest]

5/21/03 [This is an excerpt from a letter we just received,

entitled "Even in L.A.", written by Dandelion who is visiting with

his family right now.]

 

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busy busy, i tell ya. yet i had a very interesting and profound

experience the first day i was here: i got into this conversation

with my mom... i don't know how it came about but it turn sort of

philosophical or spiritual. and i found myself trying to explain to

my mom, in some sort of consolation to her crazy and stressful life,

the crux of my philosophy, which is- the only thing of importance in

life, is acceptance and presence. that is it!! i realized i was

repeating statements that jim had made to me; statements that had a

real profound effect on me, tho i never really got it. i found that

i was saying acceptance/presence was something active that we

ourselves can do. but then it hit me; like a divine flash, or

lightning!!!! and i blurted out, with enlightened enthusiasm: "but

we can't even do that!!!!ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! the waves of joy that

covered me. the peace. the knowing that there is something beyond

even the one who says "i am observing". and that when there is true

presence, true acceptance, there is nobody...i don't know about you

but i feel all warm and tingely inside...

[...] i love you; and think about you always.

[Guest guest]

, "Kheyala" <kheyala@n...> wrote:

>

may you feel warm and tingely always

 

when the flowers bloom

when the shit hits the fan

knowing that one is the other

 

 

please remember to wear shoes [it costs too much to cover the paths

with leather

 

not-accepting and not-being present is cool to [duality?]

 

otherwise how could one feel 'enlightened' over and above the rest

 

km[smile]