Dirt: Was Swami Sivananda on Siddhis

[Guest guest]

Dear Nora and others: the message below made me think of

something I heard in a Sunday service this past weekend at

Agape Interfaith Spiritual Center in the Los Angeles area. A story

was told about the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., to whom

a man came up to on the street one day and asked: "Are you Dr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.?" and Dr. King replied: "Yes, I am." The

man spit in Dr. King's face. Dr. King took a handkerchief out

from his pocket, wiped the spit off his face, handed the

handkerchief to the man, and said: "I believe this is yours."

 

Sometimes, spending time in dirt or spit just means spending

time in dirt or spit. Like Freud said: "Sometimes a cigar is just a

cigar."

 

Mary Ann

 

 

, "N. Madasamy"

<ashwini_puralasamy> wrote:

> My! My! we are getting very tense here.

>

> Just in another group they talk about dirt. How do you remove

the

> dirt that have been thrown at you? And this is my respond : It

we

> consider the dirt as dirt then it becomes dirt. This is what I

would

> do when somebody throw a `dirt' at me. I would hold it, dissect

and

> feel it. Learn more about the dirt and try to find the answers as

to

> why this is call dirt and why it is being thrown at me. What

makes

> dirt a dirt? Can we change this dirt to something productive?

The act

> of dissecting and learning about the dirt itself is the process of

> learning. The best form of learning is being reflective of our

> thoughts and action.

>

> "Insults will get you nowhere."

> A quote from a good friend : Don't let insults hurt you, for it

> is

> like a self inflicting injury. Why do you want to hurt yourself?

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 2/9/2004 11:27:39 PM Pacific Standard Time,

maryann writes:

 

> Dear Nora and others: the message below made me think of

> something I heard in a Sunday service this past weekend at

> Agape Interfaith Spiritual Center in the Los Angeles area. A story

> was told about the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., to whom

> a man came up to on the street one day and asked: "Are you Dr.

> Martin Luther King, Jr.?" and Dr. King replied: "Yes, I am." The

> man spit in Dr. King's face. Dr. King took a handkerchief out

> from his pocket, wiped the spit off his face, handed the

> handkerchief to the man, and said: "I believe this is yours."

>

 

I never heard that story ...a true pacifist