Guest guest Posted July 9, 2003 Report Share Posted July 9, 2003 "Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself (Kurt Vonnegut). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 10, 2003 Report Share Posted July 10, 2003 Namaste, Ramji provided an interesting quote: >"Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, >sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only >with yourself (Kurt Vonnegut). I might add this: The most egoistic soul dwells in resentment and bitterness on the past, which is dead and gone and utterly unreal. The somewhat less egoistic soul is salivating with anticipation over future enjoyment and/or revenge. The future is *almost* as unreal as the past. The pure soul dwells in the purity of the present moment, for only in the present moment can Consciousness be found. The rest of time is unreal. Om! Benjamin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 10, 2003 Report Share Posted July 10, 2003 --- Benjamin Root <orion777ben wrote: > The pure soul dwells in the purity of the present moment, for only in > the present moment can Consciousness be found. The rest of time is > unreal. > > Om! > Benjamin > Benjamin - 'there is no rest of the time' - To define time you need two sequential events - nay - two sequential experiences. Present is thin imaginary line where past meets the future. Yet present alone is eternal. One can act only in present and one can enjoy only in present - results are always follow the action and hence future to the action. What is there in the present is our presence. ----------------- Coming back to the quote - there was an article in Physics Today on the arrogance of physicists. This month there are a number of letters to the editor on that topic. Interesting to read during lunch time. The topic is physicists' attitudes towards the nature as if they are unraveling the mysteries of the nature. What is not recognized is that as one dwells more and more, one recognizes that there are much more to dwell. Upanishadic student asks a daring question - 'kasminno bhagavo vij~naate sarvama idam vij~naatam bhavati - Hai bhagavan, please teach me that knowing which everything is known' Only way to know everything or to conquer nature - is to be one with it - that is knowing the very substantive of the whole nature - and that is nothing but sat chit ananda! Hari OM! Sadananda ===== What you have is His gift to you and what you do with what you have is your gift to Him - Swami Chinmayananda. SBC DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 10, 2003 Report Share Posted July 10, 2003 Namaste Sadanandaji! >Benjamin - 'there is no rest of the time' - To define time you >need two sequential events - nay - two sequential experiences. >Present is thin imaginary line where past meets the future. Yet >present alone is eternal. One can act only in present and one >can enjoy only in present - results are always follow the action >and hence future to the action. Agreed. Well said. Kind of what I meant to say, but you said it better. By the way, 'nay' is eloquent old Victorian English. I never said I didn't like Indian English! Om! Benjamin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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