The Rope and the Snake Analogy ..... Greg-ji! what do you think?

[Guest guest]

Dear Counselor Greg-ji,

 

a simple question for you!

 

If one of your patients Mistook A ROPE FOR A SNAKE when it was pitch

dark, what would you call it- a genuine mistake, right? super-

imposition?

 

on the contrary, if the patient mistook the Rope for a snake in broad

daylight , would you call it 'paranoia' or visual hallucination?

 

or better still, if he/she hears the Rope 'hiss' would you call

it 'auditory hallucination'?

 

Then the patient 'dreams' all the time about Rope being the Snake,

how would you interpret this dream?

 

AND even after knowing it is a Rope and not a snake, if the patient

jumps over the rope, what would you call it? being cautious or

foolish?

 

now imagine this ...

 

If the patient sees a 'snake' and mistakes it for a rope, would you

call it ignorance or a case of mistaken identity?

 

or better still, if the patient is a Jnani (a self-rea;ized soul) and

upond seeing the 'snake' thinks 'All is brahman' and remains

unperturbed , what happens then?

 

Greg-ji, go beyond these case scenarios, and Let us know as an

advaitic counselor, how would you deal with these?

[Guest guest]

At 11:27 AM 7/12/2004 +0000, adi_shakthi16 wrote:

>Dear Counselor Greg-ji,

>

>a simple question for you!

>

>If one of your patients Mistook A ROPE FOR A SNAKE when it was pitch

>dark, what would you call it- a genuine mistake, right? super-

>imposition?

 

===Are you speaking about metaphoric ropes and snakes here, or about things that

one stumbles over in the alley when you emerge from a nightclub?

 

 

>on the contrary, if the patient mistook the Rope for a snake in broad

>daylight , would you call it 'paranoia' or visual hallucination?

 

===If if if... It could be as simple as getting a new pair of glasses!

 

>Greg-ji, go beyond these case scenarios, and Let us know as an

>advaitic counselor, how would you deal with these?

 

===I have the feeling that you have a question underneath these questions, that

they are short-hand for something else you'd like to know. If so, could you say

it in a different way so I can understand the question a bit better?