Guest guest Posted October 24, 2001 Report Share Posted October 24, 2001 Let me give examples of some very strange identifications. People identifying more with their clothes and hunger instead of their bodies or even lives! All these incidences happened in Arusha, Tanzania some 15 or more years ago. There was this beggar happily chewing on a roasted maize/corn cob which somebody must have bought for him. I was about 20 feet behind him. As this beggar crossed the street without looking, concentrating on his lunch, he was hit by a car and tossed high up in the air. He landed on the windscreen and then rolled on the ground. As I ran towards him, I saw that he was still conscious. He was crawling about looking for something. I thought maybe the shock has confused him and maybe he was looking for his teeth or something! Everybody who witnessed the scene was surprised when with a yell of delight the beggar found the corn-on-cob he was looking for and went on his way as if nothing had happened. At that time this beggar was obviously identifying himself with his hunger more than with his body or even life! The other incident involved a fight. Somebody had knifed a young man and he was bleeding. Instead of being concerned about this deep wound in his leg he was holding his trousers and trying to get the blood off it and looking at the tear in it. He was shouting something about having borrowed the trouser and shirt for an interview or something and worrying about how he could ever pay back the 'cloth/loan sharks'. So this person was identifying more with the clothes than his own body or life! In the same way our bodies and minds become so important and urgent to us that we start identifying with them. We forget that the body/mind is just like the clothes we wear and not us. If in the above examples somebody gave the beggar enough food and the young man cash to pay for the trousers they would then start identifying with their bodies and their wounds and realize the danger that they were in! So what would it take for us to realize that we too are wrongly identifying with our body/mind and that we are in fact pure awareness, not what we are aware of? ______________________ I Love You, Cyber Dervish ```````````````````````````````````````` Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2001 Report Share Posted October 24, 2001 I loved the story you were telling but then at the end you said i love you then i thougt but are you identifying with loveing who is on this list or am i jussst nickpicking dont know could be comeing from a space of judging which is identification as well also listening to myself i think everything here is identifying ariel wrote: <HR> <html><body> <tt> Let me give examples of some very strange identifications. People <BR> identifying more with their clothes and hunger instead of their bodies or <BR> even lives!<BR> All these incidences happened in Arusha, Tanzania some 15 or more years ago.<BR> <BR> There was this beggar happily chewing on a roasted maize/corn cob which <BR> somebody must have bought for him. I was about 20 feet behind him. As this <BR> beggar crossed the street without looking, concentrating on his lunch, he <BR> was hit by a car and tossed high up in the air. He landed on the windscreen <BR> and then rolled on the ground.<BR> As I ran towards him, I saw that he was still conscious. He was crawling <BR> about looking for something. I thought maybe the shock has confused him and <BR> maybe he was looking for his teeth or something! Everybody who witnessed <BR> the scene was surprised when with a yell of delight the beggar found the <BR> corn-on-cob he was looking for and went on his way as if nothing had happened.<BR> At that time this beggar was obviously identifying himself with his hunger <BR> more than with his body or even life!<BR> <BR> The other incident involved a fight. Somebody had knifed a young man and he <BR> was bleeding. Instead of being concerned about this deep wound in his leg <BR> he was holding his trousers and trying to get the blood off it and looking <BR> at the tear in it. He was shouting something about having borrowed the <BR> trouser and shirt for an interview or something and worrying about how he <BR> could ever pay back the 'cloth/loan sharks'. So this person was identifying <BR> more with the clothes than his own body or life!<BR> <BR> In the same way our bodies and minds become so important and urgent to us <BR> that we start identifying with them. We forget that the body/mind is just <BR> like the clothes we wear and not us.<BR> If in the above examples somebody gave the beggar enough food and the young <BR> man cash to pay for the trousers they would then start identifying with <BR> their bodies and their wounds and realize the danger that they were in!<BR> <BR> So what would it take for us to realize that we too are wrongly identifying <BR> with our body/mind and that we are in fact pure awareness, not what we are <BR> aware of?<BR> <BR> ______________________<BR> & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; I Love You,<BR> Cyber Dervish<BR> ````````````````````````````````````````<BR> <BR> </tt> <br> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2> <tr bgcolor=#FFFFCC> <td align=center><font size= " -1 " color=#003399><b> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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