Guest guest Posted March 26, 2001 Report Share Posted March 26, 2001 In Consciousness and the Absolute, somewhere, Maharaj says in effect, the lives people live, death is preferable-- there is a chance of waking up! El Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2001 Report Share Posted March 26, 2001 As seen here, what may be preferable is to be given a diagnosis of cancer, to contract a serious, life-threatening disease, something of that nature. It invariably brings out the fragile, temporarily quality of life and so forces people to examine closely what is happening, the utter impermanence of the body and of thought and ego. Life itself is a death sentence. From birth, the body begins to die. There is an illusion of living forever, nobody thinks of death, it's a taboo subject. Difficult to remain taboo when the possibility is 'staring you in the face', so to speak. Namaste, Tim Nisargadatta, elizabethwells2001 wrote: > > In Consciousness and the Absolute, > somewhere, > Maharaj says in effect, > the lives people live, > death is preferable-- > there is a chance of waking up! > > El Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2001 Report Share Posted March 26, 2001 Nisargadatta, " Omkara " <coresite@h...> wrote: > > As seen here, what may be preferable is to be given a diagnosis of > cancer, to contract a serious, life-threatening disease, something of > that nature. ----------------------------- I guess you don't know my story, Tim. El ---------------------------- > > It invariably brings out the fragile, temporarily quality of life and > so forces people to examine closely what is happening, the utter > impermanence of the body and of thought and ego. > > Life itself is a death sentence. From birth, the body begins to > die. There is an illusion of living forever, nobody thinks of death, > it's a taboo subject. > > Difficult to remain taboo when the possibility is 'staring you in the > face', so to speak. > > Namaste, > > Tim > > Nisargadatta, elizabethwells2001 wrote: > > > > In Consciousness and the Absolute, > > somewhere, > > Maharaj says in effect, > > the lives people live, > > death is preferable-- > > there is a chance of waking up! > > > > El Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2001 Report Share Posted March 26, 2001 Hi Elizabeth, Nisargadatta, elizabethwells2001 wrote: > I guess you don't know my story, Tim. > > El No, I don't know your story... then again, I've never presented 'mine' either, anywhere... at least as a full treatment. The story is not mine, just the story of a life (so very many since the first amphibian crawled out of an ancient ocean), and all past, all sitting in memory and quite dead. Namaste, Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2001 Report Share Posted March 26, 2001 >As seen here, what may be preferable is to be given a diagnosis of >cancer, to contract a serious, life-threatening disease, something of >that nature. >It invariably brings out the fragile, temporarily quality of life and >so forces people to examine closely what is happening, the utter >impermanence of the body and of thought and ego. Given the professed perspective of the author, in which nothing is " real, " this actually makes sense, though it appears founded on towering arrogance and a dearth of compassion. On the other hand, maybe Hitler ranks as humanity's greatest savior, affording so many with an inescapable opportunity to face immediate death. >Life itself is a death sentence. From birth, the body begins to >die. There is an illusion of living forever, nobody thinks of death, >it's a taboo subject. Does the author include himself in this, or is " nobody " merely a code word for " everyone else " ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 27, 2001 Report Share Posted March 27, 2001 Hi Thomas, Nisargadatta, " thomas murphy " <tma@c...> wrote: > Given the professed perspective of the author, in which nothing > is " real, " this actually makes sense, though it appears founded > on towering arrogance and a dearth of compassion. To " assume " is to make an " ass " out of " you " and " me " ;-)... > On the other hand, maybe Hitler ranks as humanity's greatest > savior, affording so many with an inescapable opportunity to face > immediate death. A downright childish comment, and not worth saying anything further... > >Life itself is a death sentence. From birth, the body begins to > >die. There is an illusion of living forever, nobody thinks of > > death, it's a taboo subject. > > Does the author include himself in this, or is " nobody " merely a > code word for " everyone else " ? Have you ever heard of the word " generalization " before? Welcome to the English Language! :-) Namaste (and grow up), Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 27, 2001 Report Share Posted March 27, 2001 >>Given the professed perspective of the author, in which nothing >>is " real, " this actually makes sense, though it appears founded >>on towering arrogance and a dearth of compassion. >To " assume " is to make an " ass " out of " you " and " me " ;-)... >> On the other hand, maybe Hitler ranks as humanity's greatest >> savior, affording so many with an inescapable opportunity to face >> immediate death. >A downright childish comment, and not worth saying anything further... >>>Life itself is a death sentence. From birth, the body begins to >>>die. There is an illusion of living forever, nobody thinks of >>> death, it's a taboo subject. >>Does the author include himself in this, or is " nobody " merely a >>code word for " everyone else " ? >Have you ever heard of the word " generalization " before? Welcome to >the English Language! :-) >Namaste (and grow up), QED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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