hustle and bustle

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Hi Andrew,

 

Nisargadatta, andrew macnab <a.macnab@n...> wrote:

> My previous post was a response to the mood of your post, it

> recalled a state of mind at some remembered time when similar

> thoughts rolled through this head. Like any response, it was

> mostly about the responder.

 

Understood...

 

> If there had been an intent to describe you, it certainly wouldn't

> have been to call you quiet. Indeed, Tim appears to be hustling and

> bustling on email lists most of his waking hours.

 

Yes, not to mention all over the Net :-). The body sits here

quiet... thought is active during much of the waking state, at least

while playing on the Net :-).

 

> > A single human lifetime is a " flash in the pan. " Nisargadatta

> > might have described it as " a moment and a dream. " So tell me

> > Andrew, are you seeking something amidst the " hustle and bustle? "

> > What " benefits " lie therein for you?

>

>

> The exercise, both mental and physical, is enjoyable.

> The people I meet are too.

 

Fair enough... I get the mental exercise on the Internet.

 

I'm not a 'people person'. Never have been. I enjoy the company

of 'my cat' Penelope, that's almost too much as-is. Aloneness is a

sheer delight 'to me' and has been since early childhood, greatly

preferred to the company of others. But I'll explain a bit more

about this in an Email, if you like... you stated you wanted to

respond to a private Email I sent. Knowing a bit more about 'life

history' here might explain some things.

 

> So it appears. The nodoer concept is a handy dandy means of

> blasting the barriers of hope and fear, doubt and regret, a lovely

> little package of high explosive. Once it goes off it's as gone as

> the rest.

 

It doesn't matter if it stays or goes... " non-doership " is

a 'truism'.

 

In truth there's no free will or (pre)destiny. " Freedom " is free of

both of these notions, in fact is free of all 'notions'. Destiny as

a concept (as espoused by Ramesh) could serve no other 'purpose' than

to loosen the bondage of the notion of 'free will', since it's

nothing but the flipside of the coin of the 'free will' idea.

 

Once the concept has 'served it's purpose', it drops off like all

unnecessary concepts do.

 

Namaste,

 

Tim