Guest guest Posted November 29, 2001 Report Share Posted November 29, 2001 Nisargadatta, " viorica weissman " <viorica@z...> wrote: > it is a fault to be a human or to use a normal syntax to communicate ? > vicki I had seen the following story on (I think) advaita.org board a while ago: It concerns some students of Papaji's. I heard it from Arjuna, one of Papaji's students who was there - now teaching satsang in the U.S. Arjuna also noticed the extreme avoidance of the " I " word in some of the satsang community around Papaji, and dubbed it " The Lucknow Disease. " The story, as he said Arjuna saw it: It was a summer afternoon at Papaji's house in Lucknow, India. Satsang would start soon. Devotees were scattered around the house. Bill and Stan had placed their meditation cushions up front claiming a spot close to Papaji for when he came in. They went to the kitchen to kill some time. Bill was at the stove and asked Stan, " Would you like a cup of tea or coffee? " Stan's eyes went big, his voice went deep and profound, " There's no one here to choose. " Bill was very impressed with Stan's state, and humbly served them both tea. They sat at the kitchen table, waiting for satsang. In a few moments, one of the other devotees came into the kitchen. " People are gathering for satsang, " she said. " Oh, and Stan, someone seems to be sitting on your cushion. " " That so-and-so & %!#@ How dare they!? " Stan fumed. " That's *my* cushion, *my* spot! " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 30, 2001 Report Share Posted November 30, 2001 The answer to your question is It is a fault to be a human. The most powerful question I have ever asked myself was who feels angry? and when I saw I was beliving my self to be the False Roll du jour, and Detached from Identifying myself with all titles and rolls, I became free. I am not human But I can watch my Human experience from a Distance. The truth is I was never Born and I am not this or that I am No thing and I am everything. Do I care about syntax No. Am I limiting my self to being Human No. The Unborn > " viorica weissman " <viorica >Nisargadatta > " RamanaMaharshi " <RamanaMaharshi >, > " MillionPaths " <MillionPaths >, " ANetofJewels " ><ANetofJewels >, " Nisargadatta " ><Nisargadatta >, " " > > Syntax Game >Thu, 29 Nov 2001 20:01:17 +0200 > > Hello All, > > i noticed an interesting on-line phenomenon on these 'non-two' lists , > i just wanted to know if there are others who share the same opinion. > > it is a kind of syntax game that some people play on account of others, > something of the kind " yesterday i was glad " and here it is > a feedback " 'who' was glad ? " (which means : i got you ! this is >a normal human > beeing syntax , aha , so you are using a normal human being syntax , > so you dare be a human , how dare you ? ) > > i find this terrible ; there was a time i felt uncomfortable when my >mails were > caught like this and they were syntax analyzed in this way > (aha ! who felt uncomfortable ? ) , then a time came when such syntax >analyzers > made me smile , and then the time came when i felt i wanted to talk >about this > with others. (oh ! what did i say ? others ?? but there are no others >... > and so on ...) ) > > it seems there is an endless syntax game ( 'syntax game ' = a >concept ?? ) > going on , something like this : > > mail1 : so and so and so and so .... > mail2 : aha , i caught you ... > mail3: such and such and such and such .... > mail4: aha, i caught you too... > mail5: so and such and so and such..... > mail6: . ^ . ^ . ~~~~ > mail7: hi, mail6 : ===+++... > mail8: after all you are all human beings ... > > > > humans' access is questioned by some members > on the 'not-two' lists ? > it is a fault to be a human or to use a normal syntax to communicate >? > > > >vicki > > > > > > > > > just an opinion - did anybody else notice ? > > > > _______________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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