It's like this...isn't it.

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Our lives are the same as a movie being played out except instead of

just the 2 senses being filled (sight & sound) all 5 senses and

thoughts and emotions also. Much like sitting in the movie theater we

lose ourselves in identification. We think these are our thoughts and

our emotions. We think we are making decisions and in control of our

lives. Even the thought " I " is an identification, yet everyone falls

for it...nutty!

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Nisargadatta , " Shawn " <shawnregan> wrote:

> Our lives are the same as a movie being played out except instead

of

> just the 2 senses being filled (sight & sound) all 5 senses and

> thoughts and emotions also. Much like sitting in the movie theater

we

> lose ourselves in identification. We think these are our thoughts

and

> our emotions. We think we are making decisions and in control of

our

> lives. Even the thought " I " is an identification, yet everyone

falls

> for it...nutty!

 

devi: is that just an intellectual understanding or a profound

realizaion of the truth?

 

ok heres a story

 

i had a great time at Babajis 80th birthday party. i

arrived a bit late for the opening ceremonies but managed to sit for

four hours doing the hanuman chalisa, with Hanuman Yuga ceremony.and

prasad at the end. then i was served a wonderful feast of indian

rices and curied beans with vegetable pokaros salad and chai...i was

in heaven...For Babajis birthday He gave everyone a pendant of

Hanuman on a pretty red string in a pretty red bag...i saw some

friends i hadn't seen in a long time. i didn't go to close to HIm the

whole day..that was my birthday present to HIm. after the feast

everyone (probably 200 people) went to watch the yogis perform

miraculous feats proving the benifits of pranayam...for example 2

young men each had a 200 and 400 pound rock placed on their chests

while someone hit the rock with a sledgehammer until the rock broke

in little pieces,,,the highlight was that one young man laid down on

a bed of *nails*, so sharp that it punctured a banana when the banana

was dropped on it..and while he was laying across the bed of nails a

400 pound rock was placed on his chest and then broke with the

sledgehammer, my only thought about the whole thing was *humans do

strange things* and interesting what he puts His disciples to

do..then i found out that one of HIs devotees has reached

enlightenement, but when i asked him he was not inclined to say

yes.and when i explained that i was trying to get another bud for

babaji he suggested that i mention kali ray, i told him i already

didn that,anyway, the evening came and there were some more bajans,

the person in charge of the ali akbar school of music performed on

the sitar (his wife is a friend of mine), there was a home movie of

all of Babajis adopted children in INdia wishing Him a happy

birthday, another delicious indian meal and at last the traditional

thank you song called *Isn't It You* which is so emotionally charged

i almost shake to death to keep from bursting into hughe emotional

sobbing...

AT that time i had a seat in the back directly across from Babaji

with no one blocking us,,it was profound...i dreamt about Him all

night long..ok, i hope you enjoyed my short story..