Guest guest Posted August 20, 2003 Report Share Posted August 20, 2003 Is that a snake? Or is it just a rope? Elizabeth Wells [elizabethwells8] Wednesday, August 20, 2003 10:59 AM Nisargadatta El's definition of " the mind of man " . A snake in the grass. .. ** If you do not wish to receive individual emails, to change your subscription, sign in with your ID and go to Edit My Groups: /mygroups?edit=1 Under the Message Delivery option, choose " No Email " for the Nisargadatta group and click on Save Changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 2003 Report Share Posted August 21, 2003 Bill! Right on the mark there! > > Bill Rishel [sMTP:plexus] > Thursday, August 21, 2003 6:38 AM > Nisargadatta > RE: El's definition of " the mind of man " . > > Is that a snake? > Or is it just a rope? > > > Elizabeth Wells [elizabethwells8] > Wednesday, August 20, 2003 10:59 AM > Nisargadatta > El's definition of " the mind of man " . > > > > > A snake in the grass. > > > . > > > > ** > > If you do not wish to receive individual emails, to change your > subscription, sign in with your ID and go to Edit My Groups: > > </mygroups?edit=1> > > Under the Message Delivery option, choose " No Email " for the Nisargadatta > group and click on Save Changes. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 31, 2003 Report Share Posted August 31, 2003 > Elizabeth Wells wrote: > > > El's definition of " the mind of man " . > > > A snake in the grass. > Bill Rishel wrote: > > Is that a snake? > Or is it just a rope? > Nisargadatta responded: To know that consciousness and its content are but reflections, changeful and transient, is the focussing of the real. The refusal to see the snake in the rope is the necessary condition for seeing the rope. One must also know that a rope exists and looks like a snake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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