Guest guest Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 > > Hence the teaching about passing > > through the eye of the needle, > > as it is said one must pass through > > the primal point (the rich man > > who can't pass being the mind > > of concepts). > > > > -- Dan > > in hebrew and arabic " 3ayn " means " eye " and it means " source " too Excellent point, Eric. Yes, it's a pun, as ayn can mean eye and no-thing. Also, coincidentally, the third letter of the alphabet is gimmel, which means camel, and camel means: from http://www.inner.org/HEBLETER/GIMMEL.HTM: * The camel's journey through the desert of this world. * The camel symbolizes the angel of death. * A bridge; the connecting force inherent in nature. * Primordial matter and Divine wisdom. Also, the same word gamel, can mean a thick rope, so another pun, " it is easier for a rope to pass through the eye of a needle, " becomes " take the journey through the desert of the world, as the mind of concepts, being greeted by the angel of death, making the impossible passage through single-point awareness to/as no-thing. -- Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 Nisargadatta , " dan330033 " <dan330033> wrote: > > > Hence the teaching about passing > > > through the eye of the needle, > > > as it is said one must pass through > > > the primal point (the rich man > > > who can't pass being the mind > > > of concepts). > > > > > > -- Dan > > > > in hebrew and arabic " 3ayn " means " eye " and it means " source " too > > Excellent point, Eric. > > Yes, it's a pun, as ayn can mean eye and no-thing. > > Also, coincidentally, the third letter of the alphabet > is gimmel, which means camel, and camel means: > > from http://www.inner.org/HEBLETER/GIMMEL.HTM: > > * The camel's journey through the desert of this world. > * The camel symbolizes the angel of death. > * A bridge; the connecting force inherent in nature. > * Primordial matter and Divine wisdom. > > Also, the same word gamel, can mean a thick rope, so another pun, > " it is easier for a rope to pass through the eye of a needle, " > becomes " take the journey through the desert of the > world, as the mind of concepts, being greeted by the angel of > death, making the impossible passage through single-point > awareness to/as no-thing. > > -- Dan ----- awareness turned back on itself dissolves... what remains you will never know... .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 Nisargadatta , " Elizabeth Wells " <el_wells_2004> wrote: > Nisargadatta , " dan330033 " > <dan330033> wrote: > > > > Hence the teaching about passing > > > > through the eye of the needle, > > > > as it is said one must pass through > > > > the primal point (the rich man > > > > who can't pass being the mind > > > > of concepts). > > > > > > > > -- Dan > > > > > > in hebrew and arabic " 3ayn " means " eye " and it means > " source " too > > > > Excellent point, Eric. > > > > Yes, it's a pun, as ayn can mean eye and no-thing. > > > > Also, coincidentally, the third letter of the alphabet > > is gimmel, which means camel, and camel means: > > > > from http://www.inner.org/HEBLETER/GIMMEL.HTM: > > > > * The camel's journey through the desert of this world. > > * The camel symbolizes the angel of death. > > * A bridge; the connecting force inherent in nature. > > * Primordial matter and Divine wisdom. > > > > Also, the same word gamel, can mean a thick rope, so another > pun, > > " it is easier for a rope to pass through the eye of a needle, " > > becomes " take the journey through the desert of the > > world, as the mind of concepts, being greeted by the angel of > > death, making the impossible passage through single-point > > awareness to/as no-thing. > > > > -- Dan > > ----- > > > awareness turned back on itself dissolves... > > what remains you will never know... > > > > . Awareness, unable to turn back or go forward, unable to look in or out, dissolves. You won't know that you will never know. Nothing remaining or not remaining, and not nothing. .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 21, 2003 Report Share Posted November 21, 2003 Nisargadatta , " eric paroissien " <vertvetiver@a...> wrote: > Nisargadatta , " dan330033 " <dan330033> > wrote: > > slip(!) > > > Ah, the brook of life babbles on, > > Dan > > merrily merrily merrily > life is but a dream emptilly, emptilly, emptilly dreams are but a life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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