Guest guest Posted January 4, 2005 Report Share Posted January 4, 2005 In a message dated 1/4/05 10:46:05 AM, wwoehr writes: > BTW, I am reading most, if not all posts here every day and some of > them are so brilliant (included yours) that I don't feel to post in > addition my own ones. > P: That is very selfish of you, friend. Your voice is needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2005 Report Share Posted January 4, 2005 Dear Pete, Thanks for that beautiful story. I also like your conclusion you drew from it. Indeed, we fear to get lost in being what we see. Maybe thats why it is so important to realize that the one we fear to get lost doesn't exit and we more and more have to make friends with that. BTW, I am reading most, if not all posts here every day and some of them are so brilliant (included yours) that I don't feel to post in addition my own ones. Werner Nisargadatta , Pedsie2@a... wrote: > The naturalist Loren Eiseley wrote many interesting essays > on form shifting. In one of them, he relates a personal > experience he had while studying the habits of frogs. > On this particular night he was headed toward a deep sink > hole in the middle of a large grove. The sink hole was > particularly dangerous because it had not rained for months, > and the water had receded several feet from the steep rim. > Any careless human who plunged in would have no way to > climb out. > > As he walked along a narrow trail, he was overtaken by a > a large number of frogs heading toward the sink hole. > He was enchanted to be part of this march, and tried > to keep pace with the frogs. After a few minutes of > feeling himself part of this amphian army, he > sensed a strange feeling of kinship with the > group. As they got nearer the water the frogs started > singing. Loren tells that at one point, to his surprise, he > noticed that he was no longer walking, but jumping along > and croaking with the frogs. He felt a great urgency, > a deep longing for those deep black waters. He wanted > it with a force he had never experienced before. This > yearning filled him with great exhilaration. He began > shaking with excitement and then the excitement > turned to terror as he realized that if he didn't break > this spell we would surely perish at the sink hole. > The terror did the trick, and he snapped out of his frog > trance. > > To completely understand something is, in a way, to > become it. After total understanding, we can't no > longer exactly regain our former shape. That is why > there is an instinctual reluctance to understand too > deeply. We can't understand, and retain our former self. > > Pete > > > > > or > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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