Guest guest Posted January 7, 2005 Report Share Posted January 7, 2005 In our society it is regarded proper to have one partner and many friends. As an exercise in brain gymnastics for you, think about a society where instead it would be considered custom to have many partners and only one friend. /AL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2005 Report Share Posted January 7, 2005 Did u fight with ur girl partner(friend) anders_lindman [anders_lindman] Friday, January 07, 2005 1:59 PM Nisargadatta Conditioned by society In our society it is regarded proper to have one partner and many friends. As an exercise in brain gymnastics for you, think about a society where instead it would be considered custom to have many partners and only one friend. /AL ** 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 January 7, 2005 Report Share Posted January 7, 2005 Nisargadatta , " Ramanath, Murali H \(GE Healthcare\) " <Murali.Ramanath@g...> wrote: > Did u fight with ur girl partner(friend) LOL! I was just thinking about how society has conditioned us. We are society in a way. By taking a hypothetical example like this we can see how deeply rooted our sense of self is in society. We often take many things about how things are without reflecting on them. The thinking mind becomes short-circuit when thinking about ideas like this. When the ordinary context given by society is no longer there, then the mind becomes confused. J. Krishnamurti talked about the rejection of all authority. That means rejection of the patterns of thought, because our conditioning is the authority Krishnamurti talks about, and that conditioning forms our thinking. Living from authority is a second-hand life, according to Krishnamurti. And he was adamant in pointing out that replacing one authority with another will not change anything. What is needed, he said, is not new knowledge, which again is another form of authority, but a total revolution in the human mind. " If you want to see the insanity of the human condition, I recommend you read a history book or watch TV tonight. " -- Eckhart Tolle /AL > > > > anders_lindman [anders_lindman] > Friday, January 07, 2005 1:59 PM > Nisargadatta > Conditioned by society > > > > In our society it is regarded proper to have one partner and many > friends. As an exercise in brain gymnastics for you, think about a > society where instead it would be considered custom to have many > partners and only one friend. > > /AL > > > > > > ** > > 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 January 7, 2005 Report Share Posted January 7, 2005 Anyway , to give u a practical example of the guy who did ur experiment of " exercise in brain gymnastics " Read the story of Sri Krishna. He had 16,000 partners , one real friend Radha - And Krishna it seems that threw his flute on hearing abt the death of Radha. U can read this Gita Govindam by the Great Poet Jayadeva (Which desribes the romance between Radha and Krishna ) and get back ur girl friend ! http://www.geocities.com/giirvaani/gg/sarga1/gg_1_frame.htm Oh, gracious people, should your hearts be plethoric with the elixir of devotion for meditating on Krishna, and should you be curious enough about the arts of coaxing of flirtaceous womenkind, then listen to the praise song of Jayadeva on that glorious god Krishna, that which is a medly of willowy words, worded mellowly and mellifluously... [1-3] Intolerant of Krishna Krishna's flirtatious behaviour with other girls, Raadha deviates from ronde and complains all her feelings to her friend. Even in her complaining that Krishna is cheerfully irresponsible - blithesome Krishna, aklesha keshava, she extols Krishna's enrapturing nature. Murali, " Oh, friend, while Krishna's lips are pulsatile on his delightful flute Mohana Vamshi, ambrosial lusciousness is fluted melodiously, and while his head with half-crown and peacock feathers is nodded, his sidelong glances are flitting from one maid to the other, to observe their observation of his fluting fugues, and in doing so, his knobby ear-hangings are swaying onto both of his cheeks, in tune with all the fugues, thus he is frolicking here in ronde dance, blithely making fun of me... albeit, my heart reminds me of Krishna alone... [a pa 5-1] For all those guys who keep the list boring with Philosophy - Awareness, Absolute etc - Unreal /Real/ Here is some romantic stuff..from Krishna ... AL, Happy Dancing with your partners .. sorry friend... Happy New Year to Everyone ! Murali, anders_lindman [anders_lindman] Friday, January 07, 2005 4:02 PM Nisargadatta Re: Conditioned by society Nisargadatta , " Ramanath, Murali H \(GE Healthcare\) " <Murali.Ramanath@g...> wrote: > Did u fight with ur girl partner(friend) LOL! I was just thinking about how society has conditioned us. We are society in a way. By taking a hypothetical example like this we can see how deeply rooted our sense of self is in society. We often take many things about how things are without reflecting on them. The thinking mind becomes short-circuit when thinking about ideas like this. When the ordinary context given by society is no longer there, then the mind becomes confused. J. Krishnamurti talked about the rejection of all authority. That means rejection of the patterns of thought, because our conditioning is the authority Krishnamurti talks about, and that conditioning forms our thinking. Living from authority is a second-hand life, according to Krishnamurti. And he was adamant in pointing out that replacing one authority with another will not change anything. What is needed, he said, is not new knowledge, which again is another form of authority, but a total revolution in the human mind. " If you want to see the insanity of the human condition, I recommend you read a history book or watch TV tonight. " -- Eckhart Tolle /AL > > > > anders_lindman [anders_lindman] > Friday, January 07, 2005 1:59 PM > Nisargadatta > Conditioned by society > > > > In our society it is regarded proper to have one partner and many > friends. As an exercise in brain gymnastics for you, think about a > society where instead it would be considered custom to have many > partners and only one friend. > > /AL > > > > > > ** > > 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 January 7, 2005 Report Share Posted January 7, 2005 Nisargadatta , " Ramanath, Murali H \(GE Healthcare\) " <Murali.Ramanath@g...> wrote: > Anyway , to give u a practical example of the guy who > did ur experiment of " exercise in brain gymnastics " > Read the story of Sri Krishna. > He had 16,000 partners , one real friend Radha - > And Krishna it seems that threw his flute on hearing abt the death of Radha. > > U can read this Gita Govindam by the Great Poet Jayadeva (Which desribes the romance between Radha and Krishna ) and get back ur girl friend ! > > > http://www.geocities.com/giirvaani/gg/sarga1/gg_1_frame.htm > > Oh, gracious people, should your hearts be plethoric with the elixir of devotion for meditating on Krishna, and should you be curious enough about the arts of coaxing of flirtaceous womenkind, then listen to the praise song of Jayadeva on that glorious god Krishna, that which is a medly of willowy words, worded mellowly and mellifluously... [1-3] > > Intolerant of Krishna Krishna's flirtatious behaviour with other girls, Raadha deviates from ronde and complains all her feelings to her friend. Even in her complaining that Krishna is cheerfully irresponsible - blithesome Krishna, aklesha keshava, she extols Krishna's enrapturing nature. Murali, > > " Oh, friend, while Krishna's lips are pulsatile on his delightful flute Mohana Vamshi, ambrosial lusciousness is fluted melodiously, and while his head with half-crown and peacock feathers is nodded, his sidelong glances are flitting from one maid to the other, to observe their observation of his fluting fugues, and in doing so, his knobby ear-hangings are swaying onto both of his cheeks, in tune with all the fugues, thus he is frolicking here in ronde dance, blithely making fun of me... albeit, my heart reminds me of Krishna alone... [a pa 5-1] > > For all those guys who keep the list boring with Philosophy - Awareness, Absolute etc - Unreal /Real/ > > Here is some romantic stuff..from Krishna ... > > AL, Happy Dancing with your partners .. sorry friend... > > Happy New Year to Everyone ! > > Murali, > Namaste, dear Murali Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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