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There are many things in life that can awake one's anger. But looking

at what is happening, enemies are born and sustained withing a

personal sphere of limitation. If we look within - have you looked

within - then enemies reside in us, not only out there.

 

What would happen if our inner enemies would become integrated as a

part of oneself instead of as something to fight? What would happen to

all those outer enemies? Maybe they will still be there. Maybe they

will still be vicious creatures of the night. But we don't know what

will become of our outer enemies once we find peace within, until we

do find peace within.

 

/AL

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Taking a pot filled with colored glass perls then stirring it and

voila:

 

Anders has created another masterpiece !

 

And this stirring and presenting goes on and on and on ....

 

Werner

 

 

Nisargadatta , " anders_lindman "

<anders_lindman> wrote:

>

> There are many things in life that can awake one's anger. But

looking

> at what is happening, enemies are born and sustained withing a

> personal sphere of limitation. If we look within - have you looked

> within - then enemies reside in us, not only out there.

>

> What would happen if our inner enemies would become integrated as a

> part of oneself instead of as something to fight? What would happen

to

> all those outer enemies? Maybe they will still be there. Maybe they

> will still be vicious creatures of the night. But we don't know what

> will become of our outer enemies once we find peace within, until we

> do find peace within.

>

> /AL

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Nisargadatta , " Werner Woehr " <wwoehr@p...> wrote:

>

> Taking a pot filled with colored glass perls then stirring it and

> voila:

>

> Anders has created another masterpiece !

>

> And this stirring and presenting goes on and on and on ....

>

> Werner

 

Werner, you are not scorning me are you? :) We have to celebrate

thinking as well as pure being. As Alan Watts said: there are prickly

things, and squiggly things. The intellect is exceedingly apt at

handling prickly things, profoundly so. The human mind can take the

briefest glanze at a poster with a movie star on it and immediately

recognize the face of that actor. Such computing power! Then there is

the squiggly part of existence the human mind has a bit more problem

with, and many brave souls reach out to that level through devotion to

God, in many forms, through many religions.

 

/AL

 

>

>

> Nisargadatta , " anders_lindman "

> <anders_lindman> wrote:

> >

> > There are many things in life that can awake one's anger. But

> looking

> > at what is happening, enemies are born and sustained withing a

> > personal sphere of limitation. If we look within - have you looked

> > within - then enemies reside in us, not only out there.

> >

> > What would happen if our inner enemies would become integrated as a

> > part of oneself instead of as something to fight? What would happen

> to

> > all those outer enemies? Maybe they will still be there. Maybe they

> > will still be vicious creatures of the night. But we don't know what

> > will become of our outer enemies once we find peace within, until we

> > do find peace within.

> >

> > /AL

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Ha Anders,

 

Not scoring you ?

 

Ok, the annoying thing is not your constant thinking but your

constant presenting every little fart to the public.

 

But how to stop those annoying glass perls presents you feel forced

to offer to the public as long as you see them as precious jewels ?

 

Is it kind of intellectual narcism, or maybe megalomania, or just

overestimating your intellect's products ?

 

You remind me of my little 7 years old boy sometimes bringing me as a

present a small piece of paper on which he drew some lines accross,

presenting it to me with shiny eyes and telling that it represents

some powerful spell which I have to carry with me because it is very

useful when evil creatures are landing here with a space-ship.

 

Tell me Anders, when you have been a little boy did you ever got the

chance also to present such powerful presents to your parents as my

boy did ?

 

Werner

 

 

Nisargadatta , " anders_lindman "

<anders_lindman> wrote:

>

> Nisargadatta , " Werner Woehr " <wwoehr@p...>

wrote:

> >

> > Taking a pot filled with colored glass perls then stirring it and

> > voila:

> >

> > Anders has created another masterpiece !

> >

> > And this stirring and presenting goes on and on and on ....

> >

> > Werner

>

> Werner, you are not scorning me are you? :) We have to celebrate

> thinking as well as pure being. As Alan Watts said: there are

prickly

> things, and squiggly things. The intellect is exceedingly apt at

> handling prickly things, profoundly so. The human mind can take the

> briefest glanze at a poster with a movie star on it and immediately

> recognize the face of that actor. Such computing power! Then there

is

> the squiggly part of existence the human mind has a bit more problem

> with, and many brave souls reach out to that level through devotion

to

> God, in many forms, through many religions.

>

> /AL

>

> >

> >

> > Nisargadatta , " anders_lindman "

> > <anders_lindman> wrote:

> > >

> > > There are many things in life that can awake one's anger. But

> > looking

> > > at what is happening, enemies are born and sustained withing a

> > > personal sphere of limitation. If we look within - have you

looked

> > > within - then enemies reside in us, not only out there.

> > >

> > > What would happen if our inner enemies would become integrated

as a

> > > part of oneself instead of as something to fight? What would

happen

> > to

> > > all those outer enemies? Maybe they will still be there. Maybe

they

> > > will still be vicious creatures of the night. But we don't know

what

> > > will become of our outer enemies once we find peace within,

until we

> > > do find peace within.

> > >

> > > /AL

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Nisargadatta , " anders_lindman "

<anders_lindman> wrote:

>

> Nisargadatta , " Werner Woehr " <wwoehr@p...>

wrote:

> >

> > Taking a pot filled with colored glass perls then stirring

> > it and voila:

> > Anders has created another masterpiece !

> > And this stirring and presenting goes on and on and on ....

> > Werner

>

> Werner, you are not scorning me are you? :) We have to

> celebrate thinking as well as pure being. As Alan Watts said:

> there are prickly things, and squiggly things. The intellect

> is exceedingly apt at handling prickly things, profoundly so.

> The human mind can take the briefest glanze at a poster with

> a movie star on it and immediately recognize the face of that

> actor. Such computing power! Then there is the squiggly part

> of existence the human mind has a bit more problem with, and

> many brave souls reach out to that level through devotion to

> God, in many forms, through many religions.

> /AL

>

 

I believe the word you are looking for, is " mocking " , not " scorning " .

 

You say " we have to celebrate thinking " , but you are not celebrating,

nor are you thinking. That is what is being mocked, your >>belief<<

that you are " celebrating thinking " , while only putting forth

beliefs, opinions.

 

You talk about " enemies within " without even realizing what you are

talking about! Your biggest enemy, is your (and most everybody's)

propensity to take >>believing<< for >>thinking<< and your (and

everybody's) inability to distinguish between the two.

 

If you >>really<< want to " celebrate " thinking (as opposed to

believing, which you - and everybody - are already quite adept at),

work with the following " challenge " for 24 hours BEFORE replying (as,

I know, is your wont to do... you know, >>over-react<<):

 

Discuss, at length, the DIFFERENCE (in humans) between Thinking, and

Believing, and comment on why it is, that you, AL (and everybody

else) can not distinguish the difference in realtime, and how it is

that humans (and you, AL) take *believing*, for *thinking*.

 

Remember, AL, 24 hours!

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Nisargadatta , " Werner Woehr " <wwoehr@p...> wrote:

>

> Ha Anders,

>

> Not scoring you ?

 

I said scorning, not scoring! LMAO! :)

 

>

> Ok, the annoying thing is not your constant thinking but your

> constant presenting every little fart to the public.

>

> But how to stop those annoying glass perls presents you feel forced

> to offer to the public as long as you see them as precious jewels ?

>

> Is it kind of intellectual narcism, or maybe megalomania, or just

> overestimating your intellect's products ?

 

Don't try to make a pig sing. It will make you struggle and it will

irritate the pig.

 

>

> You remind me of my little 7 years old boy sometimes bringing me as a

> present a small piece of paper on which he drew some lines accross,

> presenting it to me with shiny eyes and telling that it represents

> some powerful spell which I have to carry with me because it is very

> useful when evil creatures are landing here with a space-ship.

 

You'll never know what wisdom a single child can hold.

 

>

> Tell me Anders, when you have been a little boy did you ever got the

> chance also to present such powerful presents to your parents as my

> boy did ?

>

> Werner

 

Powerful presents are in the eyes of the receiver.

 

:-)

 

/AL

 

>

>

> Nisargadatta , " anders_lindman "

> <anders_lindman> wrote:

> >

> > Nisargadatta , " Werner Woehr " <wwoehr@p...>

> wrote:

> > >

> > > Taking a pot filled with colored glass perls then stirring it and

> > > voila:

> > >

> > > Anders has created another masterpiece !

> > >

> > > And this stirring and presenting goes on and on and on ....

> > >

> > > Werner

> >

> > Werner, you are not scorning me are you? :) We have to celebrate

> > thinking as well as pure being. As Alan Watts said: there are

> prickly

> > things, and squiggly things. The intellect is exceedingly apt at

> > handling prickly things, profoundly so. The human mind can take the

> > briefest glanze at a poster with a movie star on it and immediately

> > recognize the face of that actor. Such computing power! Then there

> is

> > the squiggly part of existence the human mind has a bit more problem

> > with, and many brave souls reach out to that level through devotion

> to

> > God, in many forms, through many religions.

> >

> > /AL

> >

> > >

> > >

> > > Nisargadatta , " anders_lindman "

> > > <anders_lindman> wrote:

> > > >

> > > > There are many things in life that can awake one's anger. But

> > > looking

> > > > at what is happening, enemies are born and sustained withing a

> > > > personal sphere of limitation. If we look within - have you

> looked

> > > > within - then enemies reside in us, not only out there.

> > > >

> > > > What would happen if our inner enemies would become integrated

> as a

> > > > part of oneself instead of as something to fight? What would

> happen

> > > to

> > > > all those outer enemies? Maybe they will still be there. Maybe

> they

> > > > will still be vicious creatures of the night. But we don't know

> what

> > > > will become of our outer enemies once we find peace within,

> until we

> > > > do find peace within.

> > > >

> > > > /AL

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Nisargadatta , " fmraerdy " <mybox234@b...> wrote:

>

> Nisargadatta , " anders_lindman "

> <anders_lindman> wrote:

> >

> > Nisargadatta , " Werner Woehr " <wwoehr@p...>

> wrote:

> > >

> > > Taking a pot filled with colored glass perls then stirring

> > > it and voila:

> > > Anders has created another masterpiece !

> > > And this stirring and presenting goes on and on and on ....

> > > Werner

> >

> > Werner, you are not scorning me are you? :) We have to

> > celebrate thinking as well as pure being. As Alan Watts said:

> > there are prickly things, and squiggly things. The intellect

> > is exceedingly apt at handling prickly things, profoundly so.

> > The human mind can take the briefest glanze at a poster with

> > a movie star on it and immediately recognize the face of that

> > actor. Such computing power! Then there is the squiggly part

> > of existence the human mind has a bit more problem with, and

> > many brave souls reach out to that level through devotion to

> > God, in many forms, through many religions.

> > /AL

> >

>

> I believe the word you are looking for, is " mocking " , not " scorning " .

 

Ok. Yeah. Mocking is perhaps a better word in this case. Malicious

mocking. :))))

 

>

> You say " we have to celebrate thinking " , but you are not celebrating,

> nor are you thinking. That is what is being mocked, your >>belief<<

> that you are " celebrating thinking " , while only putting forth

> beliefs, opinions.

 

Drop my belifs in the waste basket if you want to. That's what I can

do too. :)

 

>

> You talk about " enemies within " without even realizing what you are

> talking about! Your biggest enemy, is your (and most everybody's)

> propensity to take >>believing<< for >>thinking<< and your (and

> everybody's) inability to distinguish between the two.

 

Perhaps true.

 

>

> If you >>really<< want to " celebrate " thinking (as opposed to

> believing, which you - and everybody - are already quite adept at),

> work with the following " challenge " for 24 hours BEFORE replying (as,

> I know, is your wont to do... you know, >>over-react<<):

>

> Discuss, at length, the DIFFERENCE (in humans) between Thinking, and

> Believing, and comment on why it is, that you, AL (and everybody

> else) can not distinguish the difference in realtime, and how it is

> that humans (and you, AL) take *believing*, for *thinking*.

>

> Remember, AL, 24 hours!

 

Sense of realtime is related to gravity. Sensation of time is small

compared to full awareness of gravity. 24 hours is a _belief_ in your

mind. Timeless reality will dawn on you if your gregorian mental

calendar is remodelled.

 

/AL

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