Guest guest Posted May 19, 2005 Report Share Posted May 19, 2005 Nisargadatta , " fuzzie_wuz " <fuzzie_wuz> wrote: > ***SNIP*** > > cut > > -- thanks for being in my, your, show > > gp > > > " I'll let you be in my dream, if I can be in yours. " > > (from " The Talkin' World War Three Blues " by Bob Dylan, 1963). > > Hi, Gene: > > My understanding is that 'karma' means 'action'. This very dialogue is > karma. Everything is karma; action. That would also be known as > 'maya'. No? > > What the hell do I know? I'm just a dum ol hillybilly. I aint no Hindu. > > > > fuzzie > ============= The only thing I have a claim for in life is stupidity. I have never been disappointed with the magnitude of my claim. It might sound like BS but it is the truth, whatever that is. NO matter how much education I got I never got beyond an awareness that I was not only stupid but that somehow it was my very unique forte. With this stupid background I declare that I know no HINDU. But the word maya I have always thought of as being harmony. Or just the joy of entertainment. Karma, on the other hand, I take to be any friction, disorder, chaos. More simply: ANYTHING that I take seriously in life is Karma. Especially my ego. All the things I can enjoy – but only because I have no desires or attachments to them -- is maya. Both karma and maya thus has nothing to do with the imaginary outside but what my mind thinks is outside. If my mind is at peace then it is maya. When my mind is disturbed it is karma. But what the hell do I know, Im stupid and proud of it? gp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 19, 2005 Report Share Posted May 19, 2005 Nisargadatta , " Gene Polotas " <semmin@e...> wrote: > Nisargadatta , " fuzzie_wuz " <fuzzie_wuz> > wrote: > > ***SNIP*** > > > > > cut > > > > -- thanks for being in my, your, show > > > gp > > > > > > " I'll let you be in my dream, if I can be in yours. " > > > > (from " The Talkin' World War Three Blues " by Bob Dylan, 1963). > > > > Hi, Gene: > > > > My understanding is that 'karma' means 'action'. This very dialogue > is > > karma. Everything is karma; action. That would also be known as > > 'maya'. No? > > > > What the hell do I know? I'm just a dum ol hillybilly. I aint no > Hindu. > > > > > > > > fuzzie > > ============= > The only thing I have a claim for in life is stupidity. I have never > been disappointed with the magnitude of my claim. It might sound like > BS but it is the truth, whatever that is. > > NO matter how much education I got I never got beyond an awareness > that I was not only stupid but that somehow it was my very unique > forte. > > With this stupid background I declare that I know no HINDU. > > But the word maya I have always thought of as being harmony. Or just > the joy of entertainment. > Karma, on the other hand, I take to be any friction, disorder, > chaos. > > More simply: ANYTHING that I take seriously in life is Karma. > Especially my ego. All the things I can enjoy – but only because I > have no desires or attachments to them -- is maya. > > Both karma and maya thus has nothing to do with the imaginary > outside but what my mind thinks is outside. If my mind is at peace > then it is maya. When my mind is disturbed it is karma. > > But what the hell do I know, Im stupid and proud of it? > gp Well, I think you got your own personal definitions there, for those two terms, Gene. But, that's alright. Keep it simple, stupid. That's what I always heard. Ordinary is where it's at. Everything is sacred, a miracle. The most ordinary things are sacred; divine. Just walkin' 'cross the floor is a miracle. It's all miraculous; awesome. Every single act is perfect and miraculous. It's all an awesome mystery; ineffable. fuzzie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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