Guest guest Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 Let's talk about Pete. Who is he? Pete is change, time, a role in a cosmic play. Lest you think I'm getting conceited, let's substitute my name for yours because when I talk about Pete, I talk about you, and he, and she, and they, too. So let's talk about time, which is change because if we understand those, we will understand eternity and everything in between. Time is the rate of change as experienced by an observer. Once we believed time was inexorable, an inflexible tyrant, but it's not so, time is flexible, accommodating, almost elastic. If change speeds up, time slows down; when change crawls, time runs away. What a contrary spirit! Just like a kid! This is, of course, part of the theory of relativity and is supported by many scientific experiments. But you don't need any experiments to tell you that, you remember how long a day was when you were a child, and ran around at the speed of sound, and never stopped until mom yelled, " For cry aloud, won't you stop that? " Now, you are old, well all right, middle aged, settled in your daily grind and time, that fickle fiend, is rushing by like a cannon ball. Time is a trickster, and not to be trusted, it speeds if things slow down, but it also stops if things get too fast. At C ( celeritas for velocity in Latin) or the speed of light, time stops. Yes, a photon doesn't change or decay on its own, it reaches us from the farthest corner of the cosmos as good as new. A Billion years mean nothing to it. But then, as I said, time is a trickster, if things get too slow, it stops too. When nothing changes, when change is not, then time is not. Then, the immutable appears like that notorious cat, you know the one I mean, the one that is only a smile. So we have arrived through time to the immutable, which is no time, no change, eternity, God, This and That and Nothing all the same. And where could there be a place for Pete, which is change, and is time in That? Pete, the role, or his memory, in That can not abide. And yet, and yet, Pete is acted by That. And yet, This which is not Pete realizes itself acting such part. Don't get me wrong, the part will be forgotten, it's not memorable, it won't win an Oscar, No immortality for Pete. But the actor, director, producer will go on to make other films, play other roles, the Show will go on. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 Nisargadatta , Pete S <pedsie4@e...> wrote: > > Let's talk about Pete. Who is he? Pete is change, > time, a role in a cosmic play. Lest you think I'm > getting conceited, let's substitute my name for > yours because when I talk about Pete, I talk > about you, and he, and she, and they, too. >CUT.................. > And yet, This which is not Pete > realizes itself acting such part. Don't get me wrong, the > part will be forgotten, it's not memorable, it won't win an > Oscar, No immortality for Pete. But the actor, director, > producer will go on to make other films, play other roles, > the Show will go on. > > Pete > but pete you are playing your role perfectly to miss the point of non-duality. the ego has to die before YOU, the Self, can laugh: that you are all the actors, director and producer of the WHOLE SHOW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 Hi Gene, Several times now I have read from you about your " laughing Self " . Who has told you about a Self, was it Ramana ? And then a " laughing Self " . I have read about " Homo ridens " but not about the former. Do you eventually believe by laughing all day long sooner or later you will be the Self ? It is fun to imagine when you are gone and your body decayed that there is still your laughing Self chuckling at midnight - " ha ha ha " . Don't worry, be happy. Werner Nisargadatta , " Gene Polotas " <semmin@e...> wrote: > > Nisargadatta , Pete S <pedsie4@e...> wrote: > > > > Let's talk about Pete. Who is he? Pete is change, > > time, a role in a cosmic play. Lest you think I'm > > getting conceited, let's substitute my name for > > yours because when I talk about Pete, I talk > > about you, and he, and she, and they, too. > >CUT.................. > > And yet, This which is not Pete > > realizes itself acting such part. Don't get me wrong, the > > part will be forgotten, it's not memorable, it won't win an > > Oscar, No immortality for Pete. But the actor, director, > > producer will go on to make other films, play other roles, > > the Show will go on. > > > > Pete > > > but pete > you are playing your role perfectly to miss the point of non- duality. > the ego has to die before YOU, the Self, can laugh: that you are all > the actors, director and producer of the WHOLE SHOW > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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