Guest guest Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 Larry, Allow me to laugh at you. Werner Nisargadatta , epston@a... wrote: > > In a message dated 1/2/2006 12:45:04 PM Pacific Standard Time, > wwoehr@p... writes: > > > Hi Wim, > > > > An insult is only an insult if you realize it as such. > > > > And you can only realize it as an insult because of your > > vulnerability. > > > > Let me cite J. Krishnamurti: > > > > " Only the image gets hurt " . > > > > L.E: Let me take a big hammer and pound your big toe with it. > > It doesn't really hurt. It hurts only because of your vulnerability. > > It is only your image that gets hurt. You can only realize it as an insult > > because of your vulnerability. So here's my hammer, just stick out your toe. > > Look! If you are in the Absolute state, nothing hurts. If you are in the > ordinary, relative state, you wll hurt people if you insult them. Are you going > to hurt and insult people who are in the ordinary everyday state and then > stick your finger in their nose and say, " see, it only hurts because you are not > in the absolute state. " ? > Do you think you are in the Absolute Enlightened state when you are writing > your nasty, insulting rude remarks? Not a chance!!! > > > Larry Epston > www.epston.com > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 Might I laugh with you, Werner? I see what you see and I find it very funee. Heehee. " Silver " Nisargadatta , " Werner Woehr " <wwoehr@p...> wrote: > > Larry, > > Allow me to laugh at you. > > Werner > > > > > Nisargadatta , epston@a... wrote: > > > > In a message dated 1/2/2006 12:45:04 PM Pacific Standard Time, > > wwoehr@p... writes: > > > > > Hi Wim, > > > > > > An insult is only an insult if you realize it as such. > > > > > > And you can only realize it as an insult because of your > > > vulnerability. > > > > > > Let me cite J. Krishnamurti: > > > > > > " Only the image gets hurt " . > > > > > > L.E: Let me take a big hammer and pound your big toe with it. > > > It doesn't really hurt. It hurts only because of your > vulnerability. > > > It is only your image that gets hurt. You can only realize it as > an insult > > > because of your vulnerability. So here's my hammer, just stick > out your toe. > > > > Look! If you are in the Absolute state, nothing hurts. If you are > in the > > ordinary, relative state, you wll hurt people if you insult them. > Are you going > > to hurt and insult people who are in the ordinary everyday state > and then > > stick your finger in their nose and say, " see, it only hurts > because you are not > > in the absolute state. " ? > > Do you think you are in the Absolute Enlightened state when you are > writing > > your nasty, insulting rude remarks? Not a chance!!! > > > > > > Larry Epston > > www.epston.com > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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