Guest guest Posted February 2, 2006 Report Share Posted February 2, 2006 Hi Werner and Anna. Discussing abstract terms can be frustrating, but it can be fun and maybe even lead to insights if used in a playful way. So, here comes my insignificant attempt. To make it clear from the beginning: I agree with Anna... the essence of " life " , the only word life itself could ever " know " (if it would be interested in words) is: " yes " . Life essentially is the positive approach per se. But here comes Werner: will life also say " yes " when it gets threatened? Will not a violent act cause " life " to change front lines and take a negative approach? Lets look at it in more depth. When life is threatened it naturally responds with its inherent will to live. The apparent " no " towards the agression is in reality an undevided " yes " from life to life. " No " is only needed to handle the separation that is experienced and endured by the personality (which is, from the standpoint of life itself, only a construct of verbal conventions). And as I observe, life takes place before such constructs and survives them as well. BTW, the above applies also to the often so emotionally discussed term " love " ... which is simply one aspect (if not " the " aspect?) of life. The obvious presence of such simplicity as an undercurrent even in our daily struggle, plus the absurdity of the complicated striving of the mind in order to maintain the sense of separateness often makes me lough. Hence my motto LiLoLa Stefan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2006 Report Share Posted February 2, 2006 Nisargadatta , " Stefan " <s.petersilge wrote: > > Hi Werner and Anna. > > Discussing abstract terms can be frustrating, but it can be fun and > maybe even lead to insights if used in a playful way. So, here comes > my insignificant attempt. > > To make it clear from the beginning: I agree with Anna... the essence > of " life " , the only word life itself could ever " know " (if it would be > interested in words) is: " yes " . Life essentially is the positive > approach per se. > > But here comes Werner: will life also say " yes " when it gets > threatened? Will not a violent act cause " life " to change front lines > and take a negative approach? Lets look at it in more depth. > > When life is threatened it naturally responds with its inherent will > to live. The apparent " no " towards the agression is in reality an > undevided " yes " from life to life. " No " is only needed to handle the > separation that is experienced and endured by the personality (which > is, from the standpoint of life itself, only a construct of verbal > conventions). And as I observe, life takes place before such > constructs and survives them as well. > > BTW, the above applies also to the often so emotionally discussed term > " love " ... which is simply one aspect (if not " the " aspect?) of life. > The obvious presence of such simplicity as an undercurrent even in our > daily struggle, plus the absurdity of the complicated striving of the > mind in order to maintain the sense of separateness often makes me lough. > > Hence my motto > LiLoLa > Stefan > i like your motto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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