Guest guest Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Tiger's *need* in this tiger-deer relationship is... to *eat* the deer! This is a *natural* *need* that the deer can hardly be in agreement and at *peace* with! Yet, when a deer is not becoming food to the tiger... it is not fulfilling the tiger's *need* in this relationships! Tiger's need in this relationship is not being met in that case! If one examines many of the human relationships, one might discover that something similar is going on!!! One is Acutely ware of its own need [as tiger is ware of its own hunger and *need* for food] but one is almost totally unaware of the *internals* of the other! All it sees in other is an *object* that can match some *needs* that one has! You will hear arguments world over on the lines of... My *needs* in this relationship are not being met... or, that my *needs* in this relationship are being met... Yet, the very foundation on these kind of *relationships* are based on the same animal awareness of own body and its needs and complete *unawareness* of the other! *Conflict* in such " relationships " is not an accident... they are just *natural* Outcome! ....as it is in the tiger-deer relationship! [ NNB ] Nisargadatta , " Arvind " <adithya_comming wrote: > > Many things become much simpler to > understand if you consider that > everything that *exists*... exists in a > relative realm!* > > A stone is strong but can be broken by > an iron hammer! > > A flower is delicate but is strong > enough to hold a butterfly! > > > All *bodies* exist in *relationships* > to other bodies... > > A deer becomes food to the tiger and > tiger ultimately to the old age, > disease, decay, death, vultures and > soil... > > and, almost NO *body* *enjoys* > becoming *food* to another body! > > Deer *struggles* before it becomes > food to the tiger and even before deer > remain at the constant *lookout* for > any *danger*... any approaching Predator! > > Scientists have conducted experiments > and found that once an animal gains > awareness of being attacked or > killed... its body secrets many usually > *painful* hormones! Based on that, one > could guess that animal is probably not > *happy* being killed or being *eaten* > yet, that is pretty much part of the > *natural* life as it exists and has > continued to exist for quite a long time! > > > Another interesting thing is that > though a tiger is acutely aware of its > own hunger and its need to devour the > deer; it has almost no awareness or > concern for the pain of the deer > experiences being *killed*! > > > Tigers and deer do have a > *relationship*... > > Tigers and do have a *natural* > *relationship*... > > Yet, *this* relationship rarely brings > much *joy* to the deer! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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