Guest guest Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 Nisargadatta , OConnor Patricia <gdtige wrote: > > > --- billrishel <illusyn a écrit : > > > > I haven't read much of UG and haven't > been too impressed by what I have read > of him. I have found him to use very > negative, provocative and even abusive > and insulting language. > > Maybe, he uses it to draw attention! > ~~~~~~~ > > > I haven't read much of UG either. > But in what I have read he is consistently > being a " deflater " ... he's not about building > up, but about knocking down. > > So not, in my opinion, about drawing attention, > but about knocking down, deflating, zeroing out > whatever hoopla. > > For example, comparing the wine and bread of > the Christian communion to the eating the flesh > and drinking the blood of a fallen enemy by > savages. Quite a deflation! > > If you read him and his words don't touch you, > then you don't need him. > If you read him and his words bug you, > then perhaps you do! > > A question to ask in this regard is: What is sacred? > > It is an interesting question to ask. > > And so you might ask yourself: What is sacred? > > Because, you see, if something *is* regarded as > sacred... > then that necessarily is at expense of something else. > > Whereas, on the other hand, if *all* is seen as > sacred... > how could there be such pious pointing at this n' > that? > > > Bill > > I AM <is> sacred, and so are you. > Sacred is what the heart sings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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