Guest guest Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 Nisargadatta , Pete S <pedsie5 wrote: > > And, I'm not adverse to sharing stories -- I've shared mine > > in depth once or twice. It just hasn't seemed that worthwhile > > to me, because it makes it seem like there's a focus on > > " me and my experience " which is far from the truth. > > > > Be well -- > > > > -- Dan > > > What is there to lose? To protect? To worry over? To think if it is > worthwhile. For a dead person there is no fear, no self-consciousness, > no concern, no anything about how other appearances try to focus, > imagine, distort, enhance, add, subtract, multiply, divide, up end, > destroy, etc. " one's " appearance in words. Such appearances are a coat > offered for someone to try on to wear, to see if it fits, if not it may > be returned. Or it can be ripped apart or torn to shreds, spit upon, > mocked, laughed at. It can be misunderstood, taken wrongly, twisted into > something else, remade, stolen, embellished. Or it can worn for a while > and then when worn out discarded. Or can be too small or too large or > the colors are not right or there is confusion over what to do with > it..... > > Giving it is a lesson and all the responses, whatever they may be are > lessons. Is this not one, one reason we are here, to learn our lessons > from each and everyone? > > In any case, it is an object. It is poured from our being and it is not > us. So it needs no defense. It does need to be cherished or protected. > There is no need to be attached to it. It is from us, but not us once it > leaves and sits here in this digital list. We need not retrieve it or > save it from harm. > > It has no life other than what is poured into it or attached to it. Let > others respond to it as they are. Some will benefit, some will not, some > will not even look at it, some will scoff, some will fly, some will > weep, some will struggle....We experience it and do with it as we are > and there is no thing we can do about how what is shared will be taken > or used and whatever happens our lessons lie there for us to drink > without hesitation so that we may know if that death is and what we are > in the moment. > > Lewis > > P: So taken such statement as permission > I will edit, and snip, and present what I > think is: The BEST of LEWIS. ** Ah, Lewis....the furious enumerator! Where is the old boy these days? This looks like an old exchange... I might have been there at the time. > > Ken > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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