Guest guest Posted June 22, 2006 Report Share Posted June 22, 2006 Nisargadatta , OConnor Patricia <gdtige wrote: > > > --- skywhilds <skywords a écrit : > > > Nisargadatta , " anabebe57 " > > <kailashana@> wrote: > > > > > > Nisargadatta , OConnor > > Patricia <gdtige@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Friends have no need of reassurance > > > > Although the voice of their beloved > > > > chases lurking demons far away. > > > > > > > > Friends have no need of words, > > > > Althought their words are always > > > > a beacon of wisdom to the beloved's ear. > > > > > > > > Friends are woven from the same > > > > essentiel thread of silence, > > > > surrounding, holding patiently, > > > > And yet their breaking that Silence > > > > in a most foolish way > > > > is always touching and deepening > > > > their beloved`s path > > > > Into the Light they > > share. > > > > > > > > Patricia > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > p.s: compared to Silence, words are foolish. > > > > > > > > > > Thank you ever so much for this Patricia, I was > > wondering where > > > you were, and here you are;-) > > > > > > I am distressed with the 'Niz and Larry' > > scenario. I wonder > > > ladies and gentlemen how Niz or Naz would have > > acted and reacted to > > > this " dramedy " . > > > > > > Are we so weak that we can not take 'words' and > > throw someone out > > > of, of all places, a Nisargadatta venue? Or our > > hearts? Are > > > the 'bylaws and declarations' of the group more > > important than the > > > individual? > > > > > > I think the individual is tantamount to the > > group. Are spiritual > > > groups no better than religious organizations that > > ostracize, shun, > > > expel, excommunicate their parishioners for their > > 'sins'? > > > > > > I know this is how we cast our own selves out of > > the Garden of > > > Eden. > > > > > > I choose, and the operative word here is CHOOSE > > to live by a > > > precept from Naem Karoli Baba: > > > > > > " Do what you must, but never throw anyone out of > > your heart. " > > > > > > and IMHO, must must be willing to go > > beyond--the situation and > > > the person we are now and the person we are at > > odds with. > > > > > > Yours In Love, > > > Ana > > > > > > > > I feel the same way. > > > > However, I can also relate to Hur: > > > > I have been getting unsolicited e-mails from Larry, > > who insisted on > > treating me as though I were Bob Nixon, simply > > because I had shared > > that I liked Bob. No amount of patient explaining > > could convince Larry > > to be civil toward me. So I finally wrote Larry > > back letting him know > > that I wasn't going to be reading his posts. > > > > All the while, I continue to see myself in Larry: a > > seed profoundly > > unloved and unable to live up, either to others' > > ideals or my own, > > seething with anger at the hypocrisy I experienced > > in both myself and > > in others. Wanting desperately to fit in, but > > unwilling to compromise > > my sense of authenticity to do so. Feeling > > authentically despised, > > and despising authentically back. > > > > Having experienced " truth " as abrasive, harsh, > > bitter and intolerant, > > I told myself and others " the truth " in the same > > scalding way. > > > > Like my parents, I too am an immigrant. They > > suffered a persecution > > that brought them to this country. But persecution > > is not merely a > > State, but a state of mind. > > > > It takes a lot longer to pass through customs than > > most think. > > Sometimes decades, sometimes generations. Sometimes > > never. The > > barrier transcends language. > > > > The language of the soul must be learned, yes, in > > silence, but also in > > profound patience. > > > > Wisdom begins > > to cure the disease of living > > with the serenity of dying > > to a frenetic world: > > > > Nothing to do > > Nothing to say > > Nowhere to go > > Nothing to be > > But the being of ease > > And the easing of being > > > > ~*~ > > > ...and in those last words, the melting away of > profound pain, > and in the very center of that hard shell: > your peace... > > Love > > Patricia ....and y/ours Love ~*~ Sky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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