Guest guest Posted July 29, 2006 Report Share Posted July 29, 2006 Nisargadatta , OConnor Patricia <gdtige wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > " Where there is the possibility of pain, where > > > there is the possibility of suffering in love, > > > it is not love, it is merely a subtle form of > > > possession, of acquisitiveness. " > > > > > > - J. Krishnamurti > > > > > > > > > As I reflected on the quote it brought me to > > wonder > > > what it is that defines the " relationship " . > > > I concluded that the relationship, whatever it > > > may be, is *not* a set of feelings that I may > > > have about the other. > > > > > > It is the feelings I have about the other that > > > constitute expectations about the other and > > > are the basis for potential disappointment. > > > And hence, I concluded, the feelings I carry > > > about the other are what is false. > > > > > > In a way it is like my own false identity > > > clouding my realization of What Is, of Now. > > > Because the feelings I have about the other > > > are in effect my sense of identity as > > > far as that relationship is concerned. > > > > > > When I realize that the set of feelings I carry > > > in my own breast regarding the other are false, > > > are not what is real, then they dissolve. And > > > when they have dissolved what remains is a > > > tremendous space. I still behold the other, but > > > now what I behold is a vastness of possibilities, > > > in place of what I held before as a confined > > > set of necessities. > > > > > > > > > Bill > > > > > > >when the dam is removed, that little river is > irrestibly able to flow toward her only love, > the ocean. > > :-) a few words saying it so well Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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