Guest guest Posted May 4, 2007 Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 Nisargadatta , " cerosoul " <pedsie6 wrote: > > > Nisargadatta , " tom " <jeusisbuen@> wrote: > > > > > > A long time ago--probably more than 30 years-- I was mowing a > lawn on > > > a little old Cub Cadet riding mower. I saw up head something in > the > > > grass that looked like a rock. When I got close to it I stopped > and > > > looking hard saw that it was a toad. This toad was sitting stock > still > > > probably hoping that this noisy monster that was standing next > to it > > > wouldn't see it.I kept staring at it wondering why it just sat > there > > > in plain view when it might easily have hopped away to > safety.Just as > > > I put the mower in gear and started to move again the toad made > its > > > move and took a big leap--not necessarily a bad idea but a poor > choice > > > of directions because it jumped right into the discharge slot > and cme > > > back out almost immediately transformed itno a kind of > green/grey mist- > > > -ther might have been some red in there also..From this event-- > which I > > > obviously never forgot--I learned the value of non-doing.Jai > Guru! > > > > > > > > > > i hope you learned the joy of toad cuisine as well. > > > > > > .b b.b. > > > > > T: Sorry. At that time I was a strict vegetarian.the toad was never at > any point in danger--except in his own worried estimation. > > P: Hi, Tom- > > I do like what you wrote. Matter of fact, I like most of what > you write. I cross-posted your 'Cherry serial killer poem' > and I know others liked it too. Nevertheless, the toad was > never worried, or had any estimation, other than in your > imagination. If that had been the case, it'd not have jumped > toward the machine. Toads know where they want to > go, it's just our imagination that they don't. If the toad > jumped toward the lawnmower is because it didn't > look, or smelled like the usual predators. I recognize, > I'm speaking for your toad without its authorization. ) > > If I'm right, this of course, doesn't invalidate your meta4, > on the contrary it makes it more valuable. How many times > we imagine we read the mind of others, and jump > in the jaws of a lawnmower? Or the toad wanted to offer itself generously to the earth as once did the great martyr Manur (who wrote the Laws of Manur) uttering such sacred words as: " Look this is my flesh, use it as you like, i have no more need for it " ... and jumped! [beautiful religious founding gesture] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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