Guest guest Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 does booze overpower you? does believing in " what you believe is spiritual " overlord you? does cigarette smoking bother you or does it hook you? who's the you? why is you powerless? if you can answer truthfully.. and with full and complete knowledge of what you are saying.. does that do anything to give you power? over your " self " ? ..b b.b. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Nisargadatta , " roberibus111 " <Roberibus111 wrote: > > does booze overpower you? > > does believing in " what you believe is spiritual " overlord you? > > does cigarette smoking bother you or does it hook you? > > who's the you? > > why is you powerless? > > if you can answer truthfully.. > > and with full and complete knowledge of what you are saying.. > > does that do anything to give you power? > > over your " self " ? > > .b b.b. It doesn't seem so here. It seems " life is fear " , and as long as there's physical life, there's nobody with any power. Oh, there may be relative degrees of illusory 'control'. Control of fear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Nisargadatta , " Tim G. " <fewtch wrote: > > Nisargadatta , " roberibus111 " <Roberibus111@> wrote: > > > > does booze overpower you? > > > > does believing in " what you believe is spiritual " overlord you? > > > > does cigarette smoking bother you or does it hook you? > > > > who's the you? > > > > why is you powerless? > > > > if you can answer truthfully.. > > > > and with full and complete knowledge of what you are saying.. > > > > does that do anything to give you power? > > > > over your " self " ? > > > > .b b.b. > > It doesn't seem so here. It seems " life is fear " , and as long as there's physical life, there's nobody with any power. > > Oh, there may be relative degrees of illusory 'control'. > > Control of fear. it's not fear if it's controllable. is it the " owner " of the fear that can control that fear? who's that? fear is an animal. like fire. it will burn you up to less than ashes. it's inevitable and unavoidable. ..b b.b. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Nisargadatta , " roberibus111 " <Roberibus111 wrote: > > Nisargadatta , " Tim G. " <fewtch@> wrote: > > > > Nisargadatta , " roberibus111 " <Roberibus111@> wrote: > > > > > > does booze overpower you? > > > > > > does believing in " what you believe is spiritual " overlord you? > > > > > > does cigarette smoking bother you or does it hook you? > > > > > > who's the you? > > > > > > why is you powerless? > > > > > > if you can answer truthfully.. > > > > > > and with full and complete knowledge of what you are saying.. > > > > > > does that do anything to give you power? > > > > > > over your " self " ? > > > > > > .b b.b. > > > > It doesn't seem so here. It seems " life is fear " , and as long as there's physical life, there's nobody with any power. > > > > Oh, there may be relative degrees of illusory 'control'. > > > > Control of fear. > > > it's not fear if it's controllable. > > is it the " owner " of the fear that can control that fear? > > who's that? > > fear is an animal. > > like fire. > > it will burn you up to less than ashes. > > it's inevitable and unavoidable. > > .b b.b. Unavoidable, but I don't think inevitable. Nothing is inevitable. What happens, happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Nisargadatta , " Tim G. " <fewtch wrote: > > Nisargadatta , " roberibus111 " <Roberibus111@> wrote: > > > > Nisargadatta , " Tim G. " <fewtch@> wrote: > > > > > > Nisargadatta , " roberibus111 " <Roberibus111@> wrote: > > > > > > > > does booze overpower you? > > > > > > > > does believing in " what you believe is spiritual " overlord you? > > > > > > > > does cigarette smoking bother you or does it hook you? > > > > > > > > who's the you? > > > > > > > > why is you powerless? > > > > > > > > if you can answer truthfully.. > > > > > > > > and with full and complete knowledge of what you are saying.. > > > > > > > > does that do anything to give you power? > > > > > > > > over your " self " ? > > > > > > > > .b b.b. > > > > > > It doesn't seem so here. It seems " life is fear " , and as long as there's physical life, there's nobody with any power. > > > > > > Oh, there may be relative degrees of illusory 'control'. > > > > > > Control of fear. > > > > > > it's not fear if it's controllable. > > > > is it the " owner " of the fear that can control that fear? > > > > who's that? > > > > fear is an animal. > > > > like fire. > > > > it will burn you up to less than ashes. > > > > it's inevitable and unavoidable. > > > > .b b.b. > > Unavoidable, but I don't think inevitable. > > Nothing is inevitable. What happens, happens. inevitably so. but then.. ..b b.b. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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