Guest guest Posted October 15, 2004 Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 Brian wrote: Asura of the week: Udagra Dear Brian ~ you mentioned that Udagra was the asura of the week, but then there were no other contents in your email. I would be interested in knowing what Udagra is because it has been really good practice for me to see how these apply to my life. Thank you ~ Linda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2004 Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 That's strange. Was the email message blank? Oh well. Udagra is Haughtiness. AKA False Pride. He sweeps a floor because he knows he's the best sweeper. He prays to God because he knows he writes the best prayers. He loves another because he knows he's the best lover. He feels pity because he knows he's better than all. Its not that he does bad things, all the things he does could be good in the right context. Its his attitude, the intent behind the things that he does that makes him an Asura. His twin, false humility is just his miror reflection. They are one and the same those asuras. He rises in the east when comparions are made, and he sets in the west when equality reigns. He's a powerful general of the armies of the ego. He rides upon a terrible contraption we call "Better than this and that." It lofts him into the sky so he can look down on us. Here's how I imagine the goddess fighting him. >From the west the setting sun scorched brightly. Within that yellow blaze appeared that horrible asura Udaga -- riding his mechanical lifting truck. Over the hill it rumbled, its giant wheels and coal burning, steam producing engine screaming power into the ground, tearing plants, squashing good thoughts, and plowing furrows into the earth. Looking up from the minor asura under her lotus feet, the Goddess realizes that the fight has moved west. Bringing an arrow from her quiver, that brown eyed one loads her crossbow of pure intent and aims at Udagra's perch, twenty feet over his machine. She pulls the trigger and that asura presses a button on his control panel. The machinery whirrs in his mechanism and he lifts five feet higher into the air, as a result the goddess' arrow misses its mark. The goddess smiles to herself, "A little fun this evening. OM NAMAH SHIVAYA!" The goddess begins launching arrow after arrow, one after the other as the Asura's steam machine motors toward her. Each arrow is aimed five feet above the previous and each time the asura raises his platform five feet to avoid being hit by the goddess' arrows of true perspective. A hundred arrows fly and before Udagra knows it, he's lofted a mile in the air. At this moment his mechanism arrives at the goddess and runs out of steam. Looking down on her he laughs and says, "You cannot touch me up here!" The goddess smiles, grabs hold of his giant machine and begins to rock it. Swaying back and forth the mechanism begins to lose its balance and the asura becomes worried. "Oh Goddess, such an ignoble way to fight! Surely you can do better than this!" The Goddess says nothing and continues to rock Udagra's metal boat. His sways which were very small in the begining begin to lengthen. Where as she barely moved him five inches before, now he is swaying five feet at the top. He becomes even more afraid. "How sad for you Goddess! That you don't have such a fine mechanism as I! And how sad that you can't ride around in the clouds like I!" The goddess ignores his goading and continues to rock his mechanism back and forth. Now swaying back and forth by some fifty feet, Udagra begins to get angry. "How dare you threaten my exsitence! Do you not know who I am? I am the great Udagra. I am a great general of Master Ego. I do not deserve to be treated this way!" The goddess continues pushing and pulling Udagra's mechanism in harmony with its motion. Udagra panics and attempts to start up his mechanism. But he is out of coal and had no way to stoke the fire. Wishing he had brought a parachute with him, Udagra grabs hold of his control panel and clings for his life as the Goddess continues to add sway to his mechanism. The point of no return is 500 feet, once udagra apexed at the end of his 500 foot arc, the machine toppled, flinging Udagra out of his platform and to the ground at nearly 160 miles per hour. The Goddess walks to him and just before he dies Udagra says, "I can see everything clearly now!" The goddess smiles and says, "That's good." _____________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2004 Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 I love this story! On Oct 15, 2004, at 1:25 PM, Brian McKee wrote: > > > That's strange. Was the email message blank? > > Oh well. > > Udagra is Haughtiness. AKA False Pride. > > He sweeps a floor because he knows he's the best sweeper. > > He prays to God because he knows he writes the best prayers. > > He loves another because he knows he's the best lover. > > He feels pity because he knows he's better than all. > > Its not that he does bad things, all the things he does could be good > in the right context. Its his attitude, the intent behind the things > that he does that makes him an Asura. > > His twin, false humility is just his miror reflection. They are one > and the same those asuras. > > He rises in the east when comparions are made, and he sets in the > west when equality reigns. > > He's a powerful general of the armies of the ego. He rides upon a > terrible contraption we call "Better than this and that." > > It lofts him into the sky so he can look down on us. > > Here's how I imagine the goddess fighting him. > > From the west the setting sun scorched brightly. Within that yellow > blaze appeared that horrible asura Udaga -- riding his mechanical > lifting truck. Over the hill it rumbled, its giant wheels and coal > burning, steam producing engine screaming power into the ground, > tearing plants, squashing good thoughts, and plowing furrows into the > earth. > > Looking up from the minor asura under her lotus feet, the Goddess > realizes that the fight has moved west. Bringing an arrow from her > quiver, that brown eyed one loads her crossbow of pure intent and aims > at Udagra's perch, twenty feet over his machine. > > She pulls the trigger and that asura presses a button on his control > panel. The machinery whirrs in his mechanism and he lifts five feet > higher into the air, as a result the goddess' arrow misses its mark. > > The goddess smiles to herself, "A little fun this evening. OM NAMAH > SHIVAYA!" > > The goddess begins launching arrow after arrow, one after the other > as the Asura's steam machine motors toward her. Each arrow is aimed > five feet above the previous and each time the asura raises his > platform five feet to avoid being hit by the goddess' arrows of true > perspective. > > A hundred arrows fly and before Udagra knows it, he's lofted a mile > in the air. > > At this moment his mechanism arrives at the goddess and runs out of > steam. > > Looking down on her he laughs and says, "You cannot touch me up here!" > > The goddess smiles, grabs hold of his giant machine and begins to > rock it. > > Swaying back and forth the mechanism begins to lose its balance and > the asura becomes worried. > > "Oh Goddess, such an ignoble way to fight! Surely you can do better > than this!" > > The Goddess says nothing and continues to rock Udagra's metal boat. > > His sways which were very small in the begining begin to lengthen. > Where as she barely moved him five inches before, now he is swaying > five feet at the top. > > He becomes even more afraid. > > "How sad for you Goddess! That you don't have such a fine mechanism > as I! And how sad that you can't ride around in the clouds like I!" > > The goddess ignores his goading and continues to rock his mechanism > back and forth. > > Now swaying back and forth by some fifty feet, Udagra begins to get > angry. > > "How dare you threaten my exsitence! Do you not know who I am? I am > the great Udagra. I am a great general of Master Ego. I do not deserve > to be treated this way!" > > The goddess continues pushing and pulling Udagra's mechanism in > harmony with its motion. > > Udagra panics and attempts to start up his mechanism. But he is out > of coal and had no way to stoke the fire. > > Wishing he had brought a parachute with him, Udagra grabs hold of his > control panel and clings for his life as the Goddess continues to add > sway to his mechanism. > > The point of no return is 500 feet, once udagra apexed at the end of > his 500 foot arc, the machine toppled, flinging Udagra out of his > platform and to the ground at nearly 160 miles per hour. > > The Goddess walks to him and just before he dies Udagra says, "I can > see everything clearly now!" > > The goddess smiles and says, "That's good." > > > > > > _____________ > No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. > Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com Sponsor > > > <f2_free2_300x250_def_0904.gif> > <l.gif> > > Links > > • > / > > • > > > • Terms of > Service. > > Attachment: (text/enriched) [not stored] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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