Guest guest Posted April 6, 2000 Report Share Posted April 6, 2000 Hi Wonderful beings, I just joined the list this morning and have been watching just a bit to see what goes on, but I GOTTA JUMP IN here! >thank you so much. AJX? AJAX? XAN? JAN? THANK YOU MA'AM ANT <g> okay my silliness overcomes me, anna banana fee fi fo fanna van der Zon ~~~ insert imaginative Sun, your choice :-) loads of light, here YUP!!!! HEY!!!!!!!! (anyone know the story about the Aikido guy in the Japan subway that Ram Dass tells? I don't know why this came up here, but just the joy of reading this stream of consciousness wonder brought it to mind. I'll see if I can find it if you don't know it. It's too long to type and my memory of it is too dim to honor it properly now, but "HEY!" Love, Mark Harsha, why did you ask this madman to join? He's nuts! (hee, hee) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2000 Report Share Posted April 7, 2000 What a very beautiful story Rob and Mark, Thank you so much for sharing it ... Funnily enough, we just had a huge drunken lout at work, personality careened like a roller coaster, big blonde Marine, ay yai yai... his wife is alive tho *g* ... his pain is from the pack he carried on his back ... and some stuff in his head ... Thank you again Love Light and Celestial Music to Everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2000 Report Share Posted April 7, 2000 At 20:34 06/04/00 -0400, you wrote: >Hi Wonderful beings, > >I just joined the list this morning and have been watching just a bit to >see what goes on, but I GOTTA JUMP IN here! > >>thank you so much. > >AJX? AJAX? XAN? JAN? THANK YOU MA'AM ANT <g> > >okay my silliness overcomes me, anna banana fee fi fo fanna > >van der Zon ~~~ insert imaginative Sun, your choice :-) > > loads of light, here > >YUP!!!! HEY!!!!!!!! (anyone know the story about the Aikido guy in the >Japan subway that Ram Dass tells? I don't know why this came up here, >but just the joy of reading this stream of consciousness wonder brought >it to mind. I'll see if I can find it if you don't know it. It's too >long to type and my memory of it is too dim to honor it properly now, >but "HEY!" Hey, Mark! That is one totally excellent story you mentioned! I remember reading that, and just putting the book down, sitting there with a smile on my mush big enough to catch flies! Mind if I try to tell it? Seems there was this young American man, living in a city in Japan, studying Aikido under a famous master. He was at least a black belt, and considered himself to be infused with the spirit of Aikido, the Way of Harmony. (He tells the story himself). He gets on a crowded underground train, standing room only, hangs onto a pole. At a later stop a huge drunken Japanese man shoves his way into the carriage a little way down, pushing ppl aside and glaring at anyone who even dares to look at him. He's spoiling for a fight, and roaring drunk. Our hero is on alert, he knows that if things get messy, he feels able to take this giant on, thanks to all his skill. And sure enough, the giant shoves a woman with a baby across the carriage, and as she sprawls into the other passengers he sees our hero looking at him. "What *you* looking at, eh?" He starts to lumber toward the Aikidoka, who is steeling himself for battle when... "HEY!!" The tone is strong but light, like you'd greet an old friend you hadn't seen in ages. The voice is of an old man, sitting some way back in the carriage, whose smile crinkles the edges of his twinkling eyes. The huge drunken man spins round, looking for whoever had the gall to be so familiar with him. The old man beckons the hulk over to him with a cheery wave, no fear at all. The giant towers over the little man, who continues as if nothing had happened: "What have you been drinking?" "Saki, if it's any of *your* business! Who the hell are you?" "Wonderful! I love saki! My wife and I love to drink it together, under the cherry tree in our back yard. So special, when the blooms are out!" All the time, the old man is smiling, welcoming and open. "Have you ever drunk wine under the cherry blossoms?" He asks the giant. At that the man's red face collapses. He bellows "I have no wife! She died yesterday! And I've lost my job today. I have nothing!!" Then huge tears begin to roll down his cheeks. Our hero is astounded. He's heard the philosophy of Way of Harmony, has studied the words, but here is the living action of it. The last thing he sees as he looks back on his way out of the carriage is the old man sitting, cradling the drunk's head in his lap as the giant cries out his grief. btw, Mark thank you for this. It has given me something I didn't realise I needed so much. <deep bow> Glad you are here! Love Rob > > >Love, Mark >Harsha, why did you ask this madman to join? He's nuts! (hee, hee) > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2000 Report Share Posted April 7, 2000 Mmmmm... thanks, Rob for telling it so nicely, and thanks Rainbolily for enjoying it.. I'll try to find the tape of Ram Dass where I heard it and let you know the title. It's lovely too, as Ram Dass lifts the pitch of his voice as he says "Hey", and, well, it's stayed with me for years now, so I guess I liked it. It's so hard to know how to help people, but sometimes that "hey" bubbles up from somewhere. so nice to be able to get out of the way and let that happen.... Love, Mark Rainbolily wrote: > What a very beautiful story Rob and Mark, > > Thank you so much for sharing it ... > > Funnily enough, we just had a huge drunken lout at work, > personality careened like a roller coaster, big blonde Marine, > ay yai yai... his wife is alive tho *g* ... his pain is from the pack > he carried on his back ... and some stuff in his head ... > > Thank you again > > Love Light and Celestial Music to Everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2000 Report Share Posted April 7, 2000 Thanks for that beautiful and heartwarming story Rob. Thanks Mark for joining us (although your post did not make much sense to me before Gloria gave her interpretation! :--). Welcome to all the new members. Thanks to Angelique and everyone for all the gifts. Harsha ----Original Message----- Robert Weil [Robert_Weil] Friday, April 07, 2000 5:44 AM Re: Hey! Hey, Mark! That is one totally excellent story you mentioned! I remember reading that, and just putting the book down, sitting there with a smile on my mush big enough to catch flies! Mind if I try to tell it? Seems there was this young American man, living in a city in Japan, studying Aikido under a famous master. He was at least a black belt, and considered himself to be infused with the spirit of Aikido, the Way of Harmony. (He tells the story himself). He gets on a crowded underground train, standing room only, hangs onto a pole. At a later stop a huge drunken Japanese man shoves his way into the carriage a little way down, pushing ppl aside and glaring at anyone who even dares to look at him. He's spoiling for a fight, and roaring drunk. Our hero is on alert, he knows that if things get messy, he feels able to take this giant on, thanks to all his skill. And sure enough, the giant shoves a woman with a baby across the carriage, and as she sprawls into the other passengers he sees our hero looking at him. "What *you* looking at, eh?" He starts to lumber toward the Aikidoka, who is steeling himself for battle when... "HEY!!" The tone is strong but light, like you'd greet an old friend you hadn't seen in ages. The voice is of an old man, sitting some way back in the carriage, whose smile crinkles the edges of his twinkling eyes. The huge drunken man spins round, looking for whoever had the gall to be so familiar with him. The old man beckons the hulk over to him with a cheery wave, no fear at all. The giant towers over the little man, who continues as if nothing had happened: "What have you been drinking?" "Saki, if it's any of *your* business! Who the hell are you?" "Wonderful! I love saki! My wife and I love to drink it together, under the cherry tree in our back yard. So special, when the blooms are out!" All the time, the old man is smiling, welcoming and open. "Have you ever drunk wine under the cherry blossoms?" He asks the giant. At that the man's red face collapses. He bellows "I have no wife! She died yesterday! And I've lost my job today. I have nothing!!" Then huge tears begin to roll down his cheeks. Our hero is astounded. He's heard the philosophy of Way of Harmony, has studied the words, but here is the living action of it. The last thing he sees as he looks back on his way out of the carriage is the old man sitting, cradling the drunk's head in his lap as the giant cries out his grief. btw, Mark thank you for this. It has given me something I didn't realise I needed so much. <deep bow> Glad you are here! Love Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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