Guest guest Posted July 6, 2000 Report Share Posted July 6, 2000 Mark....Oliver wrote "Awakenings" and other great neurological studies...you are right about his philosophy on life...He is a wonderful human and great thinker...lost of stuff out the library on his studies... tootaloo Christina --- wrote: > ------ > Find long lost high school friends: > http://click./1/5535/9/_/520931/_/962911073/ > ------ > > // > > All paths go somewhere. No path goes nowhere. Paths, > places, sights, perceptions, and indeed all > experiences arise from and exist in and subside back > into the Space of Awareness. Like waves rising are > not different than the ocean, all things arising > from Awareness are of the nature of Awareness. > Awareness does not come and go but is always > Present. It is Home. Home is where the Heart Is. > Jnanis know the Heart to be the Finality of Eternal > Being. A true devotee relishes in the Truth of > Self-Knowledge, spontaneously arising from within > into It Self. Welcome all to a. > > To from this list, go to the ONElist web > site, at > www., and select the > User Center link from the menu bar > on the left. This menu will also > let you change your subscription > between digest and normal mode. > > > > ------ > > There are 9 messages in this issue. > > Topics in this digest: > > 1. interesting show > "Mark W. Otter" > <mark.otter > 2. A Net of Jewels July 6 > "Manuel V. Hernandez" > <wealthnow > 3. Gangaji and Eli > umbada > 4. Rob Rabbin Sound Bites > umbada > 5. Gangaji/Easier to read > umbada > 6. Rob Rabbin Sound Bites > "mumble cat" > <mumblecat > 7. keyboards > "mumble cat" > <mumblecat > 8. Re: keyboards > Bruce Morgen <editor > 9. Re: interesting show > Dharma <fisher1 > > > ______________________ > ______________________ > > Message: 1 > Thu, 06 Jul 2000 01:19:07 -0400 > "Mark W. Otter" <mark.otter > interesting show > > Hi Folks, > > I just watched a fascinating show on PBS - Oliver > Sachs, darn, I didn't > catch the name of the show or the condition that it > was about. (pay > attention much? - my excuse was I was studying for a > final exam in > psychology tomorrow night, but the truth is I was > playing elist poster > and reader... damned addiction if you ask me. no > offense meant) Anyway, > it was about a genetic condition in which people are > born deaf, and lose > their sight over the course of about 30 years, > ending up both blind and > deaf. Oliver asked one woman if she could have her > sight back would she > want it? Oh yes, she replied, absolutely. Would > she want to become > hearing? "No, certainly not." A young man, not yet > blind, but becoming > so said the same thing. Wow. They both said that > they "were" deaf (part > of their identity, and strongly defended), but that > in essence, they > suffered from blindness (well, they were both very > positive about the > loss of sight, and willing to live their lives to > the fullest... cool > people!) Anyway, I had an epiphany watching this. > This is how we are. > We define ourselves by that which we have > experienced and therefore feel > safe with and deny and refuse anything outside that. > (well, that's too > strong, because we are willing to grow, but mainly > on our own terms, > defined by comfort level...) > > I say yes! I want it all. I'm willing to not be, in > order to for it > all... words fail me, but I'm sure you know what I > mean. Perhaps if I > could say it in American Sign Language, it would be > more clear. I > think I mean that surrendering the limitation is > worth experiencing all > the possibilities. (but I'm still testing this > hypothesis... anybody > have a complete picture you want to share > (again...))? > > Love, Mark > > > > ______________________ > ______________________ > > Message: 2 > Wed, 5 Jul 2000 22:48:33 -0700 > "Manuel V. Hernandez" <wealthnow > A Net of Jewels July 6 > > A NET of JEWELS > daily meditations for seekers of Truth > RAMESH S. BALSEKAR > http://www.advaita.org > > > > > > July 6 > > Every moment he thinks and acts as an individual > entity locks man deeper in > the double-bind of self-consciousness wherein the > very thought of > spontaneous living prevents it. And any positive > effort to control the mind > or let go of oneself always only strengthens the > ego. Mind cannot be used > to control mind. > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > > This present moment is the eternal moment. There is > no eternity but NOW, > before time ever was. > Subscribe: ANetofJewels- > URL to this page: > ANetofJewels > > > > ______________________ > ______________________ > > Message: 3 > Thu, 06 Jul 2000 09:24:57 -0300 > umbada > Gangaji and Eli > > The following was received: > > > <leelaaus > "John Kelly" <john > Baden Baden > Sat, Jul 1, 2000, 11:56 AM > > > dear Leela Family, > > I just returned from the Silent Retreat with Gangaji > and Eli > in > Baden-Baden, Germany. 580 people came together for a > week of > deep > realization. The silence was so profound at times > that === message truncated === Send instant messages & get email alerts with Messenger. http://im./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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