Kaalpanique: Good that you agreed. I don't like people who disagree with me. :)
Sumi: I love that poem of yours, it always lingers somewhere in the backyard of my mind. In ' unexpecting the expected' there's a touch of sadness, but 'acceptance' I feel is different...
life constantly teaches, but its upto us whether we are its students or not.. read all your past posts too..and commented, its been long since i was here last. good to be back!!
You seem to be on the way. Being choiceless is the first step. Don't think I am in that category. But I have read a bit in the recent times and that is what the enlightened ones say. Don't allow self-pity to come in, because then there is the 'I' and the self coming in to impose a choice, my choice, and then there is distortion of the real. The time we start seeing the real, without choice, accepting everything, is the time we start loving. I know I am speaking terrific stuff, but the words are all from books. The only thing is I know them to be true.
Self pity is abominable. I was just talking about ‘growing up’, there’s no self pity involved, I was not complaining. I was just saying it in a matter of fact manner. I’d read somewhere the other day “growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional.” “Being choiceless is the first step.” I agree 100%. Choices can kill. Do you remember the story of the tethered horse to which food was provided on both sides, at equal distance? Eventually it died of starvation. unable to make any choice.
It would be nice if one could remember when the classes began. It is easy to say 'self-pity is abominable' or to quote JK ad infinitum. But people are different. Growth begins the moment you accept yourself and others. Though, to some, acceptance is the beginning of decay...
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how true!
how about unexpecting the expected? just give it a try :)
Kaalpanique: Good that you agreed. I don't like people who disagree with me. :)
Sumi: I love that poem of yours, it always lingers somewhere in the backyard of my mind. In ' unexpecting the expected' there's a touch of sadness, but 'acceptance' I feel is different...
life constantly teaches, but its upto us whether we are its students or not.. read all your past posts too..and commented, its been long since i was here last. good to be back!!
Yes, but we need to develop the skill to understand the method. Silence helps a lot so as detachment. Good to see you back.
You seem to be on the way. Being choiceless is the first step. Don't think I am in that category. But I have read a bit in the recent times and that is what the enlightened ones say. Don't allow self-pity to come in, because then there is the 'I' and the self coming in to impose a choice, my choice, and then there is distortion of the real. The time we start seeing the real, without choice, accepting everything, is the time we start loving. I know I am speaking terrific stuff, but the words are all from books. The only thing is I know them to be true.
Self pity is abominable. I was just talking about ‘growing up’, there’s no self pity involved, I was not complaining. I was just saying it in a matter of fact manner. I’d read somewhere the other day “growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional.” “Being choiceless is the first step.” I agree 100%. Choices can kill. Do you remember the story of the tethered horse to which food was provided on both sides, at equal distance? Eventually it died of starvation. unable to make any choice.
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It would be nice if one could remember when the classes began. It is easy to say 'self-pity is abominable' or to quote JK ad infinitum. But people are different. Growth begins the moment you accept yourself and others. Though, to some, acceptance is the beginning of decay...
“Balan Sir: “Growth begins the moment you accept yourself and others.” I agree.
“Though, to some, acceptance is the beginning of decay...” Are you talking about the ones who hold a thousand and one illusions about them?
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