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Re: Daily Meditation (Som)

Edward Jones
Fri, 22 Jun 2001 14:25:06 -0700

 
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Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 1:58 PM
Subject: Re: Daily Meditation (Som)


>Bob: In listening to your words, it occurs to me
>that you are not seeing something crucial: You
>are attempting to propagate your rendition of
>K's ideas as what his ideas mean in themselves.
>Apart from K, you have some very definite ideas
>about how life should be lived, and you translate
>K's ideas in a way which corroborates your own
>beliefs. Then you try to fit others in the box your
>own "Som-ized" rendition of K has constructed
>for them. I wonder if you can see this without im-
>mediately denying it?

Som: Not a problem.

Bob: I didn't say it was a problem. I asked if you
could see it without denying it.
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My very own and deeply felt ideas are (as I mentioned in the previous post):

[A] A person pushing him/herself to do the best is acting intelligently.
 
Hum Somendra this is stupid, do you see a difference between "the best you can do" and "all you can do"?
 


[B] When the ego takes over ("I am the best") then s/he is not acting
intelligently.
 
Agreed, anyone who "believes" the domain of best, is an idiot.

[C] An indolent, complacent person is not acting intelligently to begin with.
Yes agreed, you have discribed yourself.

Way of intelligence is to pursue [A] and avoid [B] and [C].
Or consider F.
 
Edward, grading.