Apple juice Okay - very Edenic :-)
Sent from an iPhone On 28 Jul 2010, at 10:30, [email protected] wrote: > That was not the point. You can use apple juice instead of alcohol in the > same text. > The point was: > '...no matter what' > Sent via BlackBerry from Vodafone > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Ty-Wharton <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:18:43 > To: [email protected]<[email protected]> > Cc: Advaita<[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Words > > Alcohol is pleasurable? > > I disagree > > Alcohol dulls dis-pleasure giving illusory pleasure > > Same with nicotine > > Not much happens when you have the first cigarette, it is the satisfaction of > the craving for the next that gives the illusion of pleasure > > Like Zen, there is nothing to get in Zen > > The struggle is created by the master such that the student seeks > (enlightenment) in desperation > > Eventually the master leads the student right back to where they started > > They get "there is nothing to get" > > Advaita? > > There really is NOTHING to get > > We are playing a mind game here that simply teaches us we can choose our > emotional state at any given moment > > ANGRY, SAD > > So what! > > Enjoy it or give it up > > It is all the same > > Mark > > Sent from an iPhone > > On 28 Jul 2010, at 08:58, [email protected] wrote: > >> The water remain water no matter if bubbles arise. Bubbles are 'one with' >> water. They appear, disappear. >> It's the same here. You are 'one with' words. >> Water remains water if it is muddy (suffering) or crystal clear(absence of >> suffering). >> Water remains water if there is alcohol dissolved in it (pleasure) or not >> (absence of pleasure) >> Water remains water no matter what. >> >> Just my daily metaphor... >> >> Sent via BlackBerry from Vodafone
