On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Bob1357 <[email protected]> wrote: > "When or where do you see the > spiritual emerging from a non-spiritual experience." > > To me, part of it anyway, it is when I see another struggling in > misery in the darkness (completely immersed in ones ego). > Then reaching a hand out to help shed some of that darkness. > Wow! what the hell do you exactly mean by the above statements ?
> > Another part is when I listen or watch, without attaching anything to > what I am witnessing and just watch everything unfold and refold. Wow, that is as abstract as a Picasso painting. > It's > a spiritual experience to watch the natural flow or movement of life. > Do you watch the flow of your urine too often in the toilet ? > Unfortunately, I can not seem to "hold on to" such an experience for > long, because I tend to let my attention follow my thoughts much more > often than I would like. > True. Watching the movement of urine gets boring after sometime. > > "A lack of ego(or really self).........cannot see an ego or self in > anybody > else or in anything else". > Then why did you notice that someone was in a deep darkness and lost in > their own ego ? > > I have noticed that by deeply listening or closely watching an > another, I see or listen "beyond" (for lack of a better word) the Ego > to a point to where I don't see the ego in another. > You mean you lose your own ego. If you see an ego in someone, you are seeing it in yourself right ? > I have to be completely immersed in what I am doing experience this. > Again, I have a hard time maintaining that focus as I tend to get > tangled in, and follow my own thoughts more often than I would like. > You seem to give an impression like "even such a great person like me finds it hard to maintain focus". That is a bit patronising. > On Aug 2, 6:57 am, Kuber Technologies <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Kali, > > > > On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Mahakali <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi everyone > > > > > we all know the difference between spiritual and non-spiritual. We > > > have gone through endless debates and discussions on spirituality. > > > > > But, in real life, where do you draw the line between what is > > > spiritual and what is non-spiritual? When or where do you see the > > > spiritual emerging from a non-spiritual experience of viceversa? > > > > > To me, it is seen in my reactions and attitude towards life i.e. when > > > my ego does not take ownership of facts and events and stories being > > > built upon it have been abandoned. It is simply what it is without any > > > (mental or intellectual) story or attribute being added to it. > > > > Wonderfully put............and spot on. > > > > Which also means that while there is always a preference..... > > > > ..... there is really no actual despising or rejection, or intolerance > ..... > > > > .....about or of anything. > > > > A lack of ego(or really self).........cannot see a ego or self in anybody > > else or in anything else. > > > > > > > > > What about you? > > > > > Kali >
