Billy,
Do you really think your brother wanted you to answer a question his
Harvard
professors couldn't ? He probably patronized you by posing the question
and never
intended to appreciate your SCI-like answer. Even though your answer was quite
informative, a less direct response from you might have furthered the enjoyable
tone of
the day. For instance, you might have agreed with his observation, and thanked
him for
the opportunity to visit him and share the beauty of nature with him, instead
of giving him
an SCI lesson, which probably reminded him that while he was a Harvard Law
grad, his
brother had a reflexive, arrogant intellectual construct that by default always
sells the
ideas of SCI, and meditation. I wish you well with your relationship with
him. Had the
rest of the day gone well, a polite removal from his company for time to
meditate would
have done much perhaps for his appreciation of you and what you consider
imprortant -
e.g. meditation / SCI as a part of your life.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I was visiting my brother recently viewing some of Nature's
> resplendent beauty in Nevada, and my Harvard Law school graduated,
> atheist brother ask me; "One thing my professors could never tell me
> is why we experience joy and appreciation when we see the beauties of
> nature"?
>
> Well, I thought a moment, and said; "Hey Cyril, I know the answer to
> that question". Well much to his chagrin I delivered this answer, "The
> flower is a reflection (and a clue) as to what is hidden
> underneath..." Well, he was beginning to feel a little uncomfortable
> at this point and ask his wife to shut me up, so I continued.
>
> "..and the reason WE feel joy and appreciation at the sight of beauty
> is, a portion of that beauty is hidden within us as well (as our own
> self) and as such, nature (in this case a flower) functions as a
> reminder, inspiring a memory of our long lost spiritual home within".
>
> Well it was pretty quiet for the rest of the day, some liberal
> atheists don't like to entertain opposing points of view, especially
> if it challenges the whole foundation of their lives.....:-)
>
