--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <r...@...> wrote: > > Thanks for the appreciative words, Barry. It so happens that that particular > Zen story is one of my inspirations and I've told it often. The other day > Judy mentioned that I must be "really pissed" because of something Raunchy > said. It surprised me a bit that she would think I would get upset by > something someone wrote here. As you say, it's just a little forum, and I > might add that we're all just visitors on a little planet in a vast galaxy, > a "perspective trick" I find useful. I often look at astronomy photos to > broaden my perspective. If one can get a sense of how small we are in > comparison to the actuality of things, it's hard to take oneself too > seriously. Another thing is that I can usually find something to like in > most people. Judy has many admirable qualities. I've known Raunchy > personally for decades and I think she's a wonderful person. Nabby is the > most entertaining guy here. I'd be disappointed if he left. > > I tend to think of people as sense organs of the infinite. "Light that is > one though the lamps be many," as the Incredible String Band put it. God > wants to taste all varieties of experience, from the bum in the gutter to > the President of the United States (little distinction in Raunchy's > opinion). So from that perspective, all the clashing personalities on FFL > and in the world at large aren't really clashing; they're just expressing > various facets of a much larger, more inclusive perspective. God is > entertaining himself. It's my understanding that Brahman incorporates all > apparent opposites and polarities. I think the Vedic literature is written > the way it is, with so many expectation-shattering stories, to culture the > perspective that one's own little peephole on the Universe does not afford a > view of the whole, and that therefore one should not take oneself too > seriously. >
Thanks Rick. I like you too. I appreciate your perspective and I share it. Everyone plays a role, we dance and wear many hats throughout the day. I'll fiercely defend your peep hole into the universe today and argue against you with guns a-blazing the next. I play my role passionately. I embrace it and I honor your passion play as well. Opposites are the spice of life. By the way Obama is not a bum in the gutter, he's a corporate tool in the White House.
