--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Who is this "I" of whom you speak? :-) Have to ask Dr. Pete. me thinks he'll say *I*m delusional. > From that perspective, you're right about not taking it all > too "seriously." > > "Seriousness is not a virtue." - G.K. Chesterton Reminds me of the scene in The Man Who Would be King: O'Toole and Connery are in the snow covered mountains, trapped because they can't go back but also can't go forward as there is an impassable gorge. They begin to reminisce about their lifetime of adventures. They recount and both start to belly laugh uncontrolably and voila, avalanche occurs filling the gorge so they can pass. In Judo, the key is balance. Seriousness doesn't help, and neither does strength or wanting to win. The person who gets so serious about "winning" as to lose his or her balance "loses," and is thrown by his "opponent." But in reality both win, because both have learned something from the experience. For me, it's playing to "win" without being attached. By playing to "win" one does his best and becomes a more worthy opponent. I want to play a better game: peace and harmony - which I (there's that word again) feel is being impeded by those who are playing a very different game. If their game is merely ignored, we may all find ourselves playing a game we may not enjoy as much. Whatever happens all, hopefully, will learn from the experience. In Hindu cosmology, the answer given to the question "Why does the absolute manifest as the relative" is usually given in one Sanskrit word: 'lila,' or play. There's no "winning" or "losing" involved, only play. That's ultimately where it's at. Jeff To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
