It is a very good analogy. Nothing is foreign, strange or eccentric to the enlightened. Nothing is apart from God or outside of my Self.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcg...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <raunchydog@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > > > Only Lynch. > > > > > > "But how do you prove that all of this stuff actually exists?" > > > > > > "Here's the deal. No one will ever prove anything like this because it's a > > > subjective experience. Maybe I'll tell you this story. I won't say the > > > name > > > of the person involved - it is a great name but anyway. Well, the name is > > > Dick. I'll just call him Dick. Well Dick was like real mature. He was in > > > the > > > sixth grade and he almost got a beard he was so mature. Anyway, this other > > > kid told me that Dick was in the men's room with a hard on and was rubbing > > > his penis and that white stuff came out the end of his penis. This was > > > told > > > to me. And I said, 'You've gotta be kiddin' me! You've gotta be kiddin' > > > me! > > > What kind of a story is this? That's impossible. Is there something wrong > > > with him, maybe? What is the deal? But at the same time there was some > > > faint > > > glimmer of knowing the truth of it. It didn't make any sense, but there > > > was > > > some faint glimmer that this was something that I knew about or that was > > > truthful. So I tried this, and I could not BELIEVE that it was true, but > > > it > > > was." > > > > > > "That's why I say that meditation is the same kind of thing as sex in a > > > way. > > > It is completely real, but it has to do with you. It's not a thing that > > > can > > > be told to you in a way that will prove it. You might say, 'I don't > > > believe > > > this and I don't want it.' But with every human being there becomes a > > > point > > > when you become a seeker, and you say 'something else is out there that's > > > bigger. It's like a mystery and I know it's there' and then maybe you hear > > > something about meditation and you say 'I've got to have that.' So then > > > you > > > go on the spiritual path. Many people hear it but they don't hear it." > > > (italics in orig.) - Lynch on Lynch (revised edition), edited by Chris > > > Rodley, Faber and Faber, 2005 > > > <http://bbg-aura.gaia.com/photos/52/515065/large/David_Lynch.jpg> > > > <http://bbg-aura.gaia.com/photos/52/515065/large/David_Lynch.jpg> > > > > > > > Rick, This story is a hoot! Geez, I can only imagine giving an intro > > lecture and using the Dick and the white stuff analogy instead of my old > > standby comparing the subjective experience of TM to tasting a strawberry. > > Anyway, I'll give Lynch points for creativity and extra points for chutzpah > > if he said it with a straight face. > > > > > If you've seen his movies you'll know that he said it with a straight face. > > This is the risk the TMO has taken and takes with using celebrities to push > TM. Artistes are, by nature, erratic and prone to saying stuff like this. I > suppose, though, that after beatleslennonmiafarrowsex that this is pretty > tame stuff. > > And I guess Lynch is so nutjob out there artiste that he can say anything and > people consider it amusingly excentric. I think back to when Lynch shared > the stage and introduced that Rajah back in Germany that morphed into the > infamous "invincibility for Germany" video. Lynch never really received much > of the negativity for that; he was quite the teflon TM spokesman in that > sense. > > Keep in mind that Lynch's most "normal" film was "Elephant Man." >
