Thanks! I enjoyed the song, too. As to eat and be eaten, yes! As they say, "Brahman is the eater (and the eaten)" -- The "Arrogant Worm" Ouroboros!:-)
And as to surety, I am sure :-) that surety is always a good thing to examine. At the core, I find there is only one "thing" I can ever be utterly certain of, and that is THAT IS (IS NOT/IS/IS NOT/IS...)! All the rest is his-story... *L*L*L* --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hermandan0 <no_reply@...> wrote: > > > > > Nice post. I wasn't really suggesting you examine your surety (although, IME > that's rarely a bad thing). I was just using it as a segue to a classic bit > of satire that the question reminded me of. > > I'm sure the Worms would take a live and let live attitude to your view. Or > eat and let, or be eaten... or something. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "RoryGoff" <rorygoff@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" <turquoiseb@> wrote: > > > > > > A gracious approach, and a wise one. Pointed out > > > only because you are on a forum with others who > > > are not nearly so gracious. They'd have us believe > > > that their subjective experiences -- or the equally > > > subjective experiences of the people who wrote > > > things they consider "scripture" -- are Truth, > > > and *must* be seen as Truth by everyone. > > > > > > Personally, I just like the name Arrogant Worms. > > > Sounds like a description of the human race. :-) > > > > > Ha! Yes, and I was thinking the name is a nice description too of one of > > the paradoxes of "Brahman" or Life as lived by humans, being simultaneously > > exalting and humbling, infinitely large and infinitesimally small. > > > > As to fundamentalists, I used to find myself constantly plagued by them; I > > mean fundies of every stripe would frequently seek me out and try to > > convert me to whatever crazy Reality-poem they subscribed to. One of my > > biggest pains though was the fundamentalists in my "own" TM movement -- how > > embarassing, frustrating and infuriating they often were! > > > > And then I did some soul-work and to my surprise found I had a tiny little > > Inner Fundamentalist -- a part of me who, deep-down, was quite sure that I > > was *right*, even when it turned out afterward I almost always wasn't -- my > > inner "decider" or George W. Bush, if you will. Finding that part of me, > > and making my peace with him/me, miraculously healed my painful > > relationships with all the fundamentalists that it turned out had only been > > a reflection of my denial of him/me. > > > > Now I find I interact with fundamentalists far less often than before, but > > when we do converse we actually have heartfelt discussions; I am almost > > always stunned and exalted/humbled by their pure devotion and love and > > spiritual wisdom, by the white-gold light which pours from their lips as > > they cite their favorite scripture, and we more often than not find deeply > > rewarding common ground across our distinctive langage-imagery and > > world-views. > > > > So once again I find that my world is as I am...who would have thought it!? > > :-) > > >
