--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <raunchydog@...> wrote: > ... > Patanjali, a Hindu, under the sway of evil Vedic gods, believed that sinners > create their own punishment: > > "Negative thoughts and emotions are violent, in that they cause injury to > yourself and others, regardless of whether they are performed by you, done by > others, or you permit them to be done. > They arise from greed, anger, or delusion regardless of whether they arise > from mild, moderate, or esxcessive emotional intensity. They result in > endless misery and ignorance. Therefore, when you consistently cultivate the > opposite throughts and emotions, the unwholesome tendencies are gradually > destroyed. By abiding in nonviolence, one's presence creates an atmosphere in > which hostility ceases." > Yoga Sutra of Patanjali II-34, 35 Ahimsa - Non Violence >
Great quote. Hey Raunchy - as our resident poet, I came across this the other day. Do you like it? (It comforts me as I wait in fear for some LARGE zebra to get all medieval on my arse as he did with Ravi (peace be upon his beloved)): The Bright Field I have seen the sun break through to illuminate a small field for a while, and gone my way and forgotten it. But that was the pearl of great price, the one field that had treasure in it. I realize now that I must give all that I have to possess it. Life is not hurrying on to a receding future, nor hankering after an imagined past. It is the turning aside like Moses to the miracle of the lit bush, to a brightness that seemed as transitory as your youth once, but is the eternity that awaits you. ~ R. S. Thomas ~
