--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" <awoelflebater@...> wrote: > > There is something way oversimplified in your definition of 'support of > nature' for me Share. First of all, to believe there is such a thing we have > to imagine ourselves somehow in the center of things, we have to be a bit > egocentric. For example, for you to believe that somehow this large weather > system 'waited' for you to leave FF is putting a whole lot of importance on > who you are and what you do. You also have to assume that by not getting > caught in the storm this was somehow a good thing. In addition, you would > have to believe that 'nature' is operating primarily with you in mind (the > egocentric part of the equation) but what about all the other individuals on > the planet that this event (of the storm) impacted negatively? Did they > somehow not garner the same support that you did and why? What did you do to > earn this support of nature? Meditate? Fly? Wear the right clothing? Eat the > appropriate foods? Have you considered that if you had been waylaid in your > exiting FF by the snow something really astoundingly wonderful and life > transformative could have happened instead and that, in fact, you escaping FF > before the storm hit was actually a bad thing because of what you missed if > you had been marooned there? In other words, you interpreted your having got > out of FF before the storm hit as support of nature when in fact maybe it was > one of the most unfortunate things that ever happened to you. Maybe if you > had been trapped by the weather, never got home for Christmas, you would be > enlightened by now, or met the man of your dreams or discovered the > alchemical formula to make gold. >
Whatever the vicissitudes of life's circumstances, cause and effect in the field of karma is unfathomable or maybe Share had a lucky coin that dropped in the right slot at the right time. No need to place woo woo on a mundane event in one's life. Just be glad you're not an unlucky traveler stuck in the snow. IMO a working definition of Support of Nature is good luck. In Jyotish parlance, it's a well aspected 9th house. Robin might call it grace. Ann, those lucky days where everything seems to go flawlessly, without a hitch, where one feels, in sync, in harmony with all that is, where one's efforts are effortless, or the "laws of nature" rush to support you, as Maharishi would say, what would you call such days? > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@> wrote: > > > > Not THAT any! Had any support of Nature lately? Emily asked about support > > of Nature and I was thinking about it and feeling befuddled. Realized that > > I tend to agree with Ken Keyes idea that everything in life is either for > > our growth or for our enjoyment. I'd add that ideally everything is for > > both growth and enjoyment but with leaning at least a little in the > > enjoyment direction. So in this very broad sense support of Nature is > > always happening. > > > > > > Anyway, I don't think this is precisely what Maharishi means by support of > > Nature. What do you TMers current and ex think, especially you govs? Very > > especially you former TTC teachers. We know who you are! > > > > > > For me an example of support of Nature is that I left FF on a Wednesday and > > the first big snow of the season arrived the next day. But I bet you very > > creative FFLers can come up with way more fun examples than that (-: > > >
