--- In [email protected], akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I guess the simplest definition of an addiction is > > that if you don't indulge in it, you feel like > > something's missing. If it's just enjoyment, you > > can take it or leave it, but without feeling deprived > > if you leave it. > > Ah. Good framework for the label "Enlightenment".
It really is, I think. (Do you know that thought is true? Hell no!!, Don't be silly Katie) A certain level of freedom is gained when one can be called any name or label, have any adoration or contempt laid upon them, and it doesn't matter -- in action, from the gut, in terms of inner balance, in appreciation of the "name caller" etc. For example, "Call me enlightened, call me ignorant, call me stupid, call me Shiva, call me obtuse, call me Hitler, call me Willie Mays, call me a liar, call me insightful, call me delusional, call me Joe, call me Sally, call me unenlightened, call me chauvanist, call me a femminist, call me a right-winger, call me a pinko bastard, call me queer, call me macho, call me absurd, call me boring, call me barney-like, call me rich, call mepoor, call me educated, call me illiterate, call me fundamentalist, call me a donkey, call me a slob, call me a total horses ass, call me psycho, call me unbalanced, call me "in the zone", call me centered, call me fuckhead, call me a hathen, call me hateful, call me loving, call me a tree, call me river (and cry me a river), call me addicted, call me sober, call me Kali, call me Ravana, call me a monkey, call me a cab, ... just call me. Or don't. Its all the same to me. And my status doesn't change, and my view of you doesn't change." If one gets insulted, or puffed up, or angry, or exhilarated, or sad or happy by a label, or a name or a critique or some praise, then there is some more to work on (attention, light and breath - or whatever floats/sinks your boat). And the caster of such, also may have things to work on. "Somtimes I blow warm and somtimes I blow cold and eventually, you are weatherproof." MMY. Thats one of my favorite quotes. It illustrates the superficiality of labels and praise / criticism. And the value of such to temper us. Like steel. Hot and cold. If one reacts to such, its a clear sign of remaining ego. Even if "I can't find it anywhere". Sometimes we can't find our glasses. But they are still there, on our head. And having some ego attahements is not a bad thing. Just own up to it. Work on it. And it makes me laugh from the belly when people say "but M. gets angry." HAHAHAHA. Its hard to evaluate guru tricks and methods and distinguish such from the foilbles of ordinary folks. Its kind of a projection. "See -- he gets angry just like me." Well, it may look like anger, but do you really know that its "just like me"? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
