--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mar 8, 2006, at 4:14 PM, Patrick Gillam wrote: > > > --- Vaj wrote: > >> > >> Gillam wrote: > >> > >>> --- Vaj wrote: > >>>> > >>>> In this case the "poison" is more metaphorical than actual. > >>>> > >>> Ah. There's physical reality, and there are the beliefs about it. > >>> Like that? > >> > >> I'm sorry, I'm not sure I follow you. Are you asking if the metaphor > >> extends to the physical? If so, yes it would. > > > > I may be lost, too. I was thinking your reference to poison, > > being metaphorical, means the poison exists in our beliefs > > about this event or that, and is not inherent to the thing > > itself. A variation on your emphasis of proper view, if you will. > > The explanation usually describes a poison (a metaphorical poison > that would kill you) and how different paths would relate to the > existence of the poison. One path might simply decide to create a > rule 'it's a poison, so we'll simply avoid the poison', another might > decide to approach it like the peacock which can digest poison to > make the brilliant feathers, another might use a path that mixes the > poison with an opposite should they encounter it, etc. >
MMY's discussion of Ayurveda uses an ancient story of how one uses a poison in a way that transforms it into a medicine. The ultimate version of this would be transcendence and unstressing, I guess. > > > >> Do you have a predominance of bitter-sweetness in your life you're > >> grappling with? > > > > Isn't that pretty much a description of life as a whole? > > Doesn't it depend on the experiencer? > > > Everywhere I look, in my life or that of my friends, people > > are suffering and happy in turns, or simultaneously. So many > > have great richness in some area and great lack in another. > > > > The arts are an especially rich source of sweet suffering. Or > > maybe I'm listening to too much opera, and seeing too > > many heavy movies. But artists seem to revel in mixing beauty > > and pain. I figured that was not just an artist's trick, but > > a reflection of life. > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/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/
