> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote:
> >
> > Ever heard the crow-and-the-coconut analogy? It
> > appears in many Indian and Tibetan teachings.
> > The seeker is hangin' out, just Being, and a
> > crow alights on a branch on the tree in front
> > of him. Immediately afterwards, a coconut falls
> > from a branch on the other side of the tree.
> >
> > Now, was there a cause and effect relationship
> > between the crow landing on a branch over here
> > and the coconut falling off another branch over
> > there? Well, there may be or there may not be.
> > We will never know. We can only make up stories
> > about either the connection between these two
> > events or the lack of any such connection and
> > hope that the stories inspire us.
> >
> > Life just expands. Spending a lot of time assign-
> > ing a "cause" to those moments in which expands
> > a great deal seems to me like a waste of time.
> > Better to just surf the wave of expansion.
> >
>
> Part of the problem I have with what I see as *reductionist*
> conclusions, like the one above *...better to just surf the
> wave of expansion..." is it categorically disallows the
> possibility that some people, maybe many people, actually
> enjoy the process of thinking about and analyzing things.
Many people enjoy masturbating, too. When it comes
to figuring out the real cause and effect relation-
ships of events in the world, I suggest there is
a parallel. :-)
That is, if you enjoy, it, pound away. But I really
don't believe that you'll ever find an answer that
has any particular truth to it.
> If you read a bit of ayurveda you learn about the
> pitta mind v. the vata mind.
More theories. Theories are nice for people who get
off on them; I prefer experience.
> If you ever read Dr. Bernard Jensen, he talks about
> the calcium type who is not prone to deep analysis
> (can't remember which of his types are the thinkers).
> It's an individual thing, don't you think? For some
> analysis is serious, they need to know.
The point of the analogy is that there are some things
they can *never* know. Ever. No matter how long they
ponder or study them. Enlightenment will not change
this; they *still* won't know.
> For those who see analysis as silly, it's...well...silly
> and they cannot figure out why anyone would bother to try
> to figure it out.
Oh, I can understand it. I like to analyze myself
from time to time. I just don't consider it any more
meaningful than whacking off, that's all.
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