<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> on 5/23/06 9:09 AM, TurquoiseB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Life 'downloads' all sorts of stuff in our direction.
> > But we don't have to open a port to it. And if we
> > already have, at some point in our lives, all we
> > have to do is open another port and let it flow right
> > out again, without a lot of diggin' in the dirt. Just
> > my opinion...
>
> Principle of the second element: turn on the light to remove
> the darkness. Tom and Mark are pointing out that the lives of
> those in FF who have been meditating for decades suggest that
> this approach alone is inadequate. Maybe a little digging is
> in order. Not mud-wallowing, but some compassionate, honest
> examination of things which we might prefer to keep buried.
For those who enjoy that sorta stuff, I say Go For
It. I was just bringing up the oft-forgotten idea of
predilection. No one path works for everyone. For
some people and some samskaras, diggin' in the dirt
works wonders. For others, turning on the light works
wonders, and without having to wash your hands as
often. :-)
And talk about *addiction*, have you ever met anyone
who has grown addicted to diggin' the dirt? One needs
go no further than the song I took the phrase from,
in which Peter Gabriel describes his years of therapy:
The more I look, the more I find
As I close on in, I get so blind
I feel it in my head, I feel it in my toes
I feel it in my sex, that's the place it goes
I'm digging in the dirt
Stay with me I need support
I'm digging in the dirt
To find the places I got hurt
To open up the places I got hurt
Just to sum up, I am *not* saying that I don't think
there is a value to periodically checkin' out one's
beliefs and seeing whether they're still believable.
What I think I'm resisting is what I perceive as an
undercurrent of *blame*, in which there always has
to be a "cause" for unenlightenment. Too much stress,
too many beliefs, too many unchallenged assumptions,
whatever. Not my cuppa tea. Diggin' in the dirt look-
ing for the cause of darkness is fine if that's your
predilection in life, but I've had remarkable success
with just turning on the light, and I'm not going to
write that experience off just because others haven't.
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