--- In [email protected], "Kenny H" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -I'm sorry for posting the ramblings of my mind from one point earlier > in the day. By the time I deleted it Judy had already posted a reply > and now you. I understand, believe me, it was just some of the blather > passing through and I impulsively posted it.
Ken, most of the posts on this forum are just some of the blather passing through our minds--why should you be any different?? Put it out there, run it up the flagpole and see who salutes! It's not engraved in stone. Give it a test drive. You can take it back to the Dealer if you decide it's the wrong color. > > KH > > > -- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > > No jnana. Avidya. Agnosis. > > > > Find your own answers, they're out there and in you. > > In the Mahaparinibbana Sutra, the last words of the Buddha are said > > to be: > > > > "You are the Light itself, Rely on yourself, Do not rely on others. > > The Dharma is the Light, Rely on the Dharma, > > Do not rely on anything other than the Dharma." > > > > > > > > Of course if think the above is total BS, don't rely on that either. > > > > > > > > On Jul 10, 2006, at 4:51 PM, Kenny H wrote: > > > > > I must have prefaced thousands of statements I made with those three > > > words for nearly twenty years. At some point I started to feel a very > > > faint note of disbelief within myself everytime I heard myself saying > > > those words. That phase lasted for nearly twenty years. Now, when I > > > even see those words I feel ill. > > > > > > Why-I'm asking-do so many people seem to still base their > > > lives/statements/beliefs, etc. on him and what he has said. While I > > > hold him dear in my heart as someone I deeply loved and believed for > > > so many years, at some point I had to admmit that nearly nothing he > > > said or promised had ever materialized in my own life. Not only that > > > but the overall influence of believing what he said seemed to have > > > caused a massive downhill slide which took half a dozen years of > > > really hard personal effort to turn around. > > > > > > I've *surrendered* (for lack of a better word) to the connection I > > > have with him, but it's sure not one that is based on credibility. > > > > > > Kenny H. > > > 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/
