--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Remember the Disney cartoon "Dumbo?" His friend and > > mentor gives him a "magical feather" that allows him > > to fly when he holds it in his trunk. The thing is, > > the feather wasn't magical. It was a *trick*, some- > > thing that allowed Dumbo to transcend his own self- > > imposed limitations and realize an ability that had > > always been available to him. > > > > I think that this is an interesting metaphor to keep > > in mind when looking at spiritual traditions. > > "The analogy I think is appropriate here is Dumbo's > feather. Dumbo the elephant believed that the > 'magic feather' given to him was what enabled > him to fly, and that it was special. But it was > a trick. He never needed *anything* to be able > to fly." > > --Barry, 3/18/06 > > "Remember 'Dumbo?' Dumbo was convinced that it > was the "magic feather" given to him by his guru > that enabled him to fly, so he flew. As it turns > out, the feather never did diddleysquat; the > ability to fly was always present, just not > realized." > > --Barry, 5/8/2006 > > (Barry, your consistency is showing.) > > > With the arrival of some pundits in Fairfield I > > would expect to see more of something I've seen in > > other spiritual groups. That is, people reporting > > "good experiences" or even realization experiences, > > because now they have an *excuse* to do so. They > > have been given a "magical feather." > > > > A teacher comes to town and does a certain empower- > > ment (in a Tibetan Buddhist context) or the teacher > > announces some kind of "phase shift" in the overall > > environment or "enough" buttbouncers gather together > > or some pundits come to town and start chanting. And > > what happens? Suddenly it's "OK" to have "good > > experiences." It's now *permissible* to have "better > > experiences," and thus people start having them. > > Actually, if you'd been reading the traffic, > you'd know that people have been reporting > "better experiences" almost from the start of > the current course and have continued to do > so. This has been one of the main selling > points of the course, in fact; not sure how > you've managed to miss it.
For the uninitiated, this is Judy's way of agreeing with someone. She can't seem to bring herself to do so without trying to turn it into a putdown. :-) 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
