On Jun 15, 2007, at 7:14 PM, Peter wrote:
Reminds me of people asking SSRS what they should call
him. He said you could call him anything you like that
it really didn't matter. When asked about him being a
guru, etc., he got this pained bemused look on his
face and said all these concepts aren't necessary.
Just the mind labeling things for no purpose at all.
He said to treat and to think of him as your friend,
because he was.
What a nice guy.
You just gotta love Ravi.
But I also don't confuse this with the fact that there is a natural
lineage of evolution, and if someone is at a higher state of
evolution, I just appreciate that there are patterns that will
naturally imprint towards "me" in part due to that appreciation. I
try not to get wrapped up in the cultural trappings of that
appreciation because I appreciate why they're there, even if they
seem foreign to my own culture. Why be a spiritual and/or cultural
xenophobe when understanding increases appreciation and appreciation
is a major mechanism for transmission?
Wouldn't it be great if gurus would just appear in the clothing you
could get at the local mall and appreciate cultural absurdities like
Christmas? Wouldn't it be cool if Santa was replaced as a guru
worshipping holiday, collective America and Europa surrendering to
the morphogenetic field of human evolution?
If only.
But in case that really happens, remember where you heard it first. ;-)
