Oh dear me, Perhaps the simple online version of the Gita I chose was too advanced. I thought it was clear from 2.71 that it refers to "ONE who ..becomes .... free from I or my ... "
"You"ness on the other hand is perfectly OK. Lets see an online Kiddies version of the Mahabharatha (the long epic of which the Gita is a tiny part) http://www.indolink.com/Kidz/Stories/mahabharat11.html The entire Gita is reduced to this para "Krishna said, “Arjuna, may it be known to you that man’s duty lies in performing the duty while the results should be left to God. To oppress others is a sin but to tolerate oppression is a far bigger sin. All those, whom you claim to be your relatives are none but individual souls, unrelated to you, on way to their ultimate destination of uniting with the supreme Lord, the Brahman. Pick up your weapon and fight that is what is ordained to you. Do not think of the consequences.” Note the delicious "you"ness which permeates the Gita Sarbajit On 10/2/12, Nicholas Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > But surely, Sarbarjit, your post is contaminated with the illusion of > YOU-ness. As long as you are detached from him, you cannot propound > anything ...... etc., right? You will never attain peace as long as you > see > Russ as a YOU. > > Right? > > N > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf > Of Sarbajit Roy > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 12:13 AM > To: [email protected]; The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee > Group > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] attachment > > Your post is contaminated/deluded by the repeated use of "I". As long as > "you" are "attached" to your "I"-ness you cannot propound anything valid > beyond the delusion of your "self". > > http://www.ourpathtogod.com/bhagavadgita/chapter2.html > > "One who abandons all desires, and becomes free from longing and the > feeling > of 'I' and 'my', attains peace. (2.71) O Arjuna, this is the > super-conscious > state of mind. Attaining this state, one is no longer deluded. Gaining this > state, even at the end of one's life, a person becomes one with the > Absolute. (2.72)." > > Sarbajit > > On 10/2/12, Russ Abbott <[email protected]> wrote: >> I liked my post on attachment. (Perhaps I'm attached to it.) Did it >> get lost? I don't see it in any of the follow-up posts. Here it is >> again. >> >> Think of attachment as: I must ensure that X comes to pass. I want it >> so badly. >> Think of detachment as: I must not want so badly that X comes to pass. >> I must stay detached. >> Think of non-attachment as: I may participate in the process whereby X >> comes to pass -- or doesn't come to pass. If I participate I may be >> fully engaged. I may care very much whether X comes to pass. It it >> does, I may feel very happy. If it doesn't I may feel very sad. But >> whether or not X comes to pass I still have my laundry to do. >> >> >> *-- Russ Abbott* >> *_____________________________________________* >> *** Professor, Computer Science* >> * California State University, Los Angeles* >> >> * My paper on how the Fed can fix the economy: >> ssrn.com/abstract=1977688* >> * Google voice: 747-*999-5105 >> Google+: plus.google.com/114865618166480775623/ >> * vita: *sites.google.com/site/russabbott/ >> CS Wiki <http://cs.calstatela.edu/wiki/> and the courses I teach >> *_____________________________________________* >> > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, > unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
