Patanjali said that attachment to life is an addiction and an obstacle to accessing God.
In addition, there is a bit of equivocation on the use of the phrase 'has to use' as opposed to 'uses'. The difference is quite pronounced. On May 19, 11:28 am, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > RE: addiction > Many years ago, a very wise friend of mine defined quantitatively what > addiction was in a startling, to me, way. He said that anything (not > needed for life/sustenance) that one has to use at least once every > two weeks represented an addiction….of sorts. Here, I’m using a > specific meaning for the term…more like a psychic compensation. > > On May 19, 4:28 am, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > So your addicted too, fran? Gee, where would you place yourself on > > the oomp scale of 1 to 10 on coffee addiction? > > > On May 19, 3:30 am, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hey, ID, I visited the Netherlands for a couple of hours last Friday! > > > One of the items I stocked up on was original Senseo coffee pads, they > > > cost twice as much in Germany :-) > > > > On 19 Mai, 09:18, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > You haven't told me what you have difficult about my comments. > > > > > That is easy enough i believe you would sit in copyright infringement, > > > > simply because what you have said about spirituality is not original.. > > > > most > > > > of it is either quoted or paraphrased from what others have said. As I > > > > read > > > > what you say I find it difficult to believe you are not a fundamentalist > > > > christian, despite what you say to the contrary. They can talk a lot of > > > > talk > > > > but sadly they tend to lack insight as to the meaning of the words they > > > > say, > > > > as a group. But there are some that do tend to rise above this tendency. > > > > Your hatred of others and their belief show me that you are insecure in > > > > your > > > > own beliefs, and there is a lot of confusion going on within you. Your > > > > hatred of atheist tells me you are afraid you are one deep inside, and > > > > that > > > > frightens you very very much, almost like a child that is frightened of > > > > the > > > > unknown. You even called me an atheist, my guardians had a good laugh. > > > > there > > > > are many people here with a wide range of views and each one is valid. > > > > Many > > > > of these people are far smarter and wiser than I am. Many of us are > > > > considered "Elders" by our given communities, Yet your treat them with > > > > absolute disrespect. > > > > I asked you to share your personal spiritual experiences. You reply > > > > with " > > > > You haven't told me what you have difficult about my comments." Well > > > > there > > > > is a difference between comments and spiritual experience. after you > > > > have > > > > gone down a few rabbit holes you will know the difference. Oops forgot > > > > you > > > > are not willing to go down the rabbit holes. When you do have some > > > > personal > > > > spiritual experiences like walking through the gateless gate, they tend > > > > to > > > > be earth shattering to say the least. Me and my cup of coffee are > > > > waiting > > > > to hear about them. > > > > > FYI: Because of your caffeine addiction (among others) your > > > > consciousness is not subtle enough to grasp spiritual wisdom. > > > > > My, my so my two to three cups of coffee a week is now an addiction, > > > > amazing.. Omprem we do have very good coffee here in the Netherlands > > > > (Holland just in case you don't where the Netherlands is) > > > > I think it is time for you to follow the yellow brick road and return to > > > > your ashram. > > > > Allan > > > > Hatred is so unbecoming showing a lack of spirituality, <sigh> "But > > > > for the > > > > grace of God go I " > > > > > On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 11:30 PM, omprem <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > You haven't told me what you have difficult about my comments. > > > > > > FYI: Because of your caffeine addiction (among others) your > > > > > consciousness is not subtle enough to grasp spiritual wisdom. > > > > > > On May 18, 3:55 pm, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Knowledge entails being separate from that which is 'known'. But > > > > > > separation means that the knower is not fully aware of the which he/ > > > > > > she wishes to know. To 'know' the Divine one must attune themselves > > > > > > to the Divine completely. > > > > > > > omprem > > > > > > Your statement above shows me that you lack one of the most > > > > > > important > > > > > things > > > > > > envolving spirituality, wisdom. In your rantings you seem only to > > > > > > spout > > > > > > dogma and doctrine. The truth is I personally am not interested in > > > > > > your > > > > > > insults and hatred. > > > > > > > If I may make a suggestion, why don't you tell us about your own > > > > > > personal > > > > > > spiritual experience. Something like your going through the gateless > > > > > > gate.That I will be delighted to read. Now if you try to feed me > > > > > > dogma > > > > > and > > > > > > doctrine as personal experience I will tell you that also. > > > > > > > I have my coffee cup n hand and am waiting. > > > > > > ( > > > > > > ) > > > > > > I_D Allan > > > > > -- > > > > ( > > > > ) > > > > I_D Allan- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
