Slip, ANY grass you eat will come out as dung! ;-)
On Sep 11, 6:22 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote:
> I had a friend I met while in Austin who moved to India and returned
> to sell off his materialism. He was so into all his new found
> mysticism and soul enlightenment which he graciously laid out for all
> to see. He had a step van converted to propane from gas and asked if
> I wanted to buy it, and in fact I really needed it at the time but not
> the affordability. I straight faced told him that if he really wanted
> to enhance his spirituality he would just give it to me. Well I'm
> sure I don't have to tell you that he turned pale in the knowledge
> that I was purely right in perspective but he could not just let his
> material possessions go. I understood it all to be the cow dung that
> it all is. I think the grass is still greener on the other side.
>
> On Sep 11, 7:51 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > The snag for me here Orn is that I just can't agree that there is no
> > focus on the observation of mind in academe or even if I restrict that
> > just to science, though I'd agree this is the case in the dross,
> > populist bits of academe increasingly part of the mega-billion
> > international education industry. My guts say charlatan watching this
> > guy - I don't like his micro-expressions and general 'wide-eyed'
> > approach. I would not fashion this into an argument without knowing
> > much more. I don't go much for arguments starting in
> > incommensurability claims and disliked the build-up Alan was given
> > (such stuff always reminds me of Saturday Night at the London
> > Palladium). Of course, I regard almost all 'notable' academics as
> > charlatans (the best are too busy getting on helping where they can).
> > Didn't spot the humour and there seemed little depth other than some
> > clear emotional play. I much prefer you Orn.
>
> > On 10 Sep, 20:28, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > This is a very accessible, clear and enlightening video with one of my
> > > Tibetan Language teachers, Alan Wallace.
>
> > > He is a scientist, a teacher, and one of the more erudite and wise
> > > people in an experiential way I have met in this area. He addresses it
> > > all….Christianity, contemplation, science, materialism, happiness,
> > > consciousness, mind, truth….and aspects of Buddhism like philosophy,
> > > suffering and other aspects of its ontology that are commonly
> > > misunderstood.
>
> > > His humor and depth is wonderful.
>
> > >http://www.consciousmedianetwork.com/members/awallace.htm
>
> > > What is your experience of Alan?- Hide quoted text -
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