That's too cruel for merrily fraction, GW. Here's a more a more apt quote: I'm a little teapot, short and stout, Here's my handle, Here's my spout. When I get the steam up, hear me shout, "Tip me up and pour me out."
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 6:03 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Then again - there is a pithy zen story about an aspirer of the truth > telling his zen master that he > had an epiphany that like is just a dream. At which point the zen master > kicks him in the shins asking > oh really? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: the taoist shaman <[email protected]> > To: "Minds Eye" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, Mar 17, 2011 8:52 pm > Subject: Re: [Mind's Eye] Re: life > > > i think the wise est quote on life that i have herd - row row > row your boat , genty down the streem , merrily merrily merrily life > is but a dream. > > > > > [email protected] wrote: >> I prefer semi sweet. >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Binah Hochma <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: Ash <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thu, Mar 17, 2011 4:08 pm >> Subject: Re: [Mind's Eye] Re: life >> >> >> Allen, >> why do you think we seem to need to assign punishment to everything? Your > friend is not they only one who thinks G-d is punishing us for everything > under > the sun. >> The need to feel punished must fall into human nature along with us >> fighting > our human nature. >> "Life" is a maga zine >> "Life" is a cereal >> "Life" is a box of chocolates >> I prefer chocolates >> We could have the start of a song here >> >> Binah >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 5:17 PM, Ash <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> "Life" is also a cereal. >> >> I recently tried to convince someone that natural disasters were not a > punishment from her God for those who do not believe. It didn't go too well > and > turned into an angry lecture on my part. Basically substitute "scripture" > for > "life" in a crash course of anthropology and spirituality, that's what it > was. > Why do I feel guilty?.. If it shakes her faith and hope I'll be damned, if > she > reflects and understands the larger reality it will strengthen. Sometimes to > what seems at first an academic matter, with empathy and understanding, we > find > a great responsibility in the actions we take. >> >> Risk. Isn't there a song about life being a poker game? > -- Landshuter Str. 36 / D-10779 Berlin / Festnetz: +49 30 7759914 / Mobil: +49 177 9762170 / Mail: [email protected]
