Thanks Ron, I think Paz's poems and essays are as you state 'beautiful and profound'. The paragraph below seems so similar to Lila's comments in Chapter 14, that I was stunned. I shouldn't have been, though, I recognized Lila's words the first time I heard them.
There was also a section in 'In Light of India', on time that was very interesting. It seems that the Western/modernity conception of time is not held universally. And there's a suggestion that there's a link between time & religion. All very, very interesting!!! I've ordered another Paz book, 'The Double Flame: Love and Eroticism'. That should be interesting too. Love is not a topic that get much attention on this forum. Marsha At 09:00 AM 2/19/2008, you wrote: >Marsha, >This post is excellent. The work of Octavio Paz is at once beautiful and >profound. >Thank you. > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MarshaV >Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 5:55 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [MD] another glimpse of Lila > > > >... The conversation, interrupted by our arrival, continued. She >spoke in Hindi, but would answer a foreigner in English. As she >spoke, she played with some oranges in a basket next to her. She >soon looked at me, smiled, and threw an orange at me, which I caught >and held on to. I realized that this was a game, and that the game >contained some sort of symbolism. Perhaps she wanted to say that >what we call "life" is a game and nothing more. Ananda began to >speak in English and said: "I am frequently asked who I am. And I >answer you: I am a puppet, the puppet of each one of you. I am what >you want me to be. In reality, I am nobody. A woman like any >other. But the puppet whom you call Ananda the Mother is your >fabrication. I am you toy . . . Ask me whatever you like, but first >I must say that the answer will not be mine, but rather your own. It >is like a game in which each person answers himself." > (Paz,Octavio,'In Light of India',1995,p.25) > > > > > >Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars... > >Moq_Discuss mailing list >Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >Archives: >http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ >Moq_Discuss mailing list >Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >Archives: >http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ ************* DEFINITION of Marsha, I, me, self, myself, & etc.: Ever-changing collection of overlapping, interrelated, inorganic, biological, social and intellectual, static patterns of value. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
