posted by Gav, January 8th, 2007 ----
the more sensitive amongst us are usually the most
competent. sensitivity and passion are good
bedfellows.
i had a very interesting experience recently with a
fifty odd yr old tantric buddhist and martial arts
dude. we started talking of philosophy and ideas and
then he jumped on me from a great height because i was
getting pedantic with semantics when he was trying to
convey something passionately from the heart. he was
genuinely angry and called me a boy.
i then shut up and listened. he went on for about
twenty minutes about taking responsibility for our
selves, about suffering constructively or
destructively, consciously or unconsciously. he was
passionate and a little intimidating because he was
trying to convey an existential truth rather than an
abstract (ie conditional) one. his powerful focus on
me stopped my own chattering mind so that the truth
could sink in. i already knew everything he said in a
abstract sense but he made me realise that that is
irrelevant bullshit if you don't act upon it,
continually....if you don't choose to live by truth.
it is really bad karma, it is a slap in the face of
the sacred around us, in us; it is self-indulgent,
self-piteous blasphemy, sacrilege...a defiling of the
holy.
THIS IS OUR ACHILLES HEEL. TALKING TRUTH IS USUALLY
THE OPPOSITE TO LIVING IN IT. LIVING IN IT IS SIMPLE;
TALKING MAKES IT SEEM COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT.
the function of the intellect is to communicate
directly to one another independent of social
control/validation. it gives the ability to
communicate things beyond the words themselves. it is
a means by which enlightened persons can help others
evolve. but if these words are distinct from the
person...if these words are not reflected in sharp
resolution in the character, the energy of the person
uttering them...then it is much much better to say nothing.
.
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The Universe is uncaused, like a net of jewels in which each is a
reflection of all the others in a fantastic, interrelated harmony without end.
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