>
> [gav]
> > i am actually paraphrasing someone else from the
> > vague depths of my memory, but the gist is koan
> like. that
> > is if you get it you get it through seeing it from
> a
> > new angle - the reversal of perspective - such
> that
> > YOU are the centre of the universe, you are at the
> > centre of the wheel, instead of being thrown about
> the rim.
> > 'god is an intelligible sphere whose centre is
> > everywhere and circumference is nowhere'
> > it is about acceptance; it is about surrending to
> > the intelligence that manifests all through us. it
> is
> > about being your self, living your own life,
> rather
> > than trying to live it for others, or having yours
> > governed by others. it is difficult to explain
> further. it is about
> > trust. if you don't feel it yet i can't really
> help
> you.
>
> [sa]
> gav, are you saying, "the whole world should
> perish", meaning, you should perish, but perish into
> another world, a better world, thus, the whole
> reincarnation, born-again, renewal type of
> mentality?
gav: no, not at all.
i am saying that the world may perish, and it may not,
and whatever happens is just and beyond my control.
following my own nature, or not, IS within my
control. in fact it is the ONLY control i have.
it is better, therefore, that i follow my own nature
(Tao) than not, even if the world goes kaput. even if
my following my own nature, however bizarrely tenuous
the possibility, is in some way causally related to
the world ending!
it is a logical metaphysical point, a loose analogue
of which might be seen in the story of abraham and his
boys.
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