Garth, Much truth in this philosophic post. Thanks for sharing your thoughts...I agree by the way. Doug
On Monday, March 12, 2018 at 11:00:27 PM UTC-4, Garth wrote: > > Well sure ..... when I speak about eating what you like, I do so out of > having lived on so many "trains of thinking" about what to eat and why and > not, and what food supposedly causes what effect and effects what cause. > Finding lasting peace-contentment with none of them there comes the point > of "what's the point" , which is really a hunger of it's own that no food > could satisfy. Not just in a greater sense, but in the very and oh so > Present tense. "What about Here, and what about Now ? .... if not Now, > when?... if not Here, where? ..... an-other now and and here to-be ?" It's > like a constant promises that everything will be alright.... that's a "wilĺ > be-future tense". But not now, oh now ... now sucks... now has this laundry > list of all that is out of place in my life, in the world, and the world of > media/education/his-story/confession has all sorts of "evidence" to back it > up like a self-justification for discontent and failure, and I just go > along with like a sheep over a cliff because some "simon sez so". > > Well gee, the heart can only take so much.... not in the physical sense, > but for lack of a better word spirit-soul. It's not something anyone has > any control of either... it just happens and you are powerless to deny. > It's like playing the part of a liar, living the lie .... then along comes > the absolute Truth who will have no part of the lie. Like pretending to be > a tough guy and along comes a child with a bunch of the most beautiful > flowers you have ever seen and smelled and felt and says "hey mister, these > are for you". And you just melt like Frosty the snowman, and there is no > where left to hide. What ideed is the point, the meaning of Life if not > Here, if not Now, if not This. This is far from the rebellious "live as > reckless as I can in the moment while I'm alive because it doesn't matter" > ... on the contrary .... because Here and Now does indeed matter oh so > much.... in fact "there" isn't anything else. Where else would I go, and > who else would I be, but Here and Now that never ends and never begins. > Like Hereness and Nowness and Beingness. I'm not a grammer expert but a > -ness has a quality of contrariness in that for all that seems so solid and > decaying into yester-day and to-morrow .... it is "not" in any of it at > all. In fact the more you try to contain and pinpoint this > "OmniPresence" to a certain time or place you are contradicted by It's > sure undefinability. > > So all of this is really a long winded ramble in Whom it rambles. Eating > seems to me for the Love of Life, of Being Life ..... not just a life that > comes and goes, but Life Itself which comes not and goes not. I'm sorry > this may-not be so practical for anyone .... then again sorry Life is not ☺ > > > You know we speak often of just riding ... but this is really just > another way of Just Life-ing. Nothing extra required, come as you are, just > as you are, how-er you are dressed, how-ever you look, how-ever you eat, > how-ever you speak, how-ever and what-ever ...... You are That You are > ..... Pricelessness . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
