Steve, I LOVE this kind of fun TMI. Which at first I wondered what it was. Transcendental Meditation Invasion? Insurgence? Anyway, in this case, which is of course unfathomable like all other cases, I'd have to say that the cat had the best support of Nature (-:
________________________________ From: seventhray27 <steve.sun...@yahoo.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 10:45 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: had any lately ha ha My brother in law was scheduled to come in from California for a visit and to also take care of the cats (well, now just one cat). If you can believe it, his flight was cancelled outright because of weather conditions. We had to get my sister in law to take care of the duties. I guess if you wanted to parse "support of nature" issues: First we thought the brother in law was relieved that he wasn't coming in, since he so enjoyed taking care of Buttons, and now there wasn't the need. Then it turns out he was quite depressed, because he wanted to spend the holidays with us. (of course we needed to take care of the other cat, and we would have, but for him Buttons was a major draw) Then, my sister in law who is always wanting to do more with the family was upset that we hadn't asked her to take care of the chores, except that there are many issues along those lines. She's a little bit zany. (and has a knack of coming up with after the fact conditions) But now, she was able to feel that she played an important role in allowing us to enjoy our vacation. Is this TMI? (-: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" awoelflebater@ wrote: > > > > There is something way oversimplified in your definition of 'support of > > nature' for me Share. First of all, to believe there is such a thing we > > have to imagine ourselves somehow in the center of things, we have to be a > > bit egocentric. For example, for you to believe that somehow this large > > weather system 'waited' for you to leave FF is putting a whole lot of > > importance on who you are and what you do. You also have to assume that by > > not getting caught in the storm this was somehow a good thing. In addition, > > you would have to believe that 'nature' is operating primarily with you in > > mind (the egocentric part of the equation) but what about all the other > > individuals on the planet that this event (of the storm) impacted > > negatively? Did they somehow not garner the same support that you did and > > why? What did you do to earn this support of nature? Meditate? Fly? Wear > > the right clothing? Eat the appropriate foods? Have you considered that if > > you had been waylaid in your exiting FF by the snow something really astoundingly wonderful and life transformative could have happened instead and that, in fact, you escaping FF before the storm hit was actually a bad thing because of what you missed if you had been marooned there? In other words, you interpreted your having got out of FF before the storm hit as support of nature when in fact maybe it was one of the most unfortunate things that ever happened to you. Maybe if you had been trapped by the weather, never got home for Christmas, you would be enlightened by now, or met the man of your dreams or discovered the alchemical formula to make gold. > > > > Whatever the vicissitudes of life's circumstances, cause and effect in the > field of karma is unfathomable or maybe Share had a lucky coin that dropped > in the right slot at the right time. No need to place woo woo on a mundane > event in one's life. Just be glad you're not an unlucky traveler stuck in the > snow. IMO a working definition of Support of Nature is good luck. In Jyotish > parlance, it's a well aspected 9th house. Robin might call it grace. Ann, > those lucky days where everything seems to go flawlessly, without a hitch, > where one feels, in sync, in harmony with all that is, where one's efforts > are effortless, or the "laws of nature" rush to support you, as Maharishi > would say, what would you call such days? > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > > > > > Not THAT any! Had any support of Nature lately? Emily asked about > > > support of Nature and I was thinking about it and feeling befuddled. > > > Realized that I tend to agree with Ken Keyes idea that everything in life > > > is either for our growth or for our enjoyment. I'd add that ideally > > > everything is for both growth and enjoyment but with leaning at least a > > > little in the enjoyment direction. So in this very broad sense support > > > of Nature is always happening. > > > > > > > > > Anyway, I don't think this is precisely what Maharishi means by support > > > of Nature. What do you TMers current and ex think, especially you govs? > > > Very especially you former TTC teachers. We know who you are! > > > > > > > > > For me an example of support of Nature is that I left FF on a Wednesday > > > and the first big snow of the season arrived the next day. But I bet you > > > very creative FFLers can come up with way more fun examples than that (-: > > > > > >
