who me...for christ sake!..i"ll answer to "god"myself.. i do not need you of all people to point it out!..merle
Merle, Be careful! Remember the Holy Christian Crusades! Their purpose was essentially to return the Holy City of Jerusalem to Christian control. And that cause a lot of killing on both sides. You wouldn't want to get accused of Blasphemy now, would you? ...Bill! --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > > >  and killing people for a cause is not madness...????? merle >  > Madness: >  > Anandamayi Ma - would be found rolling around on the floor of her kitchen > while the food she was preparing burned. For a long time she only ate 9 > grains of rice a day. >  > Ramana Maharshi - became so oblivious of his body the he didn't wash, his > hair grew matted, his finger nails curled over and he only ate if someone put > food in his hands. >  > Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa - became obsessed with the Godess Kali and would > not eat or sleep. He had a vision that took over his normal waking > consciousness. Uncertain whether he was living in a hallucination. He felt > burning sensations all over his body and his health began to fail. >  > Bhagawan Nityananda - was seen following a cow and as the cow defecated he > would catch the poop and eat it. >  > I'm just saying that these behaviors would get you locked up or > hospitalized here in the States. >  Bill > > > > > Find what makes your heart sing…and do it! > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Bill! <BillSmart@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, September 5, 2012 10:16:42 PM > Subject: [Zen] Re: Be Love Now > >  > Bill, > > That depends on how you define 'madness'. > > Severing your attachment to logic/reason/rationality is a precursor to > experiencing Buddha Nature, and I think it is also a requirement. > > ...and that's what I've been saying for the past 30 or so posts! > > ...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], William Rintala <brintala@> wrote: > > > > I've read, all that I have been able to find, everything written by Ram > > Dass > > (born, Richard Alpert), from "Be Here Now" through "The Only Dance There > > Is" to > > his most recent book "Be Love Now". His work "Be Here Now", 40 years > > ago, was > > my starting point on the journey that has lead me to this forum. His > > new book > > rehashes a lot of stuff that was in his earlier works. What's > new is the last > > section where he presents the lives of several Hindu Saints. In each case > > the > > Saint displayed behavior that I think would get most of us locked up in > > a padded > > cell or admitted to an ICU and put on heavy doses of medications. It > > seems, > > however, that this crisis was essential for the Saint to become fully > > realized. > > In reading about them I am reminded of the story of Eckhart Tolle's > > biography > > where " For the best part of two years in the early 1980s a man in his > > mid-30s > > would sit on a park bench in Russell Square, central London, and in a state > > of > > deep bliss watch the world go by." Descriptions sound almost as if he > > had had a > > schizophrenic break. > > > > > > My question to the Forum is "is madness a precursor to enlightenment?" > > > > Bill not Bill! > > > > > > > > > > Find what makes your heart sing…and do it! > > >
