Very good. I am the snake, and what I eat is the mice, so they are the troubles, that I have. But I am here, and must do what people do, so I will not kill the killing, I will just be the human that I am, and feed it accordingly, with mindfulness.
Thank you! -Demian ----- Original Message ----- From: "fudo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 12:00 PM Subject: Re: [Zen] Snake and mouse : Demian Meyer wrote: : > Hello, : > : > I have a question that has been stuck in my mind for sometime, I was : > wondering if you anyone might have some insight into this. : > : > Say someone gave me a snake, a Boa or the like. If I feed the snake mice, : > then I am putting the snake before the mice. If I do not feed the snake the : > mice, it will die. I could give the snake to someone else, but that is not : > really the answer to my question. : > : > Now in the "wild" the snake will find it's own food source, and the mice can : > avoid or be caught accordingly. However by me being in charge of the snakes : > life, it would seem that I am in an ackward position and as such would have : > to choose between the life of the snake, or that of the mice. The one for : > the many, or the many for the one? : > : > Thank you, : > : > -Demian : : : Dear Damian, : : If you have a snake, feed it. Understand that in having a snake you : willingly take on all the Karma for the act of feeding it, and disposing : of its waste. It might mean you have to go around a few more times, but : hey! that's the breaks! It is more important to feed the snake, than to : worry over much about the condition of your own skin. do not kill the : snake, do not kill the mice, and do not kill the snake killing the : mice...do not even kill killing. : : If you do not have a snake, do not make up troubles you do not have. : : Be Well : : Fudo : : : : : : : : Noble Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration, Right Livelihood : Yahoo! Groups Links : : : : : : ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/S27xlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Noble Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration, Right Livelihood Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZenForum/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
