Re: [Zen] Snake and mouse

[Demian Meyer]

I feel sad for you.    Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right  Action, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration, Right Livelihood -Demian   ----------------------------------------------- May all beings have happiness, and the cause of happiness; May all beings be free from sorrow, and the cause of sorrow; May all beings never be separated from the sacred happiness which is sorrowless; May all beings love in equanimity, without too much attachment and too much aversion; May all beings live believing in the equality of all that lives. ----- Original Message ----- From: AC To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 7:58 PM Subject: Re: [Zen] Snake and mouse From: Demian Meyer 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 caught a gray racer snake in my yard. I put it into an aquarium and spent a few dollars on taking care of it. I bought the baby mice and fed it. It kept biting my hand (that fed it). So after a couple of weeks it slipped my mind to feed the snake and when I next saw the snake tank my wife had put it on the side of the road where the garbage pick-up is, along with the dessicated snake and his little snake props. I guess in its next life the snake's soul will learn not to bite the hand that feeds it.   A few weeks later I caught a large iguana and it bit me a couple of times and drew blood. I wanted to do the right thing, so I took it to the Everglades and let it go and to take some photos for a comic-style photo-story. The iguana instead of running into the woods, ran into the water and started swimming around. A small alligator immediately spotted it and went chasing the iguana. Thanks to my family helping with finding big rocks, I was able to throw enough rocks at the gator that it did not eat the iguana. The iguana continued swimming around a while with the alligator close by but eventually the iguana finally came ashore. Maybe it got eaten five minutes after we left? Noble Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right  Action, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration, Right Livelihood Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT 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 the Yahoo! Terms of Service.