Yes, Sal, yet it is a "good fortune" we're cooking. *LoL* A similar paradigm may have been implicated in math class, particularly either algebra or geometry. Early in the class the instructor tells the 'boys and girls' that lines, circles, etc. are contituted by the alignment [imaginary] of various points in a continuity, while the chalkboard upon which they are drawn is constituted of an infinite number of points, just on the chalk board alone.
A wise person, even a child, having a polished vijnanamaya kosa well exercised and comfortable with it, will hear such words and apply the principles to the whole universe and more closely, everything the student, the wise student, touches and perceives in everyday life. Abhidhyana and svadhyaya, mingled with their sincerity and implicit faith, carries the true student into subtler realms and their creativity serves the world in progressively more inventive, liberating and subtler realms. Nothing candy-wrappered about that, nothing pseudo-spiritual about it. *When Shakyamuni Buddha was at Mount Grdhrakuta, he held up a flower to his listeners. Everyone was silent. Only Mahakashyapa broke into a broad smile. The Buddha said, " **I have the True Dharma Eye, the Marvelous Mind of Nirvana, the True Form of the Formless, and the Subtle Dharma Gate, independent of words and transmitted beyond doctrine. This I have entrusted to Mahakashyapa ."* On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 8:16 AM, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sep 2, 2008, at 9:40 AM, Rick Archer wrote: > > The wise are aware of the whole, > > While interacting with the parts. > > This is how they can help without harming. > > > Sounds like a New-Age fortune cookie. > > Sal >
