--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <r...@...> wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 > Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 2:48 PM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Non-Duality Cartoons > > > > I could say alot about this; crying for a dead pet for example. > Why are some fools crying for a pet which could be perfectly happy in a dead > state, striving as it is for further accomplishments and finally a human > nervous-system ? > They are reminded of their own eventual death, and the sense of loss is > self-pity rather than love for the animal. > In my experience seing people "grieve" for a pet is purely pathetic founded > on intense ignorance and "love" for everything past. > > The same could be said, mistakenly in my opinion, about someone who cries > when a child dies, even though they may firmly believe that life doesn't end > with the death of the body. It's natural to have human emotions as long as > you're human. The Vedic literature is full of stories about enlightened > sages becoming very emotional over the death or loss of loved ones. > Maharishi often displayed a range of normal emotions (though perhaps not > often enough), including becoming distraught when someone close to him like > Vernon was sick. I saw him so worried over Vernon that he couldn't work. He > didn't say, "Vernon will live on even if his body dies." He was worried. > > Then there is the rather complicated factor of how much energy an animal > could draw from your own resourses. Touch an animal and you will immediately > know the answer to this question from the immediate reaction in your hand > and arm. > Some animals are harmless and will be good for you. Others are drawn to you > because it is desperate to get a human nervous-system, or it is ill and > wants your energy to be healed. > > I suspect that all you're doing here is speculating based on things you've > heard MMY say. You regard your beliefs as facts, but you actually have no > way of knowing whether they are true. YOu just have an habitual tendency to > regard your opinions as fact.
This is my direct experience since some of my friends have dogs and cats. You are projecting again.
