I'll take a stab at it.
Paragraph 1 - This was easy - Patanjali was full of shit. Paragraph 2 - I could only see about a tenth of stars that I do in Morocco. How did I do Judy? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@...> wrote: > > It occurs to me that in these two paragraphs intended > to diss Patanjali, there are two sentences, one in each > paragraph, that inadvertently exemplify what he meant > by "experience is painful." > > Can anybody identify them? > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > <snip> > > This was 1960. Global pollution had not at that point > > obscured the skies. So I'd go out there in the middle > > of the night, lie down on my back, and just gaze at the > > stars. *Millions* of stars. Back then, as seen from > > North Africa, there was not a patch of sky bigger than > > the little fingernail on my hand held out at arm's > > length that didn't contain stars; the sky was *all* > > stars. And it was majestic. Gazing at it uplifted me > > and left me with nothing but an appreciation of how > > incredibly *beautiful* life was, and how fulfilling. > > Patanjali would have me believe that this experience > > was "painful." I think Patanjali was full of shit. > > > > Cut to last night. After a short rain that cleared the > > air of the atmospheric haze so normal at this time of > > year, I walked out to the lake near my house, spread > > out a blanket, lay down on my back, and gazed at the > > stars again. And they were majestic, even though I > > could only see about a tenth of the stars I used to > > see in Morocco. Gazing at the sky uplifted me again > > and left me with nothing but an appreciation of how > > incredibly *beautiful* life is, and STILL is. I'd be > > hard-pressed to describe this experience as "painful," > > too. >
