Why thank you, Steve. I keep thinking I should read Shakespeare. And yes, the money thing can get you down. Also my physical well being isn't that great. There's a good deal of pain in this ole body. But I do believe those things needn't *necessarily* rule one, though they probably are having a significant effect on me. I think more than with the rest, it resides in the heart/spirit/soul/psyche and, yes, with the state of mankind/the world which I somehow still seem to be inextricably linked to (one, on some experiential level, with the collective).
On Oct 24, 2011, at 9:44 PM, seventhray1 wrote: > > Mark, > > I can relate to how you feel in many ways. One thing I have noticed is that > financial worries can really put a crimper on things. I mean you may be > healthy. You may have some degree of refined awareness. You may generally > have a good dispostion. But when you have to confront financial issues, it > can bring you down. > > But let me also say, my daughter is reading Julies Caesar for her ninth grade > lit class and we are having fun comparing notes. But I can't help but notice > the cadence and flavor of Shakespere's* writing with your own. > > (*okay, whoever the real author was) > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mark Landau <m@...> wrote: > > > > Why thank you, Ravi. You do surprise me. So many emails, so much > > mind-stuff, so little life force/time seemingly left in/to me. Maybe that > > will change. Maybe I'll finally free myself of these would-be rakshasa > > parasites (and/or my very own debilitating conditioning/ego-mind) and learn > > to revel in (FF)L again. I really do seem to feel like Grey's "Despair" > > character all too much of the time. (Sorry for the maudlin self-pity. > > Though there is a bit of that here, just, also, trying to tell it like it > > is.) Part of me thinks I need to refind my deep discipline and do an > > intense "cave experience," working on all aspects of my being again (let's > > call it some kind of neo-rounding), or, perhaps, throw myself into sacred > > activism, a la Andrew Harvey. But also, I can't help but directly feel the > > something rotten in the state of the world/me/the world's pain right down > > to the roots of my soul and the totality of my viscera. It almost always > > seems to have been that way, and still is, for me, though maybe I > > continually romanticize and self-perpetuate this as well. Hmm, wonder why > > I'm dumping/wallowing/spilling my guts like this in this public forum at > > this time in my/world history. Ah self-indulgence, self-centeredness, the > > me generation--might some of us be beyond inclusion? Will our rebirth ever > > really happen? > > > > On Oct 23, 2011, at 11:30 PM, Ravi Yogi wrote: > > > > > Please just stay... > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mark Landau <m@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > LOL... I actually might give it a few more days, or even more. No > > > > promises on this one. Some good things have been coming through lately. > > > > I loved that Eisenstein article. A good friend tried to get me to go > > > > see him when he was here in Santa Fe, but I wasn't able to at the time, > > > > due to that job I finally got myself fired from. > > > > > > > > On Oct 23, 2011, at 9:31 PM, seventhray1 wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hey Mark, I like your posting here, but didn't you forget to tell us > > > > > when you'd be unsubscribing again. Like we're down to one day, and 32 > > > > > minutes. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mark Landau <m@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Hey Robin, > > > > > > Have you read this? > > > > > > I thought it might interest you. > > > > > > http://www.realitysandwich.com/Alex_Grey_Mind_Parasites > > > > > > Perhaps others, as well. > > > > > > Sorry if it's already been posted here, I haven't been keeping up. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
