--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emilymae.reyn" <emilymae.reyn@...> wrote: > > I am going to have to give up on receiving FFL through email. I don't get > half the posts. > > Jesus Christos, Robin, who wrote that?
Hi Emily, Same guy who wrote that letter to his daughter when she was seventeen. I took Stevens with me on my Teacher-Training Course, and I took him on my Six Month Course. He once got into a fist fight with Ernest Hemingway. I like how his first person ontology almost angelically resists definition. His daughter once wrote me a letter. The tragic never entered into a single poem of his. Nagel and Stevens: two beautiful extremes for me. See you, Emily. Robin > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" <maskedzebra@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" <wayback71@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, khazana108 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > This is one thing I like about Barry: that he tells this story. He is > > > > almost certainly being ridiculed for it, and he knows it, but he > > > > doesn't care. He really doesn't care. See how little guarded he is. In > > > > this case it is particularly clear, that he simply shares this, very > > > > personal moment, just the way he experienced it, and just shares his > > > > own reflections, as if he would be telling this to his best friend! > > > > There is no hidden agenda, no cynicism, or irony, he simply shares this > > > > moment of transcendence IN the world, the awe he experienced. > > > > > > > > And I think he does this here in general: this is Barry's MO. He has > > > > some kind of recognition, some truth he recognizes, and then he throws > > > > it at us, not really caring too much how people react, in > > > > take-it-or-leave-it style. He has this inner independence, and that's a > > > > great thing I think. He could be more sensitive, to not hurt people, > > > > sure. But he is almost completely innocent in this. Now take it or > > > > leave it. > > > > > > Well said. I agree with this 100%. And this is why I look forward to > > > reading Barry's posts. He puts his ideas out there - are some are > > > terrific and interesting. Some not so much to me, but so what? > > > > "And in the bright excellence adorned, crested > > With every prodigal, familiar fire, > > And unfamiliar escapades: whirroos > > And scintillant sizzlings such as children like, > > Vested in the serious folds of majesty, > > Moving around and behind, a following, > > A source of trumpeting seraphs in the eye, > > A source of pleasant outbursts to the ear." > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Today's koan: Maharishi explains there's 100% determinism, 100% > > > > > free will. I love these paradoxes! > > > > > > > > > > Gangaji said, and I'm paraphrasing: if you think you're the doer, > > > > > then it's better if you do what you think is right to do. > > > > > > > > > > B, what comes out of the jello first, sound or light? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > From: Bhairitu <noozguru@> > > > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > > Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 3:06 PM > > > > > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Coup de foudre > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >  > > > > > On 10/22/2012 07:59 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > > > I had an interesting experience this morning, interesting primarily > > > > > > because I've only had such an experience a few times in my life, and > > > > > > it's been a long time since the last one. > > > > > > > > > > > > I was out walking in my neighborhood and saw a woman approaching on > > > > > > a > > > > > > bakfiets (a bicycle with a passenger compartment on the front, > > > > > > similar > > > > > > to the Babboe I posted about earlier). She had two small kids -- > > > > > > boys, I > > > > > > think -- in the compartment, but to tell the truth I'm not sure they > > > > > > were boys because I couldn't take my eyes off of her face. I found > > > > > > her > > > > > > incredibly beautiful. Not in a supermodel or actress sort of way, > > > > > > more a > > > > > > "Wow...this is a very real and interesting person" sort of way. And > > > > > > not > > > > > > in the least in a lustful sort of way. She just instantly captured > > > > > > my > > > > > > interest, so I smiled. She smiled back, and then pedaled past me and > > > > > > turned down a street parallel to mine. > > > > > > > > > > > > Unwilling to part with that delightful second of appreciation, I > > > > > > turned > > > > > > to watch her pedal away. She turned to look at me, too. We both > > > > > > smiled > > > > > > again, and then she pedaled on. > > > > > > > > > > > > That's all. You were maybe expecting her to have stopped and asked > > > > > > me to > > > > > > feel her ass? :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > That short interaction may not sound like much of a moment to > > > > > > others, > > > > > > but to me it's of interest because several times in my life such a > > > > > > moment of mutual recognition and appreciation has led to wonderful > > > > > > and > > > > > > memorable love affairs. > > > > > > > > > > > > One of those times, interestingly enough, occurred on an ATR course > > > > > > of > > > > > > at the old Cobb Mountain TM facility. It was the first day, and > > > > > > never > > > > > > having been there before I was walking around checking things out. > > > > > > She > > > > > > walked by me, I got that powerful "flash of recognition" feeling, > > > > > > and > > > > > > then she'd walked past. No smiles this time; there wasn't really > > > > > > time. > > > > > > But the flash was enough to stop me in my tracks and cause me to > > > > > > turn > > > > > > around and look at her walking away. But she wasn't walking away. > > > > > > She > > > > > > had stopped and turned around and was looking at me, too. We didn't > > > > > > hook > > > > > > up on that course, but we did later, and it was memorable indeed, at > > > > > > least from my side. Lovely woman. > > > > > > > > > > > > So I never ignore such moments. I may never see this woman in Leiden > > > > > > again, but if I don't it really doesn't matter. In my experience > > > > > > such > > > > > > moments are timeless, in the sense that they quite possibly cut > > > > > > across > > > > > > the boundaries of one incarnation and intrude with memories of > > > > > > another. > > > > > > If we run into one another again in this incarnation, I'll get to > > > > > > see > > > > > > what happens. If not, that's what future incarnations are for. :-) > > > > > > > > > > You hate jyotish but then I wouldn't be surprised if your horoscope > > > > > shows a "sanyasi yoga" or at least a weak 7th lord which means that > > > > > your > > > > > life isn't set up for long term relationships such as marriage. And > > > > > if > > > > > you attempted marriage it might well end in divorce. One of the most > > > > > common questions astrologers get is "will I ever be married?" And in > > > > > every case where that question came up I could see that the horoscope > > > > > didn't support it. Which is why they asked the question in the first > > > > > place. That doesn't mean that you shouldn't try but it is getting a > > > > > little late in the day. ;-) > > > > > > > > > > I was thinking about the free will and pre-destiny issue the other > > > > > day > > > > > and thinking that one problem is that people think of the > > > > > transcendent > > > > > like it is air. Try thinking of it as jello and we are being wiggled > > > > > around by its shaking. That's what we experience as "life." In that > > > > > context the next thought you have was predetermined at the inception > > > > > of > > > > > the universe when the fundamental tone was struck. We are nothing > > > > > but > > > > > part of the overtones. I had that thought years ago and learned a > > > > > while > > > > > back that physicists labeled it "string theory" in it is like a > > > > > string > > > > > being struck. Makes sense to me. But enjoy life anyway as if there > > > > > is > > > > > free will. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
