I will admit, whether an original thought or not, I got a big kick out of trying to wrap my mind around the question "Does God Evolve?"
________________________________ From: Susan <waybac...@yahoo.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 8:45 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] In praise of Barry (Re: Coup de foudre) --- 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? > > --- 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. > > >
