Certain indeed is death for the born and certain is birth for the dead; therefore over the inevitable you should not grieve.
> > One sees him as a wonder, another > likewise speaks of him as a wonder, > and as a wonder another hears of him. > Yet even on (seeing, speaking and hearing) some do not understand him. > > > > > > > > > > > > > ÃÂ > > > > > > Really nice hymn on the general subject. Though very Sorry > > > > > > Nablusoss, it's a hillbilly from the mountains of western > > > > > > Massachusetts. The alto singer is fabulous. -Buck > > > > > > > > > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u50IoS2nY7I&list=PL0A66F691478F74EE > > > > > > > > > > > > And am I born to die? > > > > > > To lay this body down! > > > > > > And must my trembling spirit fly > > > > > > Into a world unknown? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Eternal Freedom, it's a wonderful thing. The fact is it > > > > > > > > > > > can take some spiritual discipline to get there from > > > > > > > > > > > here, as in a life well lived. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From the Gita somewhere: Disciplined people, freed from > > > > > > > > > > > [attachments], who have disciplined their thoughts and > > > > > > > > > > > have realized the Unified Field, find eternal freedom in > > > > > > > > > > > divine consciousness everywhere. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Having left external contacts outside; > > > > > > > > > with the vision within the eyebrows; > > > > > > > > > having balanced the ingoing and outgoing > > > > > > > > > breaths that flow through the nostrils, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The seers, whose sins are destroyed, whose doubts are > > > > > > > > > dispelled, who are self-controlled and take delight in doing > > > > > > > > > good to all creatures, attain eternal freedom in divine > > > > > > > > > consciousness. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What? You're not a seer? What [in hell] on earth have you > > > > > > > > been doing with your life? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sage advice, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The sage, whose senses, mind and intellect > > > > > > > are controlled, whose aim is liberation, > > > > > > > from whom desire, fear and anger have > > > > > > > departed, is indeed for ever free. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There's a beautiful hymn from the Christian tradition about > > > > > > > > > > this Unified Field thing on earth as it is in heaven: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In the Unified Field- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Salvation, Om the joyful sound! > > > > > > > > > > 'Tis pleasure to my ears; > > > > > > > > > > A sov'reign balm for ev'ry wound, > > > > > > > > > > A cordial for our fears. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Buried in sorrow and in sin > > > > > > > > > > At hell's dark door we lay; > > > > > > > > > > But we arise by grace divine > > > > > > > > > > To see a heav'nly day. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Salvation! Let the echo fly > > > > > > > > > > The spacious earth around; > > > > > > > > > > While all the armies of the sky > > > > > > > > > > Conspire to raise the sound. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" > > > > > > > > > > > > > <awoelflebater@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <awoelflebater@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm about halfway through 'Dying To Be Me'. So > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > far so good. Emily, you might want to pick this > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > one up. I'll let you know when I get this > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > finished Michael. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, demographically very topical. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There's been a bunch of meditators dying to get > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > out of here recently in Fairfield. It seems > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > there is a memorial every other day to go to. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Life goes on for the living, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And if you read these books it appears, also, for > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the dead (but not gone). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Buck in the Dome > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "When the mind, through the practice of > > > > > > > > > > > > > transcendental meditation, rises to the state of > > > > > > > > > > > > > cosmic consciousness, absolute Field becomes > > > > > > > > > > > > > permanently established in the nature of the mind, > > > > > > > > > > > > > and it attains the state of Unified Field, the > > > > > > > > > > > > > universal state of Being. Then the mind finds itself > > > > > > > > > > > > > on a level of life from which all the gross and > > > > > > > > > > > > > subtle levels of creation can be stimulated, > > > > > > > > > > > > > controlled and commanded." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It's a wonderful thing in Fairfield having the campus > > > > > > > > > > > > radio station to listen to. I came out of the Dome > > > > > > > > > > > > meditation this morning and there was this above > > > > > > > > > > > > discussion from the Gita on the truck radio as me and > > > > > > > > > > > > my farm sheep dog drove along. It's true. -Buck, at > > > > > > > > > > > > home and out standing in his Field > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >