---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com> wrote: On Saturday, October 12, 2013 2:08:38 AM, iranitea <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: Hi Ann. Thanks for all the three videos. I saw them all. Of course I know the joy of movement! What did you think? Come on, I have been walking on my hands half of my life, as a kid and also as an adult, I still do it! But IMHO these are two topics, getting vairagya through meditation, loving the bliss of meditation, and enjoying movement, like dancing for example, or any type of creative expression btw.. That first video I posted was a mistake but glad you liked them. And of course I never implied you didn't like to move but I had no idea you liked to walk on your hands - maybe that's what happens when you meditate too long - you can't tell your head from your tail!
Lol, but you are wrong, I started walking on my hands when I was 8 years old. I started my own self-made meditation when I was 15, and TM when I was 16. I really like elephants, I was riding on one when I was in a wild life park in India, seeing tigers in the free wild life. I was lucky, we saw 11 tigers on one day, four of them from the elephant. One time I was walking in a procession at the Kumbha Mela, and suddenly had the feeling of a presence walking next to me. I looked and it was an elephant. He walked alone, and so conscious in the whole crowd, that you would never have the fear he would run you over. They are so controlled and gently! Elephants are beyond amazing. So smart, so herd oriented, so social and incredibly powerful in their presence. A real example of the sacredness possible in a being. You are very lucky to have been around them - touched them. You can also meet them in Indian temples. You have to give them a coin, so that they 'bless' you with their trunk. And while looking for a coin, they investigate the contents of your bag. It's not an either or. Great saints /meditators like Ramana Maharshi loved animals and had them all around them. Go to the Ramana Ashram in Tiruvanamallai, and you will see Samadhi shrines of his pet animals, a cow, a dog, a peacock. Anyway, the place is full of peacocks. Of course those who spend their lives meditating are not precluded from loving and enjoying anything on this planet including animals. I would think they might be more inclined to appreciate them if they are, in fact, touching on the deeper aspects of creation and themselves during all this meditating. If you couldn't come to adore and recognize the rest of the living, breathing world as precious and astounding as one's own existence then meditation is worthless. Actually this is very true, you become much more sensitive to any sensory input, in a very subtle way, when you do a lot of meditation, also when you live celibate. But thanks for sharing, Ann. I never get any feeling of ill will or aggressiveness from you, besides the fact, that we have different orientations and opinions, and I appreciate that. I'm sure, if we met outside of FFL, we just could be friends. I am glad to hear you say this. It is rarely my intention to appear aggressive or mean. I'll give a poke where a poke is due and I have never tolerated any unwarranted "abuse" against myself or others so other than that I'm a fairly nice person! Of course Barry claims I'm a Mean Girl which I take as a personal badge of honour coming from him. You should do so, it certainly is. Actually it's just satirizing a certain type of piling on behavior. No need to take it absolutely serious. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com> wrote: For I ran a tea house: Now this is an example of the joy and exuberance of activity. That orangutan is CRAZY!! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10201359076552535&set=vb.1042328132&type=2&theater https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10201359076552535&set=vb.1042328132&type=2&theater
