--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > But you're welcome to it if it floats your boat. > > > > > > > > > > I guess there is simply no choice. > > > > > > > > See? That's where we differ. I have a choice. :-) > > > > > > No, the situation is the same for us both, just you think about > it > > > differently. > > > > +++ You stand in the rain-you get wet-problem > > You don't stand in the rain, you dont, no problem. > > Your choice, your problem. N. > > I tend to agree. For me, it's about making the > choice to come in out of the rain. > > As I read what trinity is saying, he doesn't > believe that he has that choice. Someone or > something else makes it for him. > > So if I stand in the rain and get wet, it's > the result of my choice. I take responsibility > for my wetness and having caused it. > > It he stands in the rain and gets wet, it's > because the universe wanted it that way. :-) > oh what the hell...this is the classic argument of identification, often misintepreted in terms of practical action.
Coming in out of the rain is always a good idea, whether or not we IDENTIFY as our limited bodies, egos, minds, thoughts, or whether we completely surrender to Brahman. Can we say that an experiential identification with Brahman is a more evolved state than to identify with our small self as the ultimate doer? Yes, but very, very carefully. Identification with Brahman is a state of evolution, becuase we work to achieve it, and it does take considerable work... Just as we evolve in a sense through school, or our careers, or any endeavor. This IS NOT to say that identification with Brahman is BETTER than any other state. My 2 cents- have a great weekend everybody! ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
