--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Turq, this first part reminded me of the division of Hindu
> scripture into the Srutis, Smirtis, and Puranas -- the "Heard"
> ("actually experienced"), the "Remembered" ("got the skinny
> from someone actually experienced, and this is what he told
> me"), and the "Stories" ("there's some really wild stuff out
> there, stuff you've never heard of before now, listen to this.")
That's an interesting way of looking at it. Thanks.
> Seems like there are all sorts of different ways of pointing
> yourself in the right direction, and believing (or feeling)
> the divinity of the teacher is just an interior position
> relative to the divine that one already is. Kind of like a
> boomerang -- you throw it out and it comes right back with
> more of the same.
Nice.
> The wild and crazy stories are, I think, just a way of catching
> your attention; but believing the stories and the myths *does*
> play with your mind -- reshapes it and reorients it towards That
> that everyone seems to be chasing in one way or another, anyway,
> even though they may not define it the same way.
>
> The problems with believing in the stories, as you say, is that
> you can start taking them personally and then feel personally
> diminished when someone doesn't buy into them. And everyone
> chafes when they're made to feel small. First the war of the
> stories, and ultimately (maybe), actual war.
Great last line, tremendous insight!
Doesn't that just say it all? I live in an area that
has seen the "War of the Stories" for centuries now.
First it was the pagan stories vs. the Roman stories,
and then the Roman Church's stories vs. the Cathars'
stories, and then the Catholic stories vs. the Prot-
estant stories. And of course it didn't take long
for the "war stories" to become actual war.
Even though I've poked a little fun at the Byron
Katie thing lately, I do have to say that if folks
in all of these times had done "the work" on their
stories to determine if they were really true or not,
they probably wouldn't have had to do "the work" on
each other with knives and spears and swords and
torture chambers and burning at the stake.
