Re: Road Dream, try this

09-07-2001, 09:28 AM

--- In HarshaSatsangh@y..., bgbbyg@a... wrote:
> Road Dream
> I had a dream the other night.
cool
I was driving on one of the bumpier
> Texas roads in my low power car.

who was driving?

People wanted to pass.

yeah... quite normal... accept it

Then I came
> to a section of road newly paved with a layer of black asphalt.

cool, new path.... maybe faster?

I
> tried to go faster but I became interested in the asphalt.

yeah... all those distractions...

I
> reached through the window shield and picked it up in both hands to
> see it more closely. It passed over my hands like a river of
road.

cool.... looking for the source of the river or willing to take a
bath in it?

> This effect looked very interesting . I tried to will the car
> faster but the closer I looked at the road the more I slowed down.

ya!

I
> was uncomfortable and frustrated.

Well, maybe a chauffer would help?

>From Hinduism Today.

"Most people, most of the time, are under the influence of
the ego. Now when someone is driving under the influence, a
policeman can pull that drunk driver over and measure their level of
inebriation with a breathalyzer test. But what policeman has the
authority to pull you over and give you an egolyzer test? You are
driving, living, acting and speaking under the influence of the ego."

--Swami Chidvilasananda

from "Acceptance, The way to serenity and peace of mind" by Vincent
P. Collins

page 22

A very wise old Scotsman used to put it this way: "As long as I
insisted on driving, I ran into trouble. After the last crackup I
said to God: 'O.K., You drive it!' Since then I have been riding in
the back seat enjoying the scenery. I place myself completely in His
hands every morning and say, 'Thank you, Lord!' every night. And
that's it."

anyway, my 2cents...

Paul

09-07-2001, 11:25 AM

Hi Paul
Good job. That is pretty much the way I looked at it. The road is a
big symbol for me. I have put a lot of time in meditating while
driving and the old Scotsman and I do the same thing now. I put it
in God's hands.
The dream chauffeur idea is interesting. A guru possibly?
I'll think about it.
Thanks
Bob G.

--- In HarshaSatsangh@y..., "Paul " wrote:
> --- In HarshaSatsangh@y..., bgbbyg@a... wrote:
> > Road Dream
> > I had a dream the other night.
> cool
> I was driving on one of the bumpier
> > Texas roads in my low power car.
>
> who was driving?
>
> People wanted to pass.
>
> yeah... quite normal... accept it
>
> Then I came
> > to a section of road newly paved with a layer of black asphalt.
>
> cool, new path.... maybe faster?
>
> I
> > tried to go faster but I became interested in the asphalt.
>
> yeah... all those distractions...
>
>
> I
> > reached through the window shield and picked it up in both hands
to
> > see it more closely. It passed over my hands like a river of
> road.
>
> cool.... looking for the source of the river or willing to take a
> bath in it?
>
>
> > This effect looked very interesting . I tried to will the car
> > faster but the closer I looked at the road the more I slowed
down.
>
>
> ya!
>
>
> I
> > was uncomfortable and frustrated.
>
> Well, maybe a chauffer would help?
>
>
> From Hinduism Today.
>
> "Most people, most of the time, are under the influence of
> the ego. Now when someone is driving under the influence, a
> policeman can pull that drunk driver over and measure their level
of
> inebriation with a breathalyzer test. But what policeman has the
> authority to pull you over and give you an egolyzer test? You are
> driving, living, acting and speaking under the influence of the
ego."
>
> --Swami Chidvilasananda
>
>
> from "Acceptance, The way to serenity and peace of mind" by Vincent
> P. Collins
>
> page 22
>
> A very wise old Scotsman used to put it this way: "As long as I
> insisted on driving, I ran into trouble. After the last crackup I
> said to God: 'O.K., You drive it!' Since then I have been riding
in
> the back seat enjoying the scenery. I place myself completely in
His
> hands every morning and say, 'Thank you, Lord!' every night. And
> that's it."
>
> anyway, my 2cents...
>
> Paul

09-07-2001, 11:46 AM

> The dream chauffeur idea is interesting. A guru possibly?
> I'll think about it.
> Thanks
> Bob G.

Bob:

Well, the analogy is there in the Bhagavad Gita that Krishna (God) is
the driver of the chariot. He is the inner Self or Guru of Arjuna. If
you put your life in God's hands in the morning, then he is driving.
Yet, I take the wheel back perhaps? What I do (or sorta wish I would
do) is just keep asking God (inner Self) during the day, what is the
next right thing... (especially at decision time) Since I am so
unwilling to ask and do the next right thing, that is an indication I
am under the influence of ego... So, following Dharma would be to
take the "right" path rather than the path of pleasure, laziness,
getting even all the seven deadly sins? The two paths aren't
different spiritual paths like Zen or Voodooism, there is one
spiritual path of doing the next right thing, and the key is to
remember I am on the path instead of off in the bushes or at some
sideshow or wherever.

Just thots
Paul

09-07-2001, 01:08 PM

Dear Paul
Like you I try but forget to ask or "be". When I am in that flow of
absorption in the self the right thing happens automatically. All my
effort is to set up that situation, meditation,study, fellowship, and
devotion.
I will ask Sri Ramana to be my dream chauffeur tonight.
Maybe it will work, who knows.
Bob G.

--- In HarshaSatsangh@y..., "Paul " wrote:
> > The dream chauffeur idea is interesting. A guru possibly?
> > I'll think about it.
> > Thanks
> > Bob G.
>
> Bob:
>
> Well, the analogy is there in the Bhagavad Gita that Krishna (God)
is
> the driver of the chariot. He is the inner Self or Guru of Arjuna.
If
> you put your life in God's hands in the morning, then he is
driving.
> Yet, I take the wheel back perhaps? What I do (or sorta wish I
would
> do) is just keep asking God (inner Self) during the day, what is
the
> next right thing... (especially at decision time) Since I am so
> unwilling to ask and do the next right thing, that is an indication
I
> am under the influence of ego... So, following Dharma would be to
> take the "right" path rather than the path of pleasure, laziness,
> getting even all the seven deadly sins? The two paths aren't
> different spiritual paths like Zen or Voodooism, there is one
> spiritual path of doing the next right thing, and the key is to
> remember I am on the path instead of off in the bushes or at some
> sideshow or wherever.
>
> Just thots
> Paul