Guest guest Posted October 8, 2003 Report Share Posted October 8, 2003 This made me laugh and I thought of sharing it with you: Papaji once gave a nice analogy: 'You are sitting by the side of the road and cars are speeding past you in both directions. These are like the thoughts, memories and desires in your head. They are nothing to do with you, but you insist on attaching yourself to them. You grab the bumper of a passing car and get dragged along by it until you are forced to let go. This in itself is a stupid thing to do, but you don't even learn from your mistake. You then proceed to grab hold of the bumper of the next car that comes your way. This is how you all live your lives: attaching yourself to things that are none of your business and suffering unnecessarily as a result. Don't attach yourself to a single thought, perception or idea and you will be happy.' Above excerpt is from this page: http://www.davidgodman.org/interviews/al3.shtml Ash ========================== Ashish Mahajan ash.mahajan innerhike ========================== Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2003 Report Share Posted October 9, 2003 Dear Ashish and ALL, Yes!!! What a wonderful analogy. So many people are just like a dog chasing cars. It's sooooooo funny!! Thanks for sharing. Love, michael --- Ashish Mahajan <ash.mahajan wrote: > This made me laugh and I thought of sharing it with > you: > > Papaji once gave a nice analogy: 'You are sitting by > the side of the > road and cars are speeding past you in both > directions. These are like > the thoughts, memories and desires in your head. > They are nothing to do > with you, but you insist on attaching yourself to > them. You grab the > bumper of a passing car and get dragged along by it > until you are forced > to let go. This in itself is a stupid thing to do, > but you don't even > learn from your mistake. You then proceed to grab > hold of the bumper of > the next car that comes your way. This is how you > all live your lives: > attaching yourself to things that are none of your > business and > suffering unnecessarily as a result. Don't attach > yourself to a single > thought, perception or idea and you will be happy.' > > Above excerpt is from this page: > > http://www.davidgodman.org/interviews/al3.shtml > > > Ash > > ========================== > Ashish Mahajan > ash.mahajan > innerhike > ========================== > > > The New with improved product search Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2003 Report Share Posted October 9, 2003 Dear Ashish, Thanks for sharing..a nice analogy. love Yamini --- Ashish Mahajan <ash.mahajan wrote: > This made me laugh and I thought of sharing it with > you: > > Papaji once gave a nice analogy: 'You are sitting by > the side of the > road and cars are speeding past you in both > directions. These are like > the thoughts, memories and desires in your head. > They are nothing to do > with you, but you insist on attaching yourself to > them. You grab the > bumper of a passing car and get dragged along by it > until you are forced > to let go. This in itself is a stupid thing to do, > but you don't even > learn from your mistake. You then proceed to grab > hold of the bumper of > the next car that comes your way. This is how you > all live your lives: > attaching yourself to things that are none of your > business and > suffering unnecessarily as a result. Don't attach > yourself to a single > thought, perception or idea and you will be happy.' > > Above excerpt is from this page: > > http://www.davidgodman.org/interviews/al3.shtml > > > Ash > > ========================== > Ashish Mahajan > ash.mahajan > innerhike > ========================== > > > The New with improved product search Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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