Guest guest Posted March 9, 2001 Report Posted March 9, 2001 Hi Peter, That was quite a funny story. Thanks for sharing it. It reminded me of the three monkeys. You know the ones - with the hands over their mouth, their ears, and their eyes? :-))) > So speaking as the third monk, Maharaj was adamant that any >criticism of others was not to be tolerated under any circumstances, >for as you see beauty you are beauty, and as you see criticism you >are also that. He may have been adamant with those monks, but he also said, " All I can tell you is the way I traveled and invite you to take it. " It wasn't like he found a bunch of commandments behind a burning bush or something. :-) Kidding aside, Peter.....I'm sorry if my antics make you uncomfortable in anyway. .. And I'm sorry you broke his commandment by trying to help us other 'wayward little monk-eys'. But you see... I have made no such 'vow of silence'. And, when the mood strikes, I still quite enjoy playing a different type of monk-ey game - the one called " monk-ey see, monk-ey do " :-)) Peter, you may not know this....I don't admit this to just everyone.....but I have been told, on very good authority, that this body-mind complex I inherited was programmed by a She-devil. [True story!] So I have great trust in something else Nisargadatta has said, " The world is but a show, glittering and empty. It is, and yet it is not. It is there as long as I want to see it and take part in it. When I cease caring, it dissolves. It has no cause and serves no purpose. It just happens when we are absent minded. " >Love and best wishes and back to the vow My love and best wishes to you, too. Melody Quote
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2001 Report Posted March 10, 2001 Hi Melody You are so right I always have my hands over my eyes and ears I wish I could get them over my mouth. Love Peter - Melody <melody <Nisargadatta > Saturday, March 10, 2001 1:58 AM Monk-ey business > Hi Peter, > > That was quite a funny story. > Thanks for sharing it. > > It reminded me of the three monkeys. > You know the ones - with the hands > over their mouth, their ears, and their eyes? > > :-))) > > > So speaking as the third monk, Maharaj was adamant that any > >criticism of others was not to be tolerated under any circumstances, > >for as you see beauty you are beauty, and as you see criticism you > >are also that. > > He may have been adamant with those monks, > but he also said, > > " All I can tell you is the way I traveled > and invite you to take it. " > > It wasn't like he found a bunch > of commandments behind a > burning bush or something. :-) > > Kidding aside, Peter.....I'm sorry if my > antics make you uncomfortable in anyway. > . > And I'm sorry you broke his > commandment by trying to help us > other 'wayward little monk-eys'. > > But you see... > > I have made no such 'vow of silence'. > > And, when the mood strikes, > > I still quite enjoy playing a different > type of monk-ey game - > > the one called " monk-ey see, monk-ey do " > > :-)) > > > Peter, you may not know this....I don't admit > this to just everyone.....but > > I have been told, on very good authority, > that this body-mind complex I inherited was > programmed by a She-devil. [True story!] > > So I have great trust in something else Nisargadatta > has said, > > " The world is but a show, glittering and empty. > It is, and yet it is not. > > It is there as long as I want to see it > and take part in it. > > When I cease caring, it dissolves. > > It has no cause and serves no purpose. > > It just happens when we are absent minded. " > > > > > >Love and best wishes and back to the vow > > > My love and best wishes to you, too. > > > Melody > Quote
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