All is One (Favorite of Sri Ramana)

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Greetings Harsha:

 

Thank you for the timely posting. The jyotishii in me understands that this

is a time of challenge and that the universal pattern of planetary

placements appears to be working overtime to drive us all nuts. The human

in me is struggling not to react. For me it is always good to be reminded

to surrender and that this is all an illusion.

 

On another list I read that when we perceive that we are being hurt we will

react in the same way. That brought a smile of recognition as I recalled an

incident this weekend. I was too long at the dentist office on Saturday and

had to go back on Sunday. Both days I was in pain and had to work after the

visits. I work on phones - at one point the phone rang and before I could

answer it I found myself simply picking it up and throwing it across the

room. This action was probably less harmful than answering it and using

hurtful words towards some person. The following day the incident was

mentioned to my 'ex' - I am currently using one of his cordless phones - his

immediate response - "was it my phone that you threw"? Happily for him it

wasn't.:-) I mention this silly little tale because for me it reinforces how

subtle ahimsa can actually be - we move from understanding that 'thou shall

not kill' to so many levels. Had it been my ex's phone well then rather than

just giving myself a headache (thereby acting harmfully towards my own body)

I would have caused him harm. Makes me aware of how mastery of ahimsa can

be quite a long process.

 

Have a good day,

Linda