XPost: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.philosophy.taoism, alt.philosophy.zen   
   From: wudao@wuji.net   
      
   On Mon, 10 Oct 2016 10:09:03 -0400, "dagnabit"   
    wrote:   
      
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   >   
   >"{:-])))"  wrote in message   
   >news:lj7nvbd5hidrgpmk013caob3ksb3763h41@4ax.com...   
   >   
   >On Mon, 10 Oct 2016 00:10:47 -0400, "dagnabit"   
   > wrote:   
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   >>   
   >>   
   >>"Ummmmmmm"  wrote in message news:ntf443$25o$1@dont-email.me...   
   >>   
   >>On 10/10/2016 4:17 PM, dagnabit wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> "Ummmmmmm"  wrote in message news:ntf0lj$qe5$1@dont-email.me...   
   >>> On 10/10/2016 4:53 AM, dagnabit wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> "Ummmmmmm"  wrote in message news:nt6l7a$6c2$1@dont-email.me...   
   >>>>> absfg is so full of angels that it needs an idiot or two to redress   
   >>>>> the cosmic balance.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> doubtful that absfg has either or, but might   
   >>>> you expound on "cosmic balance"  for all of   
   >>>> the kids in the cheap seats? thanks !   
   >>>   
   >>> Sorry, no.   
   >>> I'm not an expounder.   
   >>> It sounds like a joke to me.   
   >>>   
   >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   
   >>>   
   >>> well you did mention "cosmic balance" and   
   >>> to me I think that that sounds like a joke.   
   >>   
   >>Well, we both agree - it was a joke.   
   >>   
   >>  can the cosmos be   
   >>> unbalanced, and can an infinitesimal   
   >>> slice of the cosmic cookie like man actually have   
   >>> the power or the wherewithal to balance it somehow?   
   >>   
   >>But, yes, if you are not centered, then the cosmos is off-balance.   
   >>When you are centered, the cosmic balance is restored.   
   >>You are the still point of the turning earth - infinitely small, maybe,   
   >>- but it all revolves around you.   
   >>   
   >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   
   >>   
   >>the cosmos doesn't unbalance. if it did it would   
   >>tip to one side and all of the hot fudge topping   
   >>would spill out across indra's net.   
   >   
   >Sounds yummmmmmmy.   
   >   
   >Ummmmmmm could be said to be, self-centered.   
   >   
   >With a Hindu paradigm, the cosmos is Self.   
   >It's the same Self that seas, and surfs all waves.   
   >   
   >The Self rocks the boat and is the hand that rocks   
   >the cradle on the tree tops, and, well, you know,   
   >when the bough breaks, and all the ashes, ashes,   
   >all fall down. And down will come Ummmmmmy,   
   >unless he floats around in his little row boat.   
   >   
   >Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, Life is ...,   
   >   
   >A joke! That's it. Of course.   
   >   
   >It's not a secret, locked away, in a secret room   
   >that only a living Master has the key too.   
   >   
   >That's the joke!   
   >   
   >I get it now.   
   >Ummmmmmm was pulling the wool   
   >over his pant leg, once upon a time, for a spell.   
   >   
   >It's like a root beer float with hot fudge topping,   
   >spilling out across indra's net.   
   >   
   >Wow.   
   >   
   >And I thought I was funny.   
   >   
   >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   
   >   
   >so what exactly changed your mind in that regard?   
      
   I still think it's funny, in that regard.   
      
   Some dreams are funnier than others though.   
   Some are more merry and quite contrary.   
      
   Do you have a garden growing?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)