XPost: alt.philosophy.taoism, alt.philosophy.zen   
   From: wudao@wuji.net   
      
   Ummmmmmm wrote:   
   > {:-]))) asked about:   
   >   
   >> Even if that is so, for you, why do you presume   
   >> that is the case for everyone else?   
   >   
   >I don't presume, I know. To know how I know that what I know isn't   
   >presumptuous, you would have to know it for yourself.   
      
   My living Master showed me some places in me.   
   She was quite expert at it.   
      
   Others would arrive at the house and ask for a dose of it.   
      
   I know what I know for myself.   
   Given my experiences.   
      
   Yet I do not presume my experience was the same   
   as anyone else's experience in some ways.   
   While in other ways, it's all the same.   
      
   I found my living Master in many places   
   before I found my living Master in her. And her as one.   
      
   My living Master was on the radio, on television,   
   in books, everywhere. Not limited to one person.   
      
   Maybe there are places inside you, secret places,   
   that have yet to be unlocked, eh?   
      
   I might call my living Master by any word, since, after all,   
   all the words mean the same thing. I could call her   
   the Christ, Tao, the Light, Mother Nature,   
   God, the goddess, the Divine Within,   
   All in All, Suchness, Isness, Etc.   
      
   I may call her, the Universe.   
      
   And yet, for you, that might be anathema.   
   Perhaps you are more orthodox than that.   
   And only some words are acceptable, to you.   
      
   - cud be   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)