Erin wrote:
> Bill in Co wrote:
>> Erin wrote:
>>> Michaela wrote:
>>>> http://www.endlesshumanpotential.com/buddhist-monk-story.html
>>>>
>>>> Two Buddhist Monks were on a journey, one was
>>>> a senior monk, the other a junior. During their
>>>> journey they approached a raging river and on
>>>> the river bank stood a young lady. She was
>>>> clearly concerned about how she would get to
>>>> the other side of the river without drowning.
>>>>
>>>> The junior monk walked straight past her without
>>>> giving it a thought and he crossed the river. The
>>>> senior monk picked up the woman and carried her
>>>> across the river. He placed her down, they parted
>>>> ways with the woman and on they went with the
>>>> journey.
>>>>
>>>> As the journey went on, the senior monk could see
>>>> some concern on the junior monk's mind, he asked
>>>> what was wrong. The junior monk replied, "how could
>>>> you carry her like that? You know we can't touch
>>>> women, it's against our way of life". The senior
>>>> monk answered, "I left the woman at the river's
>>>> edge a long way back, why are you still carrying her?"
>>>>
>>>> The moral of that buddhist monk story: The senior monk
>>>> had broken rules but for good reason. Once the purpose
>>>> was fulfilled he put her down and continued on. He never
>>>> gave it a further thought. The junior monk however did
>>>> not touch the woman but he had brought up the actions of
>>>> the senior monk when it was an action of the past.
>>>> Therefore the junior monk was carrying the burden of what
>>>> the senior monk had done as emotional baggage.
>>>>
>>>> We have little use for the past except for the purpose of
>>>> learning from our experiences, good and bad. Just like in
>>>> the Buddhist monk story, we need to let go of any burden
>>>> the past may place on us. It's happened, it's over, it
>>>> cannot be changed, we can only move forward and create a
>>>> compelling future.
>>>>
>>>> ~ ~ ~
>>>>
>>>> - Michaela
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>>> "What we do in life echoes in eternity."
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>>> -Maximus Decimus Meridius
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>>> "GLADIATOR"
>>
>> Does it really? Nah, I don't think so. (see my other post)
>
>
> What do we know about time? We live in it; it's a
> category of our thinking; we know nothing about its
> metaphysical status; but even within this subjectivity,
> those who forget the events of the past, and the mistakes of the past,
> are likely to repeat them.
Indeed. And almost without fail.
Remember the song, "Who knows where the time goes..." (Eva Cassidy,
Judy
Collins)
> We think that events somehow eva****ate because we only live in the
> present, remember the past, and guess at the future events. It's
> beyond human understanding.
>
> Erin
But we do know that we (as a human race) won't be around all that much
longer (due to the now irreversible, manmade global warming) THAT is
not
beyond human understanding. I understand it. But the planet itself
will
survive. And perhaps some plants.
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