06-10-2022, 09:48 PM
(06-10-2022, 09:19 PM)flofrog Wrote: Hello SirJosephPaxton,
So good to see you here on a n ordinal thread from you
I would say as both Sacred Fool and in another way Quincunx, are hinting, somehow it’s probably based on whether you enter the experience in fear or not. I remember when reading for the first time that passage, I was elated thinking, oh if only I could try that.
This probably because I have some blond ( well green frog obviously) thinking. To me it relates too a little to sitting in zazen, the silence of it.
I am reading a really interesting new book by a British writer named Bill Browder. It’s about courage of Russians opposing a regime. I have a feeling that some of those imprisoned men or women find that utter dimension of peace by embracing the all out moment of present.
flofrog! Thank you! You are an incredibly brave individual in my eyes - I have a few fear-triggers and being buried alive is definitely one of them. I'm sure you would have been one of Ra's star pupils.
I believe I would have told them to kick rocks. Although it kind of reminds me of this time my son was afraid to go down a water slide. My normally gentle-natured wife coaxed him to the top, and then pushed him down it. He got over his fear and had an absolute blast, but I can't help but think that it will someday come back to haunt her. ...I wonder if Ra gave a few initiates a gentle nudge down the old water slide...