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Date Posted: 17:03:19 11/26/08 Wed
Author: George
Subject: Happy Thanksgiving

Even though it seems I am monopolizing the last few messages just wanted to share something that I found profound. An excerpt from the Handbook to share for Thanksgiving -

"The meaning of hear and now is beautifully illustrated by a Zen story of a monk who was being chased by two tigers. He came to the edge of a cliff. He looked back -- the tigers were almost upon him. Noticing a vine leading over the cliff he quickly crawled over the edge and began to let himself down by the vine. Then as he checked below, he saw two tigers waiting for him at the bottom of the cliff. He looked up & observed that two mice were gnawing away at the vine. Just then, he saw a beautiful strawberry within arms reach. He picked it and enjoyed the best tasting strawberry in his whole life!

Although only minutes from death, the monk could enjoy the hear and now.
Our life continually sends us “tigers”–-and it continually sends us “strawberries,”
But do we let ourselves enjoy the strawberries? Or do we use our valuable consciousness worrying about the tigers?

Notice that the monk fully responded to the physical danger in the most intelligent way. He ran from the tigers—and he even scrambled down the cliff while hanging onto a vine. And having done this, he remained fully in the here and now to enjoy whatever life offered him. Although death was only minutes away, he did not let thoughts of the future terrify him. After doing everything he could do, he used his precious consciousness to fully enjoy every moment of his life.

There is a saying. “A coward dies a thousand deaths; a brave man only one.”
For all of us, death is a part of our future. But we do not have to become what the existentialists refer to as the living dead.”

We can always find things we can magnify to threaten our security, sensation, and power addictions. Or we can consciously perform whatever action is needed and then turn our attention to enjoying everything we have to enjoy. And we always have enough to be happy if we are enjoying what we do have and not worrying about what we don’t have.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

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[> Re: Happy Thanksgiving -- No name, 21:53:40 11/26/08 Wed [1]

Thank you George, for the apropos message. It also relects on the fifth Center of Consciousness - Cornucopia. There is a Living Love saying - " Life is perfect for our growth or our enjoyment." Growth when we work on our selves when we don't get what we want, and enjoyment when we emotionally accept what life gives us.I hope we all have a lot of enjoyment this Thanksgiving.AWULL~ Babaluie


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