hello shantana,
gr8 to read ur post. mayb some part of it went above my head.. but i am trying to understand whats been said. and its really interesting.

When the time comes, when living the life you live becomes too hard, you turn inward and that's were It all Is. It's not intellectual and it's not about history and past sadhanas or gurus or what have you.

If you enjoy the giant ups and the giant downs of life, the stress, the pain, the worries, the depression, disease...enjoy!

some people reach a point, though, where they just DON'T WANNA DO THAT ANYMORE. until you reach that point, you just might as well forget about it, because one never "gets" it until one GETS it.

Well said, YaYa3 ....

Hi Albhishek –

When you said ‘sportingly’ – as if there were ‘points to score’ for not showing any reaction under stress, you put your finger on the core of the monk’s story. He did not have to fight his ego; he would actually enjoy – and hugely, all the energy that the villagers brought to him. And, he would be able to ‘read’ the players at a glance, and probably sensed the true story. And obviously (from his point of view), LIFE wanted him to take care of the child until the other players worked through their roles in their little soap opera.

And, he would also enjoy, and hugely, the gift of having the child for four years, and would not look on the boy as ‘his’ possession. Equally, he would enjoy the energy that came along when the villagers retrieved the child. AND the outcome!

To use a simile: a Buddhist monk scales the mountain by years of work and meditation. Then – if he makes his or her ‘breakthrough’, he/she comes back down as a Boddhisattva. Which means he/she now enjoys the ‘game of life’, and helps others. More importantly the ‘game of life’ no longer runs him/her.

Or so they tell me.

Shantana

i see Yaya's point. and i am starting to understand. it like we are all caught up in this rat race. where there is no starting and no ending... in a figure of speech.

and like YaYa put it ... "because one never "gets" it until one GETS it." ... and i am still to get it. i hope i get it soon.

however, there are still questions in my mind. tons of them. i am not sure if i should start a new threa about it or just continue here? i mean this is suppsed to be your introduction thread. my questions for most are philosophical in nature. things i am trying to understand but have been been able to.

Thanks

Abhishek

hello shantana,
thanks for starting this wonderful thread:)