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      " RAIN BOWS "      do have past , but YOU?
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     PRASANNA[/quote]


ABSOLUTELY, Prasanna!
Like I wrote earlier: I did not fall off the turnip truck yesterday!

In my personal learning and expression, be it prose or poetry or a dish cooked spontaneously without following a printed recipe, this is what I have learned:

Past is real and important but it can only flow into present if the here and now offers it the gift of silence.

Hence when we meditate, the past emerges at times --
The natural mistake is to do what is socially acceptable and even required!
When someone speaks to us, we feel pressured to respond or else we would be considered impolite.

But when we meditate, it is okay to not respond ...
but just to listen, actively and actually create a 'listening vacuum' in our hearts and souls!
It is what I think of as light 'fasting' before a big wedding feast!
A standard and wise UP Pandaa practice, if you must know!

A Pandaa took his little but very intelligent son to a religious feast
(Pandaas are known to consume large amounts of food, in case some of you do not know!)
The dad noticed that the little one was sipping water every so often while eating.

When they were returning home, the Pandajee rebuked his son: Fool! Why were you filling your stomach with all that water? You could have eaten a lot more if you did not do that!

The son replied," Dad, if you fill a bowl with ash and pour some water slowly, the ash settles and more room gets created! That is why I was sipping water to make more room and eat more!

Now the Dad really got upset and whacked his son in the head! "FOOL! Why did you not tell me that earlier? I could have done the same too!!"


Love, Light and Levity...