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India Journals
Peter
Malakoff
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Thieves, Scorpions, Frogs and the
Today, my house was broken into and it. There were three of them and when I came home. I saw their faces. was older, I especially liked the him. I thought he had a sort of was going to go after my things. It disinterest, but I was
I had been dropped off at my house purchasing some articles in town. I the top of the taxi that I was going it on the ground outside the door to the door to let myself in. As soon and carry it in, they went for it. for it. I unlocked the door and back on the door to pick up the house. He was so quick and silent Then, by the time I had turned back saw him exiting my house with a bag dropped the desk and yelled at him amazingly quick. I took off after verandah of my roof. I thought that force him to give up what he had scared and ran off in another stairs, I confronted him, he was each other, eye to eye. Then, before leaped off the edge of my house house next door which was a good duplicate that jump. He got
The thieves were three monkeys and apples, fresh from the market. He the door,. The quickness of the bold and extremely good at just went into my house through the only prepared that he might have to go out there. He gave it not a thought, beleive they do that all the time space of mere seconds, he found it and was out the door.
The experience happened all of a accident about it. Shit all of sudden you step in it, or it somebody holds you up and robs you. number of the monkeys- three, Ramakrishna told about three
A man is retuning from the market, is suddenly set upon by three kill him. The second robber tie him up and leave him here. and they take his things, tie him up jungle. After a while, the third and says to him, I am not will not steal anything further from have done to you.
The poor man who had just been He thanked the third robber appreciation. He said to the thief, which is nearby so that I can give thank you for your kindness. I cannot take you up on your offer. come to your home with
Ramakrishna said, that in this represent the three Gunas or represent the subtle elemental proportions, in absolutely every robber, who wants to kill the man, represents dullness or inertia. When will tend to deaden or even to kill suggests leaving the man alive but Guna of Rajas or desire. The third purity. It sets a person free from still a robber or thief. It robs us is a thief it cannot come home with
Ramakrishna made the point that the Divinity is a very important Communion or Realization, it is not of cause and effect is not attempt to gain purity or Sattva and of all and everything altogether is and sattvic. It would be like saying of town is True We all know that it is not the case happy. Ramakrishna is pointing out a or purity- it may look good, but, it
In the Indian tradition, the cause of true Sattva hardens one in bondage to suffering. Of course, it is a unique made out of gold, not steel or lead, as surely, none the less.
As the story points out, sattva or home with us. All sorts of trouble seeing this. The most serious specifically, spiritual seekers, attempt of putting the cart before surrender, trying to break into Maharishi Mahesh Yogi once said that Hatha Yoga in India (he meant people to realize God) are known to be very (one of the meanings of the word and God. Of course, they failed and
As for the monkeys, they represent there. They seemed innocent enough, I first came home. They gave no But, their minds were fixed one anything. As soon as the door was may. It is their nature.
Many of us have heard the term, also comes out of India. Here is
The way they trap monkeys in India up, whole coconut. They drill a hole coconut and then they drill a hole on the other side of the coconut. which a large knot is made at one is passed through the large hole pulled out through the small hole on is pulled all the way through until hits the inside of the small hole. and the coconut is now effectively is placed on the ground and some out shell. At this point, the humans comes up, sees the coconut, smells hand in through the hole and grabs monkey tries to withdraw his hand his fist now makes his hand too big screams, jumps about and bashes the cannot escape. The coconut is tied let go of the food which he is called Monkey
It is the tendency of all beings to obtain pleasure from our mind and to be just like a monkey, we will and are subsequently trapped by our complain, protest and scream instead letting go.
Now, let me get back to the actual
The monkey had taken the apples off by my cook who also purchases my next to some recording equipment and concerned that the monkeys would now else I had left around outside. I roof and I now saw that area as an the monkeys. I asked my Indian computer or camera or anything like want food. That put me at me about the monkeys in the first taxi first pulled up, so, taking heard was, Sort of, kind of, you know how right sort of,
I had brought back from town that about 10 by 12. I wanted sit there and meditate in the view of the holy mountain Arunachala mosquitoes. ?
I also wanted to sleep there when electricity was off and the fans did had the netting made by tailors in bamboo thatched roof that had been provide relief from the sun. After of several friends, I went down to
A few hours later, I heard noise head. I thought that my friends who back to place large rocks around the it from blowing in the wind. I got stairs to see what they were doing. mosquito net as a playground. They and climbing the walls. It was
Most of the monkeys were running was a baby monkey trapped inside in monkeys took off when I came up trapped and immediately started of the monkeys, the exact same one
I quickly took in the situation and lift it up so that the baby could this, the older monkey charged at and threatening me. I turned towards down and thrust my head towards him miming his aggression. He stopped. eyes. He continued to growl and hiss my fingers and backed him off for a little.
I saw what was going on. He thought I had sympathy with his feeling. But the net, the little one could not and I know that monkeys do not speak image with my voice and express it baby and did not want to hurt the net he charged at me again. even though he was growling and calm and calming. I again told him that I did not want to hurt him. said. He only saw the young baby approaching the baby. He saw the had seen something similar before as far as he was concerned. It was a attention to lift the large net monkey. The scared baby continued to squealing in fear.
I knew what I needed-technology. I house where I had a three foot long the stairs with it. The large elder hissed and threatened me. When he the steps with great force making a immediately backed up. I did this stairs, which definitely backed him smacked the stick once again on the lifted the net to let the little one the elder did not make a move distance. Finally, the baby ran out from either of them, they ran
Before I set up and started to make there, the monkeys were not think they went there to mess monkeys and that is what monkeys
As they say in Ayurveda, A eternal. Based on this working distinguish, judge and evaluate all time of day to stage of life, from determine their qualities. This way, differences where before he saw none differences and qualities to create
The knowledge of these qualities are observation and principle that decrease each other. In balance or Sama. Having 7 years, I have seen again and again discrimination of what to eat and are at the mercy of their within the net of ever changing wisdom of available help like the
The nature of the thing, shows
The Charak Samhita, one of the three the relationship between the quality at any time and the type of symptoms see a person with a red face, and arguing then you will have a that person is going to have downward. Fire is hot and burns
I am reminded of the Indian story of there was a scorpion who came to a other side. He saw a frog sitting the frog, Excuse me sir, but across the river on your back. I most obliged. The Frog heard Mr Scorpion, I would the river, but, when I see you with back I am most afraid that you will Mr Froggy, surely you can thing. If I stung you when we were drown. If only for my own sake, I
The Frog thought about that and another and it all made sense to him he swam up to the shore of the river on his back. The Scorpion did so and other shore. All was going well river when the scorpion all of a quickly found himself unable to swim about to die. How could you would not do such a thing? sting said the Scorpion. They
It is essential to know things for obvious and often subtle. Veda and compiler of the Vedas and author Sometimes virtue appears as Only the wise know the
When I hear someone say We this point of view ever astonishing piece of poor thinking. play on the freeway. We need to be able to evaluate. We need to know what to support and what not to. We act and who to trust and who not to. full of shit and acting out, or if telling the truth about something, telling is not true prejudiced or are unable to tell the face. The possibilities are endless, to know about scorpions. Here in person approach and pet a poisonous character of snakes and
There are a lot of animals here in Where I lived in Northern animals in any way, except maybe the bee. There, man is pretty firmly in unthreatened. In India, that is not the windows in the houses are barred from my front door there is a hole large black cobra. That story and a Indian tradition I will write about
In the meantime, Trust in door locked when I turn away, even something: Monkeys and the monkey quick for thought. It is their
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