[MD] Gawain

[ian glendinning]

Very entertaining Marsha,
and an excellent parable to illustrate the excluded middle,

Give a man two choices and he should choose the third - the middle way.
Q - Choose A or B
A - No, you choose.

Excellent
Ian

On 1/21/07, MarshaV <marshalz at charter.net> wrote:
> At 07:33 PM 1/20/2007, Robbie wrote:
>
> >Marry me Marsha.  The wedding vows will include: Love, honor, and obey.  And
> >...None of this bullshit about "I want to do, whatever I want to do". La,
> >la, la says the Material Girl.  You can remain single (A common choice,
> >indeed) and accomplish that experience.
> >Robbie
>
> Sad that there would only be those two choices.  Here's what I'd want to know:
>
> "When people get married, the first thing they should try to
> understand is that up to that point they had been living all alone,
> and now they have to live with another person.  They should ask
> themselves, "Do I have the capacity to live intimately with this
> person?  Can I adjust?  Do I have the essential qualities which are
> needed to live with others, those qualities of truthfulness,
> sincerity, faithfulness, tolerance, patience, acceptance and
> sacrifice?  Do I have these seven basic qualities so that I can live
> enjoyable with another person?"" (Swami Rama, 'Marriage, Parenthood
> and Enlightenment', 1980, p.27)
>
> >The Witch erred, what she really wants is to discover: who she really is.
> >Its the same for both men and women.
> >But your story was very entertaining, Marsha.
> >...I'll stick to the more traditional parables.
>
> Why did the Witch err?  Yes, I agree with you that both men and women
> want to discover who they really are.  I think both the Gawain
> parable and the Lila soliloquy are stating the same thing.  But it's
> not easy to be green.
>
> Which traditional parable do you prefer?  Can you reference a better
> one from ZMM or LILA?
>
> Marsha
>
>
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