[MD] Instant Karma

[kieffer odigaunt]

Hl ml,

yes i agree with your stairs example - that you have to let your body do its
job without interference - right on!

but if that is what Pao-t'ung meant he could have been clearer. IMHO

-KO



2008/12/7 kieffer odigaunt <kieffer.odigaunt at googlemail.com>

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> 2008/12/6 ml <mbtlehn at ix.netcom.com>
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> akieffer,
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>> Pardon my jumping in, but the last two sentences are not
>> meant to be obscure, they're experiental.  By analogy, a
>> similar thing you have already likely experienced.
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>> Have you ever run down stairs and tripped?
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>> 1) When you try to FORCE control onto the body and
>> make the feet go here to catch yourself, you end up in
>> a sprawl, a heap, or dangling inelegantly from the banister.
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>> When you see it, you don't see it.""  (It's similar to this.)
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>> 2) When you sort of let the feet and legs find their rhythm,
>> a step or two may skip or double tap, but  you mostly
>> come through fine--heart beating a little faster, but the
>> body found the way without interference.
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>> When you don't see it, you see it.  (It would be like this.)
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>> thanks--mel
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "kieffer odigaunt" <kieffer.odigaunt at googlemail.com>
>> To: <moq_discuss at moqtalk.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 11:49 AM
>> Subject: Re: [MD] Instant Karma
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>> > Marsha, you know i was referring to Pao-t'ung's message; all those other
>> > shores, true sources, original face, unborn, free spirits, etc etc - it
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>> > too vague. And the last two sentences - why does he have to be so
>> obscure?
>> I
>> > suppose if all that stuff doesnt make sense to me that must mean that i
>> am
>> > not spiritual enough, or not compassionate enough, or not sensitive
>> enough.
>> > I like the Tao Te Ching alright but that passage only depresses me. I
>> cant
>> > give you an interpretation because the passage is just too inpenetrable
>> for
>> > me.
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>> > -KO
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