[MD] dharma

[MarshaV]

At 04:16 PM 12/20/2008, you wrote:
> >[Marsha]
> >While you may call her a whore, to me Lila is Mother, and Buddha.  I have
> >always said I am here for Lila.
> >
> >[Krimel]
> >One can only hope she was a better whore than she was a mother...
> >Buddha?
> >Buddhess?
>
>[Marsha]
>You can hope what you like.  In the story, her daughter was
>dead.  She had no other children.
>
>Maybe you would care to define whore as you understand the
>label?  Enlighten me.
>
>[Krimel]
>In the story Lila is mentally ill.
>
>I would define a whore as a woman who uses sex without love or passion to
>attain material benefit. Say a boat ride down a river or a trip to the
>tropics to score drugs.
>
>[Marsha]
>p.s. Are you a very old goat?
>
>[Krimel]
>No, in fact I am very young compared to a Sequoia.


Yule Greetings Krimel.

In fact, neither of us are author of this story.  And while this 
would be, for me, an interesting discussion, I don't think I want to 
shadow box publicly with a less-than-brave(honest) avatar.  I do, 
though, suspect you've been programmed with a narrow and distorted 
understanding of 'uses', 'mentally ill' AND 'Love'.  Perhaps we might 
have this conversation in some other lifetime.

In Chapter 14, Lila talks about naming and defining, and it is to me 
the most significant words written in the book.  It was within these 
few paragraphs I recognized Lila as representing Ma and Buddha 
(though I didn't know anything about the Buddha at the time.)  Her 
wisdom showed through her pain, at least that's how I experience it.

I love you very much Krimel.


Marsha







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Credo of Albert Einstein:  Although I am a typical loner in daily 
life, my consciousness of belonging to the invisible community of 
those who strive for truth, beauty and justice has preserved me from 
feeling isolated.
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