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Just reflecting....A reason to celebrate….4 months on What did knowledge bring? I remember a video called ‘The Missing Piece’ …the thesis being that M and K supply the missing piece in the ‘jigsaw’ and complete the puzzle of life. .. .but actually …M and K are just extra pieces that only create a further puzzle. They don’t fit …..they don’t belong to ‘real’ life…but ‘he’ promises that they are somehow ‘key’. This creates a conflict described as a ‘doubt’ with its two mythical players, the ’heart’ (the steadfast devotee) and the ‘mind’ (is this really how it is supposed to be?). An impossible game never to be ‘won’. ..but a path to endless self-doubt rebounding into occasional ‘clarity’ and ecstatic gratitude …. only to validate further dependency and eventual self-doubt. So, in ‘the world of knowledge’…inner conflict/ self doubt = ‘peace’, ignorance (of self) = ‘Knowledge’ and dependency = ‘gratitude’ What did EPO bring?
‘Clarity’. Facts. ‘Freedom from (self)-doubt’. Could I have dedicated more? Am I really an active premie? Can I afford to provide more financial support (such a little thing in return for ‘that’ knowledge)? Am I really doing the techniques ‘right’? Should I prepare by listening to a CD first? Am I inspired enough to ‘represent’ him and thrust a DVD at my friends? How can I explain ‘it’.. …well its not a religion, not a cult etc? Do I need more ‘inspiration’? Could I save up to go to Amaroo? Should I go this year? How do I book the days off from work? etc…. and other such nonsense. Thankfully now all utterly evaporated in the light of ‘truth’ ‘Resolution of all those inconsistencies’ How come so many of the ‘non-premies’ I know are so obviously much brighter, kinder , wiser, more courageous, more charitable and more talented than I am…or, indeed, lets face it, premies in general? Why on earth would anyone want to ‘become a premie’? Why are there fewer and fewer premies? What happened to ‘bringing peace to the world’? Why is Prem Rawat so rich? Why is he seeking public recognition in such obviously bogus ways? Why do I rely on the judgement of a man who published some of the worst poetry ever written? etc.. etc... ‘Charity’ A little money now redirected from a worthless cause to some worthwhile ones ‘Humility’ An end to that smug feeling of holding the inner ‘trump’ card on wisdom ‘about life’. To truly know that ‘I do not know’ and therefore once again to really listen to my fellow human beings, to engage, to be appreciative and to be open to learning about ‘truth’. A deepening of respect. ‘Peace’ An end to the inner conflict with its two imaginary players. Personal re-integration and rediscovery of a self-consistent philosophical position for ‘all of me’. In my case I enjoy science, astronomy, history, poetry, literature and sport. I love nature, feel beauty, companionship, kindness and love in my life. ….and I am deeply grateful to …I know not what .. for this little time I have on Earth. But no more belief in ‘teachers’ past or present. Just my own inner wish ..for no reason better than self-respect and integrity …to try to be kind and true to what seems most worthwhile in life. So am I feeling happy and clear (as I sit hear drinking tea listening to Delius) ? Yes. So really I just wanted to say (once again)…what a good and worthwhile job EPO has done and to say thanks to John. Mike et al for maintaining the EPO site and this forum. Truth sets you free. Best Tim |
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Now of course ...it all falls into place and I see that it must have been some crazy hate fuelled ex-premie threatening to lurch into a programme with their fearsome ? ... ... set of well thought out and thoroughly reasonable questions! Could it have been you Nik?
) nt