Comments on: Silence, real and not so real?

By: Lokesh

Lokesh — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 18:41:06 +0000

Arpana says, “I never use the word ‘ego’ in conversation, Lokesh.”
No surprises in his mechanical and predictable reaction. Perhaps it was his haste to deliver it that caused him to overlook the fact that I actually said “rarely” and not “never”. Saying “never” would have made it too easy for him.

There is a lesson there for all of us.

By: Arpana

Arpana — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 16:46:14 +0000

I never use the word ‘ego’ in conversation, Lokesh.

Pointing out your over-weaning self-importance, ie egotism, is not conversation.

Super that you don’t take me seriously.

Next step: Stop taking yourself so seriously.

By: Lokesh

Lokesh — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 16:33:05 +0000

Hi, Veet,
In answer to your question, I do not see any wrong or right in it. Talking about people’s egos strikes me as a bit old hat. I rarely use the word ‘ego’ in conversation. I think there is a lot more to the human condition than boiling it down to ego.

As for Arpana talking about my ego, I can’t take anything the man says to or about me seriously, at best stopping for a moment to reflect is about the extent of it. If Arpana has nothing better to do than talk about my ego, that is his business, not mine.

A few months back I read an Osho quote that stayed with me. It was about life being short and not wasting one’s time. I took that to heart.

By: satchit

satchit — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 15:59:03 +0000

Maybe it was a mixture of a vole and a mole and a shrew?

By: Kavita

Kavita — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 14:43:26 +0000

Thank you, Madhuri, for coming here on SN & mentioning the animal’s name.

I had not seen or heard of this animal before I googled and found this:
https://www.thespruce.com/difference-between-a-mole-and-a-vole-2132577

Then also found a photo which says, “star-nosed mole”….

By: Madhuri

Madhuri — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 12:40:55 +0000

I realize now that I ought to have put in the piece that the creature was either a vole, a mole, or a shrew – I thought it would be clear from the description of it, but of course since such creatures live underground, most of us never see one! They have actual flowers for noses – fleshy flowers – and are blind.

And yes, I was so proud of all of us – and of Him.

By: Arpana

Arpana — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 11:32:10 +0000

You have made my day, Swami Veet Francesco. Thank you.

By: sw. veet (francesco)

sw. veet (francesco) — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 10:32:46 +0000

Lokesh,
Can you tell me if Arpana is not just “understandable” but also ‘wrong’, as when he talks about your ego?

By: madhu dagmar frantzen

madhu dagmar frantzen — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 08:23:13 +0000

What a pathetic display, Veet Franceso.

If – by chance – my mails to the Chat I´ve been sending hours ago are to be read soon (by chance) you can forget about your (again) ´military’ stance…

If you look into the mirror before shaving, you might see an “otherwise Austrian” in the mirror yourself? That might not be that comfortable, I guess.

Madhu

By: sw. veet (francesco)

sw. veet (francesco) — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 07:47:37 +0000

Hi, Madhu,
It’s nice for once to see you relaxed and not feel yourself a target, a bit of conformism is forgivable when Arpana claims to be a sophist, playing with possessive pronouns.

Usually, you all, otherwise Austrian, are vaccinated at the call to arms.

MOD:
VF, WHAT DOES THE LAST SENTENCE MEAN, PLEASE?