Comments on: SN TO CARRY ON? AN APPEAL TO READERS

By: satyadeva

satyadeva — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 19:09:59 +0000

UPDATE Re SN FINANCES (etc.):
Major thanks to all who contributed towards repaying Clive/Jitendra who’s carried SN single-handed through this last 16 months or so.

So far, £306 has been repaid , with nearly another £200 pledged for the New Year, so it’s looking very much like ’job done’ there, remarkably, extremely close to the exact amount required. Great.

Still no takers as yet for the Site Maintenance role, so later this year it seems we might well have to raise another £270 for keeping the site going (£70 for ’rent’, £200 for upkeep).

And no one seems to want to be the new Site Owner. Shame, as Clive very much wants to be free of the responsibility.

But at least SN has survived, confounding the prophets of doom.

Happy Xmas and New Year to all contributors and readers!

By: satyadeva

satyadeva — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 18:44:38 +0000

What about orang-utans then?

From Love Osho: https://loveosho.com/blog-1/orangutans-paparazzi

By: satchit

satchit — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 13:39:15 +0000

@ Arps
Nobody forces you to be predictable. Sometimes it’s good to surprise oneself.

As I see it, spontaneity must be combined with awareness. Spontenous alone, may go wrong.

By: shantam prem

shantam prem — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 12:48:28 +0000

I feel like congratulating the editor of this site for big patience and caring heart.

I won´t be able to read and edit most of the junk day after day. 90% stuff is for the paid psychiatrists to sort out.

By: Arpana

Arpana — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 08:39:32 +0000

@Satchit
The older we get, the more we are expected to be predictable.

Spontaneous doesn’t always elicit positive responses. Sometimes, spontaneos causes others to react spontaneously, and in a way that doesn’t fit their self-image, which often doesn’t go down well.

Spontaneous can trigger others into feeling, feelings they don’t want to have.

By: satchit

satchit — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 06:35:27 +0000

@Arps

What is the downside of spontaneity?

By: satyadeva

satyadeva — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 14:11:14 +0000

Except that afterwards it’ll almost certainly be ‘co-opted’ as yet another constituent of ‘the self’ – especially if you think about it.

By: Arpana

Arpana — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 14:09:32 +0000

In the period leading up to taking Sannyas I became aware of having lost all spontaneity, of living in my head, but taking Sannyas was completely spontaneous and generally it returned to me from then on.

Spontaneity has a downside, but rather have it than not.

By: Arpana

Arpana — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 13:54:32 +0000

”Doing something unpredictable is not ego.”

Interesting comment, Satchit. Never thought of it like that, but yes.

By: satchit

satchit — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 13:34:27 +0000

Certainly I have ego, Arps.
Routine is ego.
Doing something unpredictable is not ego.