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satyadeva commented on the post, The Myth of the Positive, on the site sannyasnews 11 years, 6 months ago
On first reading, I felt a bit uncomfortable, reminded of Ma Yoga Sudha’s introduction to the first edition of Osho’s ‘The Mustard Seed’, where she mentioned how she grew up with the crippling concept of God as a […]
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satyadeva commented on the post, The Myth of the Positive, on the site sannyasnews 11 years, 6 months ago
Disgust and dissmell then are initially and essentially instinctive reactions of the organism then, Frank, part of our survival mechanism, rather than ‘pure’ emotions.
Agreed, interest is an ‘interesting’ one….
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satyadeva commented on the post, The Myth of the Positive, on the site sannyasnews 11 years, 6 months ago
You’re dead right, Roman, my memory tricked me re your Shakespeare on jealousy remark. How strange – I was convinced I’d got it right! Just shows, eh, how unreliable is memory – and how we recall as we’d like it […]
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satyadeva commented on the post, The Myth of the Positive, on the site sannyasnews 11 years, 6 months ago
Cheers, Roman.
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satyadeva commented on the post, The Myth of the Positive, on the site sannyasnews 11 years, 6 months ago
No, Shantam,I’m simply stating what I take to be obvious. It suits you to think and broadcast that I “feel great” about it. In fact, I’m not really bothered, either way.
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satyadeva commented on the post, The Myth of the Positive, on the site sannyasnews 11 years, 6 months ago
Ultimately, as I understand it, human reality is of the senses, with “nothing arising” – no inner conflict, no neurosis, just a vast inner space…But that simple description hardly does it justice, I […]
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satyadeva commented on the post, The Myth of the Positive, on the site sannyasnews 11 years, 6 months ago
Roman, I’m not denying the place and value of the creative imagination, I’m not that stupid. In fact, literature was my main subject from age 16, I first enjoyed Lawrence as a teenager and Shakespeare was very […]
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satyadeva commented on the post, The Myth of the Positive, on the site sannyasnews 11 years, 6 months ago
Because they’re pretty well all – except joy? – in a way ‘automatic’, unconscious, ‘robotic’ reactions, Frank. We might like to think otherwise, because that’s what we tend to identify our ‘selves’ with.
Put it […]
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satyadeva commented on the post, The Myth of the Positive, on the site sannyasnews 11 years, 6 months ago
I guess the answer’s in your second-last paragraph, Shantam, ie they’re simply trying to prevent people succumbing to sentimentality.
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satyadeva commented on the post, The Myth of the Positive, on the site sannyasnews 11 years, 6 months ago
Sounds as if Osho was making a distinction there between feeling (sensitivity) and emotion (sentimentality).
The one being a pure phenomenon, grounded in the depth of the present, the other being of the past, […]
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satyadeva commented on the post, The Myth of the Positive, on the site sannyasnews 11 years, 6 months ago
If that were the case, Roman, there would probably be vast numbers of ‘enlightened’ people in the world.
In the world of the human psyche, that aspect of reality, it has its place, sure. Useful tool too, […]
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satyadeva commented on the post, The Myth of the Positive, on the site sannyasnews 11 years, 6 months ago
Perhaps you should re-read my post, Roman? I made it clear, didn’t I, ‘different strokes…’ etc?
For one thing, BL was a real man, addressing real issues for the people of his time – us. Not a product of […]
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satyadeva commented on the post, The Myth of the Positive, on the site sannyasnews 11 years, 6 months ago
Well, Roman, I was struck by an absurdity I preceived, I guess…Broadly akin to a ‘Private Eye’ spoof article ending in something like; ‘EJ Thribb is 75′….
Ok, ‘whatever turns you on’, or ‘whatever works for […]
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satyadeva commented on the post, The Myth of the Positive, on the site sannyasnews 11 years, 6 months ago
How about writing an article on Jimmy Savile for SN then, Frank – you do appear to be extremely interested in the man? Chance to ‘get it all out’, as it were….
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satyadeva commented on the post, The Myth of the Positive, on the site sannyasnews 11 years, 6 months ago
The Lawyers’ll be after you shortly, mark my words, sir!
(Not sure re the Taliban, but if I were you I’d think about hiring a bodyguard, mate….)
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satyadeva commented on the post, The Myth of the Positive, on the site sannyasnews 11 years, 6 months ago
Agreed, Lokesh, an extraordinary work (from his ‘Gnostic Period’, y’know).
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satyadeva commented on the post, The Myth of the Positive, on the site sannyasnews 11 years, 6 months ago
“She has since turned to worshipping female deities.”
Wonder why I found myself bursting into laughter reading that last sentence…?!
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satyadeva commented on the post, The Myth of the Positive, on the site sannyasnews 11 years, 6 months ago
Yes, well, it’s the sort of topic that genuinely disinterested truth-seeking academics and scholars can really get their teeth into, isn’t it, Roman, and a veritable feast for the would-be fascinated, possibly […]
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satyadeva commented on the post, The Myth of the Positive, on the site sannyasnews 11 years, 6 months ago
Nice piece of fishing there, Frank, I see you’re in form again…
But ok, to ‘play the game’, I’d say I really wouldn’t know, but…don’t necessarily believe all you hear – about anyone!
Hasn’t your VAAAAST […]
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satyadeva commented on the post, The Myth of the Positive, on the site sannyasnews 11 years, 6 months ago
Well, BL lasted up to late 2003, so your “80s guru” date is a couple of decades out there, Frank. Arguably, as is the category “blue collar” for a former newspaper editor / pr executive – unless, of course, it’s […]
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