Comments on: My Condition was one of Utter Darkness

By: frank

frank — Sat, 11 Apr 2015 09:55:19 +0000

Oh well, let`s face it…if Samarpan managed to escape a gang of AK47-toting terrorists and maintain his internal bliss, he shouldn`t find it too hard to give a ragtag bunch of spiritual bootboys in baboon costumes on SN the slip….

By: frank

frank — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 10:59:59 +0000

I got mugged by a couple of gyppos in Scunthorpe once,
but that was lightweight.

C`mon Samarpan, let`s hear it….

By: satyadeva

satyadeva — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 10:30:14 +0000

Seconded!

And Samarpan, what superb raw material for a ‘proper’ short or long story, if you were moved to do it.

But perhaps your story has already been made into a film? I seem to recall something like that shown on tv, or I might have read about it in the papers.

By: Lokesh

Lokesh — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 09:41:06 +0000

“I have been through some dark times, like everyone has. I have been kidnapped by guerrillas, held as a “prisoner of war,” and threatened with execution…by people holding AK-47s.”

Sounds interesting, but only a taster. How about composing an article and share what you learned from such a terrible life situation?

By: madhu dagmar frantzen

madhu dagmar frantzen — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 07:33:58 +0000

Thank you for sharing, Samarpan.

You must have an unwavering inner connection to what I call TRUST, Trust in LIFE. And in this, you are a Blessed one.
Osho´s compendium about ´The Rebellious Spirit´ is also one of my favourites.

I also loved Him over and over again differentiating between ´rebelliousness´and ´revolution´. A deep Teaching, when He described, why ´revolutions´ so often utterly fail and do so much harm by installing just a new regime, by just replacing the old – with violence and terror.

And talked about ´rebelliousness´ as a very inner quality, not to be messed up with a habitual fighting mood.

When I listened to the latter attentively I felt HOME (with big letters). And imagined being home with the right friends in a Sangha happening.

There are no right and no wrong ´friends´. Apparently. As well as there seems to be no limit to corruption of a truth´, that rang and rings bells in our hearts.

So, I mostly ended – and end – with the old, old Sannyas song:
‘Home is, where the heart is’. And feel our whole understanding about the next song verses had and have to be ´broadened´.

I wish you well. And – have a beautiful day, today, Samarpan.

Madhu

By: Tan

Tan — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 06:35:56 +0000

Many thanks for sharing, Frank, it helped me many times as well, like you said, in a very subtle way. Cheers!

By: samarpan

samarpan — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 21:13:55 +0000

Thank you, Madhu. You are right. I cannot imagine other people’s experience of darkness.

I have been through some dark times, like everyone has. I have been kidnapped by guerrillas, held as a “prisoner of war,” and threatened with execution…by people holding AK-47s.

None of the external experiences (before/during/after taking sannyas) have changed my basic inner feeling that life is fundamentally blissful (ananda), no matter what drama is happening on the outside.

“My whole religion is playfulness. This existence is our home: these trees and stars are our brothers and sisters; these oceans and rivers and mountains are our friends.”

Osho, ‘The Rebellious Spirit’

By: frank

frank — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 12:13:02 +0000

Tan.
I would say that the bibliomancy worked.
It didn`t mean I had to go out and kill my wife, or that Osho did, or anything like that.
It`s a bit more subtle than that.

By: frank

frank — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 12:07:53 +0000

“As one contemporary spiritual master once said, ‘Sannyasins are the most emotional people I’ve ever come across.’ ”

Bloody hell, where had that guy been hanging out?
Studying Logic, Sphincter-Tightening and Cold Showers at the Royal Academy of Seriously Stiff Upper Lips?

Well, I hope he gets his rocks off eventually!

By: Lokesh

Lokesh — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 08:55:32 +0000

To judge that there is something wrong in making a judgement is in itself a product of a judgemental attitude…ironic, isn’t it? It is also very old hat.