workaholics vs LIFE

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The Rebel
People are afraid, very much afraid of those who know themselves. They have a certain power, a certain aura and a certain magnetism, a charisma that can take out alive, young people from the traditional imprisonment. ...

The enlightened man cannot be enslaved - that is the difficulty - and he cannot be imprisoned. . . . Every genius who has known something of the inner is bound to be a little difficult to be absorbed; he is going to be an upsetting force. The masses don't want to be disturbed, even though they may be in misery; they are in misery, but they are accustomed to the misery. And anybody who is not miserable looks like a stranger.

The enlightened man is the greatest stranger in the world; he does not seem to belong to anybody. No organization confines him, no community, no society, no nation.

I love this, it's so funny to see the opposites in one email... lol .. .. I am the stranger to everyone, while they are all TRAPPED:

Whenever people become very greedy they become very hurried, and go on finding more ways to gain more speed. They are continuously on the run because they think that life is running out. These are the people who say, "Time is money."

Time is money? Money is very limited; time is unlimited. Time is not money, time is eternity--it has always been there and will always be there. And you have always been here and you will always be here.

So drop greed, and don't be bothered about the result. Sometimes it happens that because of your impatience, you miss many things.

I will tell you an ancient Hindu parable...

A great saint, Narada, was going to paradise. He used to travel between paradise and earth. He functioned like a postman between that world and this world; he was a bridge.

He came across an ancient sage, very old, sitting under a tree and repeating his mantra. He had been repeating that mantra for many years and many lives. Narada asked him, "Would you like to ask about something? Would you like some message to be given to the Lord?"

The old man opened his eyes and said, "Just you inquire about one thing: how much longer do I have to wait? How long? Tell him it is too much. For many lives I have been doing this mantra, now how long am I expected to do it? I am tired of it. I am bored with it."

Just by the side of the ancient sage underneath another tree was a young man with an ektara, a one-stringed instrument, playing it and dancing. Narada asked him jokingly, "Would you also like to inquire about how long it will take for your enlightenment to happen?" But the young man did not even bother to answer. He continued his dance.

Narada asked again, "I am going to the Lord. Have you some message?" But the young man laughed and continued to dance.

When Narada came back after a few days he told the old man, "God said that you will have to wait at least three lives more." The old man became so angry that he threw down his beads. He was almost ready to hit Narada! And he said, "This is nonsense! I have been waiting and waiting and I have been doing all kinds of austerities- -chanting, fasting, all forms of rituals. I have fulfilled all the requirements. Three lives--this is unjust!"

The young man was still dancing under his tree, very joyously. Narada was afraid, but still he went and told him, "Although you did not ask, out of my own curiosity I inquired. When God said that that old man would have to wait three lives, I inquired about the young man nearby, dancing and playing his ektara. And he said, 'That young man--he will have to wait as many lives as there are leaves on the tree under which he is dancing.'"

And the young man started dancing even faster and he said, "Just as many leaves as are on this tree? then it is not very far, then I have already arrived!--just think how many trees there are on the whole earth. Compare! So it is very close. Thank you, sir, that you inquired."

He started dancing again. And the story says that the young man became instantly enlightened, that very moment.

May each day find you safe,healthy and your Heart content.

I guess that's why I meet so many different people. I can help anyone. . . everyone. Oh but I still want to fall in Love!

The joy of love is possible only if you have known the joy of being alone, because then only do you have something to share. Otherwise, two beggars meeting each other, clinging to each other, cannot be blissful. They will create misery for each other because each will be hoping, and hoping in vain, that "The other is going to fulfill me." The other is hoping the same. They cannot fulfill each other. They are both blind; they cannot help each other.

I have heard about a hunter who got lost in the jungle. For three days he could not find anybody to ask for the way out, and he was becoming more and more panicky--three days of no food and three days of constant fear of wild animals. For three days he was not able to sleep; he was sitting awake on some tree, afraid he may be attacked. There were snakes, there were lions, there were wild animals.

On the fourth day early in the morning, he saw a man sitting under a tree. You can imagine his joy. He rushed, he hugged the man, and he said, "What joy!" And the other man hugged him, and both were immensely happy. Then they asked each other, "Why are you so ecstatic?"

The first said, "I was lost and I was waiting to meet somebody." And the other said, "I am also lost and I am waiting to meet somebody. But if we are both lost then the ecstasy is just foolish. So now we will be lost together!"

That's what happens: you are lonely, the other is lonely--now you meet. First the honeymoon: that ecstasy that you have met the other, now you will not be lonely anymore. But within three days, or if you are intelligent enough, then within three hours... it depends on how intelligent you are. If you are stupid, then it will take a longer time because one does not learn; otherwise the intelligent person can immediately see after three minutes: "What are we trying to do? It is not going to happen. The other is as lonely as I am. Now we will be living together--two lonelinesses together. Two wounds together cannot help each other to be healed."

We are part of each other--no man is an island. We belong to an invisible but infinite continent. Boundless is our existence. But those experiences happen only to people who are self-actualizing, who are in such tremendous love with themselves that they can close their eyes and be alone and be utterly blissful.

Yes I can find love any time I want. Yesterday as I wondered outside too sit in the sun again. I noticed four or five Osprey spinning around this one tree in the woods. I've seen this one nest with more chicks nearly every year. I always wondered where they all went, since I knew it was the same birds back again year after year. So this time to see some other birds. They looked like they might be building a new nest back in the woods. That was so cool to see.

Loving every moment of course. . . lol . . .

TUT... A Note from the Universe
There's so much time in a day, Eric. You could have breakfast, lunch and dinner on 3 different continents. You could outline the book you're going to write, start the screenplay adaptation, and watch "Gone With The Wind," before the sun even sets. Spend a day at work, and still have 16 hours left over. Or you could just think 10,000 different thoughts as you tool all over Tampa. Hey, the record for climbing Mt. Everest is under 9 hours, leaving 15 to nap and go Yeti searching.

There's so much time in a day, Eric. So much.

You're rich,
The Universe


Especially, Eric, when one stops claiming there's so little of it, huh?

I know I have all the time in the world. . . nothing to do but sit and relax. . . the calm before the storm. It's funny to be getting younger all the time. I always laugh about theses things. Every few years I get to relax, whether I want to or not. It is not any big deal or anything. Some times its easier, sometimes not.

a workaholic hides from life by consuming himself/herself with work. He/she clings to work as a lifeline, fearing to venture out into their own private worlds.

Workaholic vs life = = = I remember when I worked all the time. Paying the bills, keeping the house and all working for my kids and all. Then I got 10 months paid time-off from the county. Sweet people. . . lol. . . I started consulting more and went back to school doing STARS projects. That's when I got the MAC network installed in the kids Day Care Center. Of course my kids LOVED school, finding their dad there to help out.

I actually had another time doing nothing but relaxing & dreaming . . . meditating . . . When my mom died. Lost the county job finally, lost my lover, two cats and two turtles all in January 1999. Chill time!!! Hum just as the new millennium started. Figures!!! So what''s starting new now? Not sure if that happened again or not. . .

What you asked for was LOVE again. It is not anything new for you, but just someone to share it with. Love is you, and to BE with someone is all you want. Most people never allow you to just BE who you are. Once in a while it flows so easily it's awesome. Course the last time that happened it was too much for her!

I don't understand that. How can LOVE ever be too much?

The Rebel post above explains it. The Free Power of your Love can not be controlled. People get lost in you, they loose control. Often their only safety has been in their control. Having no control creates tremendous fear. Often people will be terrified and not even know why. Like in the last example she does not even remember a lot of the things you did and shared. That's why she refuses to read what you wrote, why face the truth, it's easier and safer to hide in ignorance = in ego

I can not understand why anyone would hide from LOVE?

What YOU ARE AND KNOW IS LOVE. Others like to pretend. They control it and place it in a little box. Like "love" is from home or for family . . . this is another lie of the ego. "Love" is some verb, some action they regulate for certain events and people. That's why your Free Being LOVE is too much for them. You got a taste, it was perfect as it was. It makes your desires clear and strong. But for others in fear or in ego (same thing) their whole world shakes as the ego looses control. Remember the whole culture and society is based on greed and control. All the ego can do is fight anything that is not ego. Even the ego's love of money and love of control is not real love, it's an addiction. It's a drug, asking someone selfish in ego to let go and love is like giving a heroin attic a filled syringe and expecting him to only use it as a tooth pick never taking it in. dream on!!!

oh great so I'll be searching all the time. . .

What do you mean, searching, you'll be LOVING all the time. Whether others lie or hide is really not your concern. You ARE LOVE as is all existence, so you will always connect to deep real parts of people. Everyone has this inside of them, just as each new baby dreams of finding you. The love and truth are there, they all just need to burn up all that has buried it from the culture of corruption. That's why you find peace and freedom so easily. . . what you can share and BE is needed by everyone. . . just wait until you hold another baby, they are coming out stronger and clearer all the time. . . you'll see . . .

I know, but big deal. I'm here alone again. . .

What? you are never alone, how many people do you think have families of wild Osprey chirping at them. They all know you and understand you better than most people you speak with. And this is a love that lasts forever....

I know, but it's not the Yin & Yang that the Earth cries for. . . all in time, and I'm not going anywhere fast so... lol...

I Love You Dearest Loving Lord Jesus Christ.