To: K-list
Recieved: 2001/02/23 13:34
Subject: Re: [K-list] Surrender
From: Debora A. Orf
On 2001/02/23 13:34, Debora A. Orf posted thus to the K-list: On Sat, 24 Feb 2001, Christopher Wynter wrote:
>
> For those of an Anglo American ethnicity,
> the act of surrender is almost impossible ...
>
> Most of us have, within our ancestors, some
> soldier or fighter for whom the concept of
> surrender was both dishonourable and
> unthinkable ..
>
> to many, death was preferable to
> the victimhood of that sacrifice.
>
> The vibration of this word is alive and well
> within the cells of the physical body, and
>
> although the mind may understand the
> greater spiritual significance of this term,
>
> for the body which carries memories of the
> warrior, the unconscious memories triggered
> realise this as an abhorrent state ..
>
> This is one of those words which will separate
> the mind from the body, producing mind chatter
> to which the body recoils .. and for many, will
> stand in the way of "self realisation" until
> the memories of the genetic warrior have been
> embraced with compassion.
phtooey.
can't seperate the mind from the body.
can't even find the mind to grab it and seperate it.
likewise, there is no surrender, and no victory.
Just gardens to weed.
--dao
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