To: K-list
Recieved: 2001/05/01 02:48
Subject: [K-list] I wonder
From: Christopher Wynter

I have read this list for quite some time now ..
not always posting .. but reading ..

and I wonder ..

There are some very knowledgeable people
here .. with access to a great range of material
written by others .. most of whom are long dead.

and I wonder ..

Sometimes I read people post in their own words
in answer to a question or comment ..
without referring to these long dead tomes ..

and I wonder ..

how many people can put these words that they
quote in their own expression .. so that their
personal and life experience shows that they
have a practical embodiment of the words of
these long dead authors ..

and I wonder ..

as I read the quoted words of a Swami Gee Gee
who, during his life, never spoke English ..
whether the good and revered Swami ever spoke
the words attributed to him .. or whether what is
quoted is what somebody translated of what
someone else thought he said .. because, lets face
it, some of these authors died before English was
invented and spiritual language was defined by the
Church of Rome

and I wonder

what sort of preconceptions of the meanings of
words and language influenced the one who did
the translating ..

and I wonder

if the one who did the translating could live up to
what he was translating in his own life ..

and I wonder

if he could live up to what he was translating in his
own life, whether he lived the life of a recluse, or
of a renunciate .. or whether he lived as some of
us live .. in a house in society in the modern world
with all of the everyday energies of other sentient
and not so sentient beings milling around ..

and I wonder

what the experiences of the real life applications
of some of this knowledge is to the people who are
so ready to quote it ..

and I wonder

at what inner turmoil so many are using these words
to cover up ..

and I wonder

who is the authority in their life .. and do they really
have free will .. and the power of choice

and most of all, I wonder

if someone came to you with a real life gut wrenching
crisis, would you be able to hear what they are really
saying from underneath the sobs .. and respond with
compassion .. or would you react .. either from your
own unresolved issues .. or from what you have been
taught you should believe ..

cw

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