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offline DirtyPriest from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2002-03-03 11:53 [#00109770]
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A Tibetan story tells of a meditation student who, while
meditating in his room, believed he saw a spider descending
in front of him. Each day the menacing creature returned,
growing larger and larger each time. So frightened was the
student, that he went to his teacher to report his dilemma.
He said he planned to place a knife in his lap during
meditation, so when the spider appeared he would kill it.
The teacher advised him against this plan. Instead, he
suggested, bring a piece of chalk to meditation, and when
the spider appeared, mark an "X" on its belly. Then report
back.
The student returned to his meditation. When the spider
again appeared, he resisted the urge to attack it, and
instead did just what the master suggested. When he later
reported back to the master, the teacher told him to lift up
his shirt and look at his own belly. There was the "X".



 

offline DirtyPriest from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2002-03-03 12:07 [#00109779]
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So what do you make of it?


 

offline E-man from Rixensart (Belgium) on 2002-03-03 12:19 [#00109781]
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read it maybe :)


 

offline DirtyPriest from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2002-03-03 12:23 [#00109784]
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I just found it, and enjoyed it a lot, because it resonated
with some ideas i had been having lately. everything is
projected in your own mind. you create your own reality.
ergo, you are your own worst enemy! but if this is true,
then you must be able to change your own reality easily, and
that aspect is fascinating.


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2002-03-03 12:26 [#00109789]
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Ha ha, before when I was praying in the dark my shirt
hanging up appeared to grow and grow till it was filling the
room. It really freaked me out and it was only when I forced
myself to touch it that it went back to normal size. What
do you make of that?


 

offline DirtyPriest from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2002-03-03 12:29 [#00109791]
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Praying? cool!

I take it as a fascinating optic illusion, like the rest of
the world!


 

offline kalaim badkaama from Apt 512 in Gilmour Orbiter (Re on 2002-03-03 13:57 [#00109863]
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Yeah, it's like this story talking about The Abyss that look
at you if you look at it too long.


 

offline Cheffe1979 from fuck (Austria) on 2002-03-03 14:16 [#00109869]
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what had happened if he ate the spider?


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2002-03-03 14:20 [#00109871]
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He would find a hole in his torso and amangle of skin on the
floor in front of him (he would eat his stomach, so the
stomach would fall out of him- as there was no stomach to
"hold it", resulting in the mangled flesh on the floor) :)


 

offline Cheffe1979 from fuck (Austria) on 2002-03-03 14:23 [#00109875]
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thanks.



 

offline kalaim badkaama from Apt 512 in Gilmour Orbiter (Re on 2002-03-03 15:26 [#00109915]
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egh...


 

offline Darth manchu from Cambridge (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-03 15:35 [#00109916]
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You guys make me feel so stupid.


 


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