Theos-Talk Archives (March 2004 Message tt00041)

Well, I guess you and Mauri see eye to eye. 

But, different strokes for different folks. 

So, not being a nihilist or wishing to rot on the vine (and for the benefit 
of those who might not have gotten your joke :-) -- I'd recommend sticking with 
those six aphorisms of that Great Master Philosophia, which go something like 
this:

Think,
meditate,
concentrate,
visualize,
DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY
and everything we need to know will come to us

As for the purpose of the universe and ourselves... No matter what we do, 
we'll sure find out when we get on to it. (That is, if we keep out eyes and ears 
open.)

Happy hunting.

Seriously...


In a message dated 03/07/04 12:39:28 AM, stevestubbs@yahoo.com writes:

>There is no purpose. You are confusing purpose with process. 
>Whether there is or is not karma has nothing to do with the question 
>of whether there us or is not purpose. Whether there is or is not a 
>universe has nothing to do with whether there is or is not purpose. 
>Many years ago when I was meditating, the "answer" came to me in the 
>following six words:
>
>It is,
>Things are,
>That's it.
>
>There is no sense analyzing that. Either you get it or you don't
>
>The uselesness of analysis can be seen in the Six Aphorisms of 
>Naropa, which (this is from memory) go something like this:
>
>Don't think
>Don't meditate
>Don't concentrate
>Don't visualize
>DON'T DO ANYTHING
>Just let ir be.
>
>which in a few words sums up the practice known as Mahamudra in Tibet 
>and Shikan-taza in Japan.