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Post by zendancer on Nov 10, 2014 23:42:53 GMT -5
SDP: Thanks for the background on RE and GD. They still strike me as two of the best spiritual films ever produced.
Max: Thanks also for the link to Bill Murray's interview with Charlie Rose. When his version of RE first came out, I remember Siskel and Ebert talking about it because it was one of Murray's first serious roles. Later, I saw an interview with Murray and it was obvious that he identified with Darrell and was a serious seeker himself.
FWIW, the documentary "Walking the Camino" is now out on DVD, and I can highly recommend it. I pre-ordered a copy several months ago after catching it on the big screen, and it arrived in the mail today. Check it out.
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Post by Transcix on Nov 14, 2014 23:12:59 GMT -5
My post was probably misunderstood, because it was not referring to any kind of suffering. A sage accepts with equanimity whatever is happening whether it coincides with thoughts or not. I was only pointing out the humor involved in seeing how life sometimes dramatically and surprisingly shows us that a particular train of thoughts is erroneous. In my case, I had been planning all day to get a charger for my cellphone, but when I was actually driving in the direction of a store to get one, it suddenly became obvious that it wasn't going to happen. I wasn't dismayed; I simply found it to be quite funny, and it gave me a pretty good laugh. "A sage accepts with equanimity whatever is happening whether it coincides with thoughts or not." A sage recognizes that thought is part of 'whatever is happening', not something that to an extent coincides with it. "I was only pointing out the humor involved in seeing how life sometimes dramatically and surprisingly shows us that a particular train of thoughts is erroneous." A 'particular' train of thought? Are you saving the humor about all your other trains of thought for a rainy day? "In my case, I had been planning all day to get a charger for my cellphone, but when I was actually driving in the direction of a store to get one, it suddenly became obvious that it wasn't going to happen." How does it take a whole day to plan to pick up a cell phone charger after work? "I wasn't dismayed; I simply found it to be quite funny, and it gave me a pretty good laugh." What did you learn from it?
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