And I suppose I'm learning not to feel too guilty or fustrated about it (and use advaita as my perfect excuse perhaps :? ) I tend to use illness as the perfect excuse, as I find advaita doesn't wash with most people. :wink: Yes, advaita doesn't wash with most people, but it washes with me, and I do...

danny wrote: the fear is within you...

Fear is like a metal, mental armour?

A resistance, to a deeper fear/love within?

Toombaru, It is gratifying for this ego to be srutinized so much! :lol: And I think you'd agree that we all like each other very much in here. :lol: Many of the details were wrong, but it is true that I was a shy child. Yet I seem to be able to overcome that shyness in here. Thankyou for your consid...

If u take the word 'Me' and flip the 'M' You get We !! http://www.lotus.org/images/lotusflower/Lotus.jpg ...We are That The sentence accepts separation as a given........and then attempts to reunite that which was never separated. toombaru Toombaru, I suspect at one time you were a school teacher. ...

toombaru wrote:You can have One..........or the other.



toombaru

Yes, but you can't 'have' One!

If u take the word 'Me' and flip the 'M' You get We !! http://www.lotus.org/images/lotusflower/Lotus.jpg ...We are That The sentence accepts separation as a given........and then attempts to reunite that which was never separated. toombaru Toombaru, I suspect at one time you were a school teacher. ...

danny wrote:... the fear is within you...

Does a deep fear not resemble love?

I should.... but most likely won't... o.k angel, you hooked we, "I should.... but most likely won't..." ...what?, i'm sure you've had time to think about it... clarify the why of writing it... it's been copied, so can't be edited away... and you're a mom, so neither can you... so what?... :) I just...

How about: :idea: http://www.iloveulove.com/images/shift.jpg Also..... It seems I have a small collection of vintage TAH DAH..... Toombaru Bumper Stickers : What would Zorba do? [What would Lao Tzu do?*] All experience is personal. Relationships are impossible. [What about "elationships"? :P] A hum...

I should....

but most likely won't...

I feel I have this type of issue with my children, who are aged 2 and 4, - they seem to want my undivided attention all of the time which is of course not possible and I often feel I have to 'close' myself to them or ignore them somehow, I tell myself that I am being 'cruel to be kind' (kind to mys...

toombaru wrote:You should always ask someone if they want the moon or the finger.

Can I have the moon, the finger and all the space inbetween please?

If I want to do one thing, and an other person wants me to do another thing, who is going to decide? But I think it is important that I decide. I cannot do what other think to avoid them getting angry and disappointed with me . I feel I have this type of issue with my children, who are aged 2 and 4...

If I want to do one thing, and an other person wants me to do another thing, who is going to decide? But I think it is important that I decide. I cannot do what other think to avoid them getting angry and disappointed with me . I feel I have this type of issue with my children, who are aged 2 and 4...

jeff wrote:

angela wrote:

jeff wrote: maybe this kind of self-asking
is one natural & instinct-ful outcome
when there are two, in relationship...

yes, perhaps that is the exact nature of 'relationship' -

asking - "what about you? what about me?"

hey angel,
how you be?
yo!, how you doin'

i'm ok u ok?!