Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 23:24:19 -0800
From: "Senex R. Rupicapra" <olgoat-AT-kdsi.net>
Subject: Re: The wheeeeeee...l and the energy


Kindly Old Unka Bart wrote:
>  What I just said.  That I recognize that a path exists
> that will lead me where I want to go, is sufficient for
> me.  And while I have not taken the vow of a boddhisatva
> (to reject liberation for myself until all sentient
> beings have achieved it), I still find myself with a
> flashlight in hand to aid the occassional searcher who
> crosses my path, to find the way for herself...

	the prollem with religions (for me anyways) is
that experience has taught me that aint nobody gonna
walk the walk for me--no matter what the Christers say.
the spiritual experience gotta be mine if it gonna do
me any good.  nor can i do it for others.  hell, i can't
even tell 'em how it be done.  if any aks me i can only
say, "just do it.  dont try, just do it."  aint got a
map; aint got a blueprint; aint got no wrote down 
directions; aint about to say "follow me."  y just do it.
y gotta be willing to step off solid ground into the dark
unknown.  without knowing where y'll land.  and try not to
try too hard, 'cuz it's a loverly ride.  i dont worry about
a end, for to have a end y gotta have a beginning and i
remember not a beginning.  
	i had a aunt who had the power.  she really did.
she lived to be very old, altho that wasnt her want.  she
was always restless to go on, but she said it wouldnt
happen before she was done here.  her power was to heal
and comfort, not bodies, necessarily, but souls, always.
	she left it for me 'cuz she had no daughters and
none o her sons (that survived her) was so inclined.
occasional i accept the gift, but it aint my sole path, yet.
it may yet be, before i go on.  there be much peace there.
it be the energy o the universe and all that is that y
open the door and let in, but y gotta get past the fear. y
gotta take that step out into the dark.  the onliest thing
to fear is being afraid.  just do it.
	thank y for yr time.
 
	old goat.
       "Mistrust those in whom the 
	impulse to punish is strong."
	--Friedrich Nietzsche
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