Dear Devotees, The posting on Lotus and Symmetry reminded me of another article by Alan Watts (the well-known Zen scholar) on the Lotus Flower which is considered all over the East as a symbol. I am attaching the web-file of Watts' essay and also adding it in the Files section of the Oppiliappan List for the information of Members. An extract: "The realization of the truth contained in this symbol is the central problem of human life?the equal acceptance of both earth and heaven. Yet remember it is the roots which accept the slime?not the flower, and the flower which opens itself to the sun?not the roots." "... we cannot deny that we came into the world with blood and pain, that the powerful reproductive urge symbolized by the reptile stirs within us, that we have bowels as well as brains, that our life depends alike on growth and decay, and that what we have been accustomed to regard as dirt, violence and pain is an essential part of our nature." Dasan Krishnaswamy MK ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/hjtSRD/3MnJAA/i1hLAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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