On to my next tidbit of wisdom from Koven's 'Going Deeper':
A Jainist parable:
Six blind men are led to an elephant (before it was shoved through the strainer
). The six men spread out in all directions. One grabs the elephant's tail and exclaims, 'This elephant is shaped just like a snake, long and thin.' 'Oh no,' another says, his arms wrapped around the elephant's front leg, 'You're wrong. It's shaped exactly like a tree - and just as rough!' 'Nonsense,' says a third, 'Elephants must be hard and pointy.' He was holding a tusk. Each of the blind men, in turn shared his point of view. One was touching the elephant's side, another the end of it's trunk. The last of the group was playing with one of the great beast's floppy ears. They argued among themselves, each saying his version was right. Soon, as has so often happened in history, they came to blows. Their actions were as befuddled as their eyesight.
Who was telling the truth? All of them and none of them.
There is no Truth; there's only perception.
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On a side note. We got approved today for the house we wanted to rent. Yay. I will be moving up to Tempe next week.
Now I just need to get a jobby job.
A Jainist parable:
Six blind men are led to an elephant (before it was shoved through the strainer
). The six men spread out in all directions. One grabs the elephant's tail and exclaims, 'This elephant is shaped just like a snake, long and thin.' 'Oh no,' another says, his arms wrapped around the elephant's front leg, 'You're wrong. It's shaped exactly like a tree - and just as rough!' 'Nonsense,' says a third, 'Elephants must be hard and pointy.' He was holding a tusk. Each of the blind men, in turn shared his point of view. One was touching the elephant's side, another the end of it's trunk. The last of the group was playing with one of the great beast's floppy ears. They argued among themselves, each saying his version was right. Soon, as has so often happened in history, they came to blows. Their actions were as befuddled as their eyesight.
Who was telling the truth? All of them and none of them.
There is no Truth; there's only perception.
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On a side note. We got approved today for the house we wanted to rent. Yay. I will be moving up to Tempe next week.
Now I just need to get a jobby job.
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Good luck tomorrow sexy. I gotta iron some clothes and hit the sack. Friggin' work tomorrow....