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manigma
India
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 Posted - Apr 22 2011 : 04:54:16 AM
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What's common between a blossoming flower...
... and a dry leaf falling from a tree?
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Rajeev Sethi
India
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Posted - Apr 23 2011 : 08:59:07 AM
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 Scratchingggggg my head
Can I borrow your Thinking Cap?  |
Edited by - Rajeev Sethi on Apr 23 2011 09:57:05 AM |
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Etherfish
USA
3615 Posts |
Posted - Apr 23 2011 : 11:22:11 AM
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| Beauty - and the observer of beauty |
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nodoubt
India
90 Posts |
Posted - Apr 23 2011 : 1:04:20 PM
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| They both belong to the plant family. |
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nodoubt
India
90 Posts |
Posted - Apr 23 2011 : 1:06:45 PM
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| No I've got one. What's the difference between a potato? |
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Etherfish
USA
3615 Posts |
Posted - Apr 23 2011 : 3:42:22 PM
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emc
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Posted - Apr 23 2011 : 4:14:30 PM
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Associating to OM.
Recently, I had no less than three doctors listening to my heart. The first one heard a strange sound, so they checked it out thoroughly and two others came to listen... Nothing was found to be wrong... they just had never heard that type of sound before... like a soft, constant, humming motor... 
I think they heard OM. |
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davidg
United Kingdom
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Posted - Apr 23 2011 : 4:50:01 PM
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OM is the first sound, from it all and everything is formed,
we are... the falling leaf
we are... the blossuming flower
theres no I in team so WE becomes one,
in that ONENESS all is transpiring there and now,
NOW.....
let them all go.
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nodoubt
India
90 Posts |
Posted - Apr 23 2011 : 5:02:21 PM
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Tibetan_Ice
Canada
758 Posts |
Posted - Apr 23 2011 : 6:23:10 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by manigma
What's common between a blossoming flower...
... and a dry leaf falling from a tree?
What is common?
The source from which the forms manifested.
The empty space which stands aside to permit occupancy and motion.
The presence/awareness that is observing.
The mind which interprets the events as it was conditioned.
THAT.
Absolutely Nothing.
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WoodDragon
USA
56 Posts |
Posted - Apr 23 2011 : 10:12:44 PM
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| They are both part of the question you asked. |
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Rajeev Sethi
India
50 Posts |
Posted - Apr 23 2011 : 11:05:50 PM
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Birth and Death.
Two sides of the same coin.  |
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JDas
USA
74 Posts |
Posted - Apr 23 2011 : 11:30:00 PM
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don't think there's anything common about either of these visions.
both would be very pleasing and exceptional. |
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manigma
India
1065 Posts |
Posted - Apr 24 2011 : 02:37:34 AM
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Oh c'mon guys, its so simple, don't think... feel!
Its a one word answer.
I will give you another chance before I tell it.
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Rajeev Sethi
India
50 Posts |
Posted - Apr 24 2011 : 04:39:50 AM
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| Prana |
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miguel
Spain
1197 Posts |
Posted - Apr 24 2011 : 08:01:16 AM
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| Impermanence. |
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Etherfish
USA
3615 Posts |
Posted - Apr 24 2011 : 09:08:13 AM
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quote:
Originally posted by manigma
Oh c'mon guys, its so simple, don't think... feel!
Its a one word answer.
I will give you another chance before I tell it.
I thought you were presenting the question as a koan, for which there is not a "correct" answer, but something that makes you consider spiritual matters.
There isn't one "correct" answer to that question, there are many. If you want a one word answer, it could be "God" or "Maya" or "flora" or "me" or "earth" or "cells" or "DNA", or "mitochondria"; i could go on and on. . .
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WoodDragon
USA
56 Posts |
Posted - Apr 24 2011 : 09:16:36 AM
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| I also did not realize this was a riddle which had but one answer. It is my own belief that words are but one method of communication, there are many, and that words have differing meanings to those with differing experiences. So many single words could be considered the truth in this case including "Nonexistence" or even "words", for that is the Truth in this case, they are but words and not the objects themselves. As an exercise in how we perceive objects or even words and ideas, this was a fun exercise and I had been enjoying the various responses, like the different shapes of snowflakes, each unique yet each of them still snowflakes. |
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jeff
USA
971 Posts |
Posted - Apr 24 2011 : 10:56:27 AM
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Very Zen. The answer can be found in silence. 
Peace & Love. |
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cosmic
USA
821 Posts |
Posted - Apr 24 2011 : 2:17:25 PM
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| Life. |
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davidg
United Kingdom
36 Posts |
Posted - Apr 24 2011 : 2:50:20 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by manigma
Oh c'mon guys, its so simple, don't think... feel!
Its a one word answer.
I will give you another chance before I tell it.
love |
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woosa
United Kingdom
382 Posts |
Posted - Apr 24 2011 : 3:00:25 PM
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| mongoose? |
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emc
2072 Posts |
Posted - Apr 24 2011 : 5:05:29 PM
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| fall |
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manigma
India
1065 Posts |
Posted - Apr 25 2011 : 03:09:53 AM
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quote:
Originally posted by manigma
What's common between a blossoming flower...
... and a dry leaf falling from a tree?
I know there can be several answers. But there is a particular (deep) relationship between the above two. Otherwise I would have asked anything like:
What's common between a Wolf's howl on a full moon night... and a waterfall?
The answer can be found in a very deep meditative state.
Be the blossoming flower... be the falling leaf...
I am surprised that no one has found the answer yet. Its so simple.
I will wait another day.
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Delara
Lebanon
305 Posts |
Posted - Apr 25 2011 : 04:40:51 AM
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| emptiness |
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Chiron
Russia
397 Posts |
Posted - Apr 25 2011 : 07:17:30 AM
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| Same tree? |
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