2012.06.11 _ 62

I agree with what you say Storm. The book I am reading at the moment 'Thought Is the Enemy' is full of denunciations of overmuch thinking.

' The heart does not for a moment know that it is pumping blood. It is not asking the question, “Am I doing it right?” it is just functioning. It does not ask the question, “Is there any purpose?” To me, that question has no meaning. The questions, “Is there any meaning?” “Is there any purpose?” take away the living quality of life. You are living in a world of ideas.

Krishnamurti, UG (2011-07-11). Thought is Your Enemy (Kindle Locations 2212-2215). Smriti Books - Imprint of SPB Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. Kindle Edition.

My restless mind never stops. Perhaps I have to reconcile myself with the fact that like the heart, the brain has the function of thinking. It pumps out thoughts endlessly. But perhaps I don't have to bother thinking that they are important or going anywhere.

A late contribution again, after Mrs. Storm has retired, and after I've visited the temple for karuna-metta meditation.

Another cooking revelation. :) Today I cooked what is arguably the best curry I've ever made. The recipe was intuited. Each ingredient was given the nod by unseen head. Each quantity likewise. The result was the best curry I've had since I've been living here. I rate the recipe 9½/10 on the Storm scale of good curries. If this was served at a British restaurant, I'd go back there! :)

I wrote it all down and I published it on the pabcafe mailing list ... and got no reaction - which is fine. The intent is to share my good fortune in having discovered a gem, and not to brag in any way. I published it with the same motive on a private forum for another bunch of friends too. I got the reaction "yeah that's pretty similar to my standard chicken curry, except that I use a bit more yoghurt and I... etc." Yeah but it ISN'T pretty similar! You can use the same ingredients but in different relative proportions and end up with something atrocious and sick-making if they're out of balance. You can cook exactly the same ingredients in the same proportions but in different orders or different ways and create something only worthy of feeding the trash bin.

If life were that easy - gather the right ingredients and throw them together - we'd all be rich or enlightened or both. We'd all be great artists, scientists, lovers. But we're not. We have to get the right balance between them. And we have to apply them in the right way at the right time.

And something else... When you've found a winning recipe, you don't screw with it! ;-))

Sleepy checking in, not quite under the wire ...
full and interesting funny day. Mantras, etc. :)