...there are fleas on other dogs?
This is from the story of Professor Rao when he talked about the 4th and 5th Sloka of the Samkhyarika of Isvarakrsna and discussed how we come about knowledge through perception, inference and reliable authority. Still with these, we cannot know everything, can we? He tells this story to draw parallels when people sometimes ask whether there are other beings like us in the universe.
Two fleas were chatting on their dog and one asked... Do you think there are fleas on other dogs?
Beyond fleas and martians, I had a few looming thoughts that disturbed my practice this morning.
Paul sat with me for lunch, just sharing his own views. In the afternoon, we went back to expanding and lengthening. Words to live by on and off the mat - keep the chin up, tail down, lift heart. Be in it.
Be in it.
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