They cut another pre-cancerous mole out of me a couple of days ago. I sit here about a month shy of 60 having been diagnosed the past couple of years with what my doctor calls "older" persons' complaints: melanoma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, sleep apnea, glaucoma--and with my history nobody has to tell me why. I love the colorful way Ramakrishna puts it:
"Sin begets its own result. This is God's law. Won't you burn your tongue if you chew a chili? In his youth Mathur [a dead friend] led a rather fast life; so he suffered from various diseases before his death. One may not realize this in youth. I have looked into the hearth in the Kali temple when logs are being burnt. At first the wet wood burns very well. It doesn't seem then that it contains much moisture. But when the wood is sufficiently burnt, all the moisture runs back to one end. At last water squirts from the fuel and puts out the fire."
Can you say "burning the candle at both ends?" I'm about to squirt.
"Sin begets its own result. This is God's law. Won't you burn your tongue if you chew a chili? In his youth Mathur [a dead friend] led a rather fast life; so he suffered from various diseases before his death. One may not realize this in youth. I have looked into the hearth in the Kali temple when logs are being burnt. At first the wet wood burns very well. It doesn't seem then that it contains much moisture. But when the wood is sufficiently burnt, all the moisture runs back to one end. At last water squirts from the fuel and puts out the fire."
Can you say "burning the candle at both ends?" I'm about to squirt.
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