Cats and Dogs
Favorite Movie Quote
from Ghostbusters: Dogs and Cats Living Together
Dr. Venkman: This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions. Mayor: What do you mean biblical? Dr. Stanz: What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real Wrath-of-God type stuff. Dr. Venkman: Exactly. Dr. Stanz: Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies. River and seas boiling. Dr. Spengler: Forty years of darkness. Earthquake, volcanoes, … Zeddemore: The dead rising from the grave. Dr. Venkman: Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together – mass hysteria!
Favorite Sublime Quote
Adi Da Samraj: If you keep too many dogs, you will never hear the free bird sing. If you keep too many cats, you will never see the free bird fly.
The “free bird” is Spirit. Those who exploit the possibilities of the body-mind and the descending Life Current, and who vigorously seek fulfillment in the world, “keep too many dogs.” They have so many worldly distractions that the free “song” of Spirit cannot be heard. Those who exploit the possibilities of the psyche, the central nervous system, and the ascending Life Current, and who slyly and independently seek inward “spiritual” fulfillment, “keep too many cats.” They have so many internal distractions that the free “flight” of Spirit cannot be seen. Both the Western approach (fulfillment in the world) and Eastern approach (exclusive inwardness) must be surrendered and transcended in The Way of the Heart, to “hear” and “see” Spirit truly and freely.