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Posted By: barry arnold

JimB,
many thanks for the understanding and corroboration.
in determining what is real, it is always helpful to me to
remember Nikhilananda's beautiful summary of the Buddha's story:
as though his circumstances were not precarious enough, two mice,
one black and one white, began to gnaw at the vine that he was
clutching for his very life. It was then that he spied a strawberry growing
on the side of the cliff, ripe and luscious, and just within his reach.
He stretched forth his hand, plucked the fruit, put it in his mouth, and
exclaimed with delight, "Ah! How perfectly delicious."

best,
Barry