Comments on: Today’s Question by Aart Hilal

By: Book Diva

Book Diva — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:25:41 +0000

Interesting question, Aart Hilal.

There are many sides to it, but no concrete answer, in my opinion.

By: Josephine (Swe)

Josephine (Swe) — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:14:31 +0000

Why didn’t miss Prym share the gold with some other young people of the village? I find her quite egoistic in the end.

By: Agnieszka

Agnieszka — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:32:08 +0000

Dear Rosarocks,

I’m curious… why did you answer the question, that actually was just an example of what it might be?

The book itself, I think, gave us an answer already, doesn’t it?
?

love
Agnieszka

By: rasarocks

rasarocks — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:39:17 +0000

Dear Agnieszka,

My answer is to both. I quote a teacher of mine
“the mind can build up all kinds of stories about the sensations, and cravings,but instead of getting caught up in the story line, just look at them as words coming trough the mind, without your having to believe them.
Then you start to see that if you cling to a particular story line, you make the pain worse.
So in the case of this obsession,you can run with it, but you always have the choice to drop it and liberate yourself
You don’t have to think it. When you step back and watch the commentary as you would something curious say “why would I believe that?”. It’s not the movie I want to see. You are not missing anything if you don’t follow it through to the end.

teacher~Geoffrey DeGraff~The Abbot,Metta Forest Monastery,California

He is great!
Cheers, rasarocks

By: wanbliska

wanbliska — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:01:23 +0000

We are good, maybe because we are bad.
Maybe as some do rectify their nasty behaviour, to besome really good.

Even in jail, the temptation can try us; by thoughts.

By: Maria

Maria — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:32:58 +0000

This reminds me of an anecdote about my mother. My mother raised me as a single mother in Communist Cuba. It was difficult to find food as it was not available in the regular supermarkets. She had to go to the interior of the country and buy food directly from the farmers, of course this was illegal and it was also dangerous. Since transportation was also hard to get, she would have to hitchhike with anyone that would stop to pick her up and was willing to carry contraband merchandise. So you can imagine the rumors about her reputation, being in cars or trucks with strange men, but the people that know her knew that she was an honest woman and I have nothing to reproach her. She worked hard as a beautician and made enough money to pay for the food and for the rides with cash and not in any other form of payment. Her aunt a very wise woman, once told her “You are the most honest woman I know, it is easy to be good when you sitting pretty at home and don’t have to go out and struggle for the things you need, but it takes a real honest woman to go out there face all the dangerous, men’s passes (which there were plenty, she was young and attractive) and keep your honor.” I think this is what Paolo refers to as Temptation. Sometimes it’s easy to take the easy way out, but it’s more worth it to take the “road less traveled”.

By: Agnieszka

Agnieszka — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:01:06 +0000

Dear Walaa,

I think that the question may be:

Where this obsession of the man can take him; can it drive him mad or can it liberate him?

love
Agnieszka

By: nikamarie

nikamarie — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:59:31 +0000

by temptation trying me I found out that there was a part of me that was not good (and i needed to change that about myself) I have also found out that goodness resides inside of me also always willing to prevail even when I have failed at temptation! I enjoyed the The Devil and Miss Prym because it helped me open up and see the side of me that was not good but willing to change.

Thank you
marie