<<Allan writes, 'all inaction, all symbols of hope? ..And how do we differentiate between things we do because we can do and things we do not do because we think we cannot do them?>>
Dear Allan, I don't consider 4 or 5 hours of meditation a day, writing books, being an international spokesperson for spirituality as being 'inaction'. If we had all taken the Dalai Llama's approach, 70 years of spiritual exercises, I guarantee you there is a damn good chance that those miners could have been manifested out of that pit, or better yet, if we were all acting as the Dalai Llama, they probably wouldn't be there in the first place as we might not be mining coal any more.I don't think you can compare freeing Tibet from the Chinese and freeing these miners from the shaft. I do think that there is an entire faction of...new age spiritual types, who believe that they can pray it away, or buy all the right crystals, and go to regular channeling sessions, rather than change spending and buying habits, and take an active role in creating a better world, but I don't think that the Dalai Llama is one of them. But with this comes the free will, karma and destiny of each individual, and each folk spirit guiding a culture. Personally, I agree with you about the anthroposphical teachings, if its not completely practical, forget about it. And how much of our/my 'things we do not do because we think we cannot do them?' actually just a cover up for lack of will forces?? Christy
