--ahhhhh -what you already Are-
Selah digest that for awhile - In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" <dhamiltony2k5@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > `The goal of spiritual practice is to build up a large > > > > 'bank account' of yogic energy so that we can use it > > > > to purify our minds and subtle bodies and burn up our > > > > karma. The more energy we have in the 'bank,' the > > > > greater the evolution we will experience on a spiritual > > > > level.' > > > > -Meditation retreat Q&A, Karunamayi in FF > > > > > > > > > "The goal of many spiritual teachers is to > > > convince their students that they *need* > > > 'purification' and that their minds and > > > subtle bodies are 'impure' and need 'fixing' > > > to burn off their 'karma.' The more we can > > > convince our students of this, the more they > > > are willing to build up *our* bank accounts > > > paying for the 'purification' methods we > > > sell them. The more money *we* have in the > > > bank, the greater the evolution *we* will > > > experience on a financial level." > > > - Guru Anyonewhochargesmoneyforhisservicesananda > > > > > > Om Turqji that is good, > > > > That's been an ongoing lesson with Fairfield > > > > Were all gurus about $ ? Not really. Not all. > > Have been a few who have come through > > Fairfield too. > > > My larger point was not about the money > but about the notion of what constitutes > "spirituality." > > All too often, the assumptions that most > belief systems termed as "spiritual" are > based on is that its believers are "broken." > There is something *wrong* with them, some- > thing "impure" that must be "purified," > some "bad karma" that must be "worked off" > before they are "worthy" of enlightenment > or salvation or heaven or whatever. > > I don't buy it. Whether teachers convince > their followers that they "need" them and > then charge them money for that need, or > whether they convince their followers that > they "need" them and then give their advice > away for free, the bottom line is that these > teachers have convinced their followers that > they are BROKEN and "need" something before > they can become "un-broken." > > This is not my understanding of either enlight- > enment nor those who really represent it. There > is no liberation in becoming convinced that > you "need" teachers or the products they sell > to "become" something you already are. >
