--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been thinking about this vastu thang, and what > I've come up with is that it's a dying man's attempt > to give to the students who will outlive him what > he's always enjoyed while living -- a perfect excuse > for never having to follow through on one's dreams > and promises and pronouncements. > > The problem with realizable goals is that they're > realizable, so if they aren't achieved, the person > or persons who proposed the goals have to deal with > the possibility that the failure to realize the goal > was their fault. > > The benefit of having an *unrealizable* goal is that > you never have to worry about any of that amsll shit. > You just dedicate your life to a goal that, almost > by definition, can never be realized because the > real world is simply not going to go for it. Then > it's the WORLD's fault when it isn't realized. > > In a way, "rebuild the entire world as vastu" is > kinda Maharishi's "Boddhisattva Vow." It's just some- > thing to keep the True Believers occupied once he's > gone, so that they don't ever have to deal with > living life one day at a time and setting realizable > goals and accomplishing some of them and not accom- > plishing others. It's a *marvelous* way of avoiding > real life and living one's life in the enduring bliss > of fantasy. He's trying to give his True Believer > students the ability to live the rest of their lives > the way he's lived his.
To a certain extent, that is true. However, having unobtainable long- term goals doesn't prevent one from having obtainable short-term goals as well... ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
