>
> Well, yes that being more than fair would be 'virtuous', less than fair would
> rank 'sinful'. That's classical and spiritually speaking in terms of Soul as
> self-evident, " Man's free-will actions simply harmonize and strengthen the
> expressed essence of his soul perfection or weaken and degrade it into mortal
> enslavement."
>
> Support the FFL resolution on sin.
>
> -Buck
>
> --- In [email protected], "raunchydog" <raunchydog@> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > *To the extent that MMY made assertions about the
> > > behavior of enlightened people--speaking the "sweet
> > > truth" and such--he contradicted himself. I assume
> > > he did so in an effort to encourage his students to
> > > behave in the manner he described. This might make
> > > for an interesting discussion if we could get off
> > > the stupid dime here of charges and countercharges.
> > >
> >
> > Speaking the sweet truth is a behavioral rasayana. By following the
> > traditional values, of one's cultural heritage, Maharishi believed one's
> > path in life presented fewer roadblocks to well being, good health and
> > enlightenment. Behavioral rasyanas are universally fundamental to all human
> > beings in all cultures. The behavioral rasyana map of a well traveled road
> > describes the territory, not the consciousness of the traveler.
> >
Spiritually virtuous
> > Behaviors and attitudes to maximize:
> >
> > Love
> > Compassion
> > Speech that uplifts people
> > Cleanliness
> > Charity and regular donation
> > Religious observance
> > Respect toward teachers and elders
> > Being positive
> > Moderation and self-control, especially with regard to alcohol and sex
> > Simplicity
> >
vs.
Spiritually sinful
> > Behaviors and attitudes to be avoided:
> >
> > Anger
> > Violence
> > Harsh or hurtful speech
> > Conceit
> > Speaking ill of others behind their backs
> > Egotism * Dishonesty
> > Coveting another's spouse or wealth
> >
> > http://www.mapi.com/ayurveda_health_care/newsletters/behavioral_rasayana.html
> >
> > Behavioral rasyanas describe the basic rules of how we treat each other as
> > human beings. A society devoid of such behaviors descends into chaos.
> > FFLife is a chaotic antimatter smashing machine of behavioral rasyanas,
> > cynically obliterating, ridiculing, any sacred cow daring to lift its head
> > from grazing in the pastures of social convention. Other than no porn, you
> > are free to be as abusive and as childish as you like on one day and a
> > warrior for truth, justice and sacred cows the next day.
> >
> > I'm not holding myself up as a model of always treating everyone with
> > absolute fairness. I don't, nobody does. I prefer less chaos and more
> > fairness in how in how we treat each other on FFLife, I just don't expect
> > it.
> >
> > IMO the folks who have a longer check list in the positive column of
> > behavioral rasyanas are more capable of speaking the sweet truth. They
> > consistently treat others fairly. Just as reliably, self-centered abusive
> > assholes with a long list of behaviors in the negative column don't give a
> > fuck about treating others respectfully and are incapable of speaking the
> > sweet truth. So sayeth raunchydog, not so sweetly.
> >
>
> Well, yes that being more than fair would be 'virtuous', less than fair would
> rank 'sinful'. That's classical and spiritually speaking in terms of Soul as
> self-evident, " Man's free-will actions simply harmonize and strengthen the
> expressed essence of his soul perfection or weaken and degrade it into mortal
> enslavement."
Spiritually, it is an excellent moral lesson.
>
