>
> >
> > 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."
> >
Call it what you like, the good, the fair, the just etc. of antiquity.
Yup, but essentially it is virtuous vs. sinful on a spiritual scale of
'life-supporting'.
> > 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.
> >
>
