--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wonder if there is a relationship between Shinzen > Young's theory of 'poly-spiritual' and 'mono-spiritual' > and seekers' assumptions about whether they will ever > realize their own enlightenment. The distinction made > by Young was: > > > I think > > that some people are naturally poly-spiritual and some people > > are mono-spiritual. Mono-spiritual people develop overt or subtle > > conflicts if they go with different teachers of approaches, whereas > > poly-spiritual people get an immediate sense of the complementary. > > I've always been poly-spiritual. There's never been anything > > I did with anybody that didn't seem immediately to complement > > what I had done with everybody else. p 51 > > Does 'mono-spirituality,' with its core assumption > that there is one and only one 'expert' when it > comes to self discovery, imply a deep subconscious > belief that one can never actually discover Self, > only follow someone who has? Does it imply a belief > that one can never really live life on the same level > as the teacher one follows? > > Does 'poly-spirituality' imply more of a willingness > to reach out and embrace the teachings of *many* who > profess knowledge, and thus (by assuming that many > *can* have such knowledge simultaneously) imply a > subconscious core belief that the seeker himself > can attain such knowledge? > > No answers here, only questions...
Don't know, but I think there's a relationship between mono-spirituality and patriarchy. Spiritual groups that believe in one overarching expert in their spiritual world also want one clear authority figure in the home and that is generally the father. ------------------------ 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/
