--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Patrick Gillam" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > authfriend wrote: > > > > > > > > With such an overwhelmingly major change > > > > on the horizon, whose outcome none of us can predict, > > > > why not bide our time and withhold judgment? > > > > > > Sounds like a prescription for living one's entire life. > > > > Just to present an alternative viewpoint, this > > sounds like a very safe, don't-rock-the-boat > > prescription for living one's life, one that is > > heavily weighted in favor of those who would not > > like the boat rocked. > > > > Anyone can, at any time, rationalize an imminent > > overwhelming major change just over the horizon. > > There are some cases, however, in which you can't > rationalize it *away*. > > MMY's death is, for the movement, such a change. > > > Therefore, such an approach to life and social > > change can *also* be an excellent prescription > > for never actually doing anything to change > > things. > > > > This advice -- "Bide your time, and withhold > > judgment" -- is, after all, the advice that was > > given to Christ, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and > > pretty much every other figure in history who, > > ignoring it, actually changed things. > > > > Waiting until the time is right to challenge the > > status quo is another term for preserving the > > status quo. > > However, since it's clear that there's nothing > we can do to change the status quo in this case, > all we're doing here is flapping our gums. > > Or rather, that's what *you're* doing (while > comparing yourself to Christ, Gandhi, and Martin > Luther King).
1) I didn't get the impression that Tantra was comparing himself to Christ et al.; 2) However, even if he were, why put him down for it? Isn't that exactly what the purpose of those above-mentioned Saints' lives was about? Aren't their lives there for us to emulate? > I'm suggesting we save our energy > until we see what happens after MMY dies, when the > status quo will have changed all by itself, in > ways that *may* give us a chance to do something > genuinely productive. ------------------------ 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/
