--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" <anartaxius@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <j_alexander_stanley@> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" > > > <anartaxius@> wrote: > > > (snip) > > > > Today, I was sitting, not in a nice Parisian café, but in a > > > > MacDonald's, where the Wi-Fi was not working. So I opened a > > > > book and the Kindle opened to a passage about 'truth'. I > > > > wonder what the two of you, turquoiseb and authfriend would > > > > have as a take this: > > > > > > > > 'The idea of freedom is very important, however. Everybody > > > > gets to be as they are. Only when you have given them that > > > > freedom, the freedom they already posses--do you find within > > > > yourself the capacity to be honest and real and true.' > > > > > > > > 'We cannot be true as long as we are expecting or wanting > > > > others to agree with us. That will cause us to contract-- > > > > maybe they won't like me. When we are protecting ourselves, > > > > we are also withholding freedom from everybody else.' > > > > > > Not only is all this a meaningless platitude, it's a *very* > > > poorly written meaningless platitude. > > > > Just FYI, I Googled the exact phrase "Everybody gets to be as they are", > > and it turned up the passage on Google Books. It's from Adyashanti's book, > > 'The End of Your World: Uncensored Straight Talk on the Nature of > > Enlightenment'. > > > > http://tinyurl.com/kskefdz > > > You found it Alex. You did some research. > > Judy did not understand the passage.
I understood it perfectly. It doesn't require a lot of effort. I'm not surprised to learn it's from Adyashanti. You apparently think it's profound; I don't.
