---In [email protected], <sharelong60@...> wrote:
Doc, I said something about win win! Anyway, I think people do best for the world when they're doing their dharma whatever that might be (-: Is this actually saying anything? What is your dharma? How can we tell what our dharma is or that dharma actually exists? Do you always speak in such generalities? Is this your dharma? Can you tell when someone is living their dharma? Is there a chance there is no such thing as dharma and would your life be less rich if this was some made up idea? What percentage of the things you say have you actually analyzed and thought deeply about? On Thursday, October 10, 2013 10:21 AM, "doctordumbass@..." <doctordumbass@...> wrote: Hi Share - who said anything about a win-win? I was making the point that one can be doing far more [for the world] than someone engaged in the TMSP for 7 and 1/2 hrs. per day, although no explicit signs are there. That is all. If people want to sit around in the dome, that is fine. Recognize though, that it is not the ne plus ultra it is made out to be. ---In [email protected], <[email protected]> wrote: Doc, I think it's a win win. Either the person is calm and radiates that; or they're releasing stress and thus becoming more calm. BTW, I had to reply from Basic because the list in Full Featured did not have your post! Isn't life simple? Just meditate and no matter what happens or how someone is acting they are evolving to a better, calmer place. -------------------------------------------- On Wed, 10/9/13, doctordumbass@... mailto:doctordumbass@... <doctordumbass@... mailto:doctordumbass@...> wrote: Subject: RE: Re: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: The power nap: an alternative to TM? To: [email protected] mailto:[email protected] Date: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 12:08 PM Hey Share, if a person is established in silence all the time, they no longer need to round seven and a half hours a day. It continues 24/7. So, there is not really a correlation between time explicitly spent meditating, and a person's ability to be a source of calm, vs a generator of noise. ---In [email protected] mailto:[email protected], <[email protected] mailto:[email protected]> wrote: Ann, there were 2 posts and in one you focused on rounding spouses. As a response to the other, I refer you to this comment from Seraphita: We understand what you're saying but it is a common belief in all contemplative traditions that communities joined together practising silent prayer (eg, monks and nuns) have a beneficial effect on the world even though to practical, common-sense types they seem to be a waste of space. Indeed, even the very recollection that there are men and women who forsake the feverish ambitions of the mass of people induces a feeling of calm! On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 10:28 AM, "awoelflebater@..." <awoelflebater@...> wrote: ---In [email protected] mailto:[email protected], <[email protected] mailto:[email protected]> wrote: Now this comment from Judy is a perfect example of snarky IMO. Ann had criticized that people rounding for 7 1/2 hours were thus separated from their spouses. I responded reasonably noting that spouses who work away from home are also separated for 7 1/2 hours or so. My point, though, was not so much about spouses but more about the fact that people who meditate for 7.5 hours a day are not, in my opinion, "spiritual warriors" and that they obviously have absolutely nothing more desirable or pressing in their lives to apply themselves to. I would have to question their interestingness as human beings let alone their productiveness and ability to take advantage of all of the richness this waking life has to offer. -------------------------------------------- On Wed, 10/9/13, judy stein <authfriend@...> wrote: Subject: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: The power nap: an alternative to TM? To: [email protected] mailto:[email protected] Date: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 8:37 AM Share wrote: > Ann, I think many spouses who work > outside the home are separated from each other from most of > the day. When you find out for sure, let us know, OK? This is an important insight.
