--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 12/21/05 7:27 PM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > > > > But if the beach is loaded with people throwing back starfish, and > > you know of an isolated cove that no-one goes to where a rare > > starfish makes its home, which is a better use of your time? Throwing > > back one in millions, or one in ten? > > Let's get explicit here. You're saying the TMO shouldn't or doesn't have to > spend its resources on helping people on a relative level, because it's > specialty is teaching meditation. Right? > > I'm suggesting that the failure of the TMO to explicitly advocate > compassionate action as part of the spiritual path is glaringly obvious in > the personalities of the people who have been most dedicated to it. >
I disagree. Doug Henning sacrificed his career to work on Vedaland. A nicer guy you'd never meet, IMHO. I can think of many others high in the TMO who also exhibit fine personality traits. The ones tasked by MMY to be anal-retentive are indeed anal retentive, but that comes with the territory of their jobs. E.G. Bevan. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Ever feel sad or cry for no reason at all? Depression. Narrated by Kate Hudson. http://us.click.yahoo.com/YbEMxA/ubOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/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/
