--- In [email protected], "markmeredith2002" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The false guru criteria have nothing to do with wishing for a perfect > guru and disparages noone in particular. I find them to be a fairly > common sense approach to evaluating the field of spiritual teachers.
Yes, thats a view of reason and common sense. > What I find amazing on this list is the number of people who think > that its okay to use your mind and adult common sense to evaluate > everything in life, except gurus! - our minds can't truly fathom them, > their actions and behaviors don't really tell us anything about them, > there are no corrupt gurus, only gurus not right for us. This is no > different than the relationship of fundamentalists with their bible or > neocons with their Bush, Its symptomatic of a need for security, to boil everything down to black and white views. And of dividing the world into those that have the white views and those that have the black views. No other options are entertained. Its a sign of a rigid and yet fragile mind and ego structure. > Of course, objective analysis of gurus or anyone will never be > perfect, but by locking yourself into a conceptual model of gurus as > uniquely outside the scope of human analysis is putting them into the > perfect mommy and daddy sphere and is a sign of immaturity. Recognizing upfront that there have been gurus who score low in some "common sense" virtue areas is a sign of a mature seeker. Acknowledging that some "flaws" may emerge down the road is a sign of a flexible and nimble seeker. Having some sense of potential exits, if such guru low virtues emerge is a sign of a seeker with common sense. To cast such seekers as locked into a disparaging mode, and as the only possilbe explanation, is bizzare and irrational. That it comes from a therapist is an embarrassment. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/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/
