--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Well the reason there is a controversy has to do with the fact > > > he is a monk and has not disrobed. > > > > > > However...for a yogin in this path if he has mastered the > > > creation > > > stage of meditation to the point where he no longer has impure > > > vision, it's not a problem. It will be interesting to see what > > > happens there. > > > > I don't doubt that it is considered controversial. I just find it > > amusing that so much spiritual thought is tied up in aversion, > > whether aversion to the qualities of our finite humanity or > > aversion to unorthodoxy. > > I'm with Alex here. I just find it tremendously amusing, > both that people have this entire set of orthodox "rules > and regs" that they care about, and that the same people > who create such "rules and regs" manage to come up with > "exceptions" to them for whenever they're needed. :-) > Yeah, that sh*t really gets in the way, or it did for me anyway. One of the things I recall when I learned TM was that I was told it was compatible with any lifestyle, which I have then proceeded to exploit completely.
I remember many instances where I have done stuff purely because I wanted to, even though it went against some guideline about gaining enlightenment. What I found was that overcoming the aversion actually increased my freedom, inner and outer, rather than constraining it. ------------------------ 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/
