--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Yes, the whole concept of people living in supposedly rarified > spiritual environments supported by others turns out to be quite a > lie, in the case of the 'P' or 'MD' groups, for example. I like > what > Rick said about being more comfortable about the Trappist model, > delivering bread and stuff. And I have no problem whatsoever with > someone choosing to live a monastic life. > > Its just that we have all heard of liberated beings doing whatever > they choose to do, and it surely wasn't their habits that got them > there, or prevented their liberation. > > It is a dreamy and sugary thought to associate some sort of gentle > pious life with liberation, but in fact there is no connection at > all. None. > > I have grown the most spiritually by doing *exactly* what I choose > to, whether that meant smoking or drinking or eating meat or > contemplating such actions. > > All of this false piety leads to suffering in many cases, and does > no good whatsoever, because it doesn't resolve the bonds of > attachment, it only strengthens them through denial. Resolve > attachment through transcendence, not denial. > > So as the phrase says-- eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we > die.
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