--- In [email protected], "Patrick Gillam" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > --- jim_flanegin wrote:
> > >
> > > 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.
> 
> "Gentle, pious" living has helped me enormously in the past, 
> so I don't discount its value. But I can't say as it liberated me, 
> so I'm not really countering what you say, Jim.
> 
> In truth, after a few years of gentle, pious living in a reclusive 
> environment healed some problems that held me back, I was 
> chomping at the bit to get out and do the householder thing.
> 
> That said, the rationale behind giving to Purusha that's been  
> pitched to me is not, "Help me become enlightened," but rather, 
>  "Help maintain a group of yogis who enliven the unified field for 
> the benefit of all."
>
Thanks for the thoughtful response to what I said. I agree with most 
of it. As to whether the benefit of the P group is for all, I am 
skeptical. It begs the question, 'what *isn't* for the benefit of 
all?'. Can't think of anything...






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