--- In [email protected], "Kenny H" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > A gal I knew from another spiritual trip had an inter- > > esting theory about this stuff. She felt that although > > there is a lot of variety among the spiritual seekers > > one finds in this world, basically you can pretty > > safely "sort" them into two categories. > > > > The first category is composed of the seekers who are > > content with reading about other people's adventures. > > They get off on scriptures and tales of other people's > > enlightenment, and on intellectual discussions of other > > people's experiences, and that's enough for them. > > > > The second category is composed of mystics, those who > > will settle for nothing less than having their *own* > > experiences. Reading about them isn't enough; talking > > about them isn't enough; coming up with entertaining > > (but essentially worthless) models to "explain" the > > experiences isn't enough. They want the Real Thing, > > and if the spiritual group or teacher they're assoc- > > iated with isn't providing it, they move on to some- > > thing that does. > > > > I've always tended to agree with her assessment. In > > general, the people in the first group say "Maharishi > > says" (or "<Fill-in-name-of-teacher-or-historical-saint > > here> says") a lot. Because they're not actually *having* > > very many spiritual experiences, they assume that no one > > else is either, and therefore they become dependent on > > intellectual analysis of Other People's Experiences, > > especially those of their teacher, whom they *imagine* > > is having all *sorts* of good experiences. > > Barry, there is no way you/we can know whether "...they're not > actually having very many spiritual experiences..." Who knows who > "they" even are, how they would define spirituality, what they were > really looking for, how their interpretations of their own growth in > life have changed, etc.
No, Kenny, you don't understand. Barry knows *everything*. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/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/
