--- In [email protected], new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > If *I* had 10+ million bucks and felt like donating > > some of it to a cause that I believe in, I think > > I'd manage to find a way to do so without having > > to wear flowing white robes and a Burger King crown. > > But then you have established, it appears, that you approach > spiritual choices with a sharp pencil, asking "whats in it > or me?!" Perhaps some of the rajas long ago figured out that > the "me" is insubstantial and hollow/empty.
I honestly think you've got the equation backwards here. If I want to give away money, all I'm looking for is to be able to do so while continuing to live my life the way I want to. I'm *not* trying to get anything for myself; I am, in fact, trying to give something away, and then *walk away*. (In fact, when I *have* given away money in the past, I've done so anonymously, *so that* I didn't have to get involved in any of the egogames that surround charitable donations to spiritual groups.) Compare and contrast to the Rajas, who (to their credit) gave some money to a cause they believe in. HOWEVER, they *didn't* give the money anonymously or even quietly. They could have. But they didn't. What they did instead was to donate the money in such a way as to buy the right to wear flowing white robes and a crown and prance around at TMO functions as if they were important. It seems to me that *they* are the ones you have a problem with, not me. 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
