--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > But *why* do you react negatively? Consistently? > > > > > > Could it possibly be...uh...jealousy? Having done > > > everything you've been told to do for over thirty > > > years and never having experienced diddley-squat, > > > while those who do what the fuck they want have > > > lots of cool experiences? There's a lesson in > > > there, if you were just intelligent enough to > > > perceive it... > > > > So cool experiences is where it's at? > > Actually, for many of us, yes it is. > > I always liked one teacher's breakdown of the > two "types" of spiritual seekers. One type is > content to read about -- and be inspired by -- > other people's experiences. The other type > likes that, too, but it isn't enough for them. > They want to have these experiences themselves, > and if the tradition they're part of is not > delivering them, after a suitable period of > time, they move on to a tradition that *does* > deliver. > > Haven't you ever considered the possibility > that the TMO's "We don't talk about our experiences" > stance was developed because people weren't having > very *many* of them? > > That's not true in many other traditions. And > interestingly enough, the traditions in which > seekers never go a month (and rarely a week) > without having some extraordinary experience > almost never have any dogma that says, "Don't > talk about them." In fact, the structure of such > organizations is such that it's considered a normal > thing to talk freely about one's experiences. > > I'm suggesting that you would *not* have reacted > negatively to a fellow seeker of enlightenment > talking about his personal experiences of enlight- > enment if you hadn't been *taught* to react that > way. You were. >
Sigh, my reaction was to the "MMY is my gurudev" thing. I didn't make that clear. And as for cool experiences, I'm a devout Buddha-killer at heart. And even THAT is worthing of assasination... 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/
