--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@> > wrote: > > > > On Nov 5, 2006, at 1:47 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: > > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > >> > > > The question REALLY is: why do they continue on MD if they > > > obviously are not happy with it? Isn't that just mood-making > > > at its finest? > > > > > > They're supposed to be transcemding the finest, not moodmaking > > > at the finest. > > > > Those who can, transcend. Those who can't, moodmake. > > > > Beats working, I guess. > > Your last sentence is another reason why one > puts up with a less-than-happy lifestyle (such > as MD, for those for whom it does not seem to > be a good "fit") for longer than would seem > sensible. It beats working. > > Or does it? > > I don't know about you guys, but I have a deep > respect for those rare spiritual traditions in > which the priests or hierarchy *worked* for a > living. The "flock" didn't support them. They had > to go out and work for a living in the world, as > did the flock. > > Most of those traditions have developed a feeling > of work *as* path, just another experience that one > can attempt to bring one's best to, and thus use > work as just another opportunity to learn and grow. > There is almost never the concept of a "day job" > in such traditions. There is only the job, and > it's called life. :-) >
Gee sounds like the householder vs recluse dichotomy, to 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/
