--- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Nov 5, 2006, at 2:41 PM, TurquoiseB 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. :-) > > I agree. I always thought they'd get much more balanced individuals on > Purusha and MD if they had had some kind of program where they worked > for a while, then came back to the fold. But then, of course, people > might actually have begun to think for themselves--can't have that! :) > Much better to have a type of indentured servitude, kept in line by > fear and paid for by somebody else.
Don't know about MD, but Perusha has been quite busy at times over the years. Rick? 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/
