In a message dated 12/30/06 10:43:10 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Actually, probably the best thing that any MD could > > > ever do for her own evolution would be to go over > > > and clean the pundits' toilets. > > > > You know this because... > > > > Might not be a bad idea though. It's called service and > > would be some what humbling for the *goddesses*. > > And why should they be humble? What does humility have to > do with what their spiritual practice or lack thereof? I think the big mistake here is the notion that there is some single, inflexible, objective standard of spirituality. There are as many ways of being spiritual as there are people; and what is spiritual for one person may be distinctly unspiritual for someone else. It's one thing to be truly humble; it's quite another to rub folks' noses is how deeply humble you are. Performing humble tasks can be just as much a function of egotism as avoiding them. And perhaps one of the least-humble behaviors imaginable is to criticize others for being insufficiently humble. Ever see the movie Gandhi? Remember how he had his wife clean, rake and cover the latrine like everybody else? The very reason she didn't want to do it was why she needed to do it. She thought she was too good for such work and it was beneath her, it was for untouchables. When she realized she was no better or worse than anybody else and did it with happiness and service in mind, did she rise above holier than thou attitude. Not everybody needs to go through such exercises, but those that raise a fuss about it probably do.
