--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > 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.
Could be, but that wasn't my point. I'm talking about the folks here who believe they're in a position to judge the spirituality of others. Seems to me that's at least as holier-than-thou as not wanting to have to clean toilets. If doing what one thinks is beneath one is a tool for becoming more spiritual, perhaps it might be good for the spirituality of the MD critics here to join Purusha or MD themselves.
