--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > <snip> > > It's disheartening, dude. Like you, I've sat down > > and had long conversations with "common folk," > > many of whom were illegal immigrants to the US or > > France. During my lifetime I have had conversations > > with bums, with whores and pimps, with a murderer > > (who was a TMer, by the way), with atheists and > > with total materialists. Not ONE of them was any > > less "spiritual" than any of the "spiritual" people > > I've met in over 40 years of spiritual seeking. And > > to be honest, most of them were nicer people than > > the people I know who consider themselves spiritual. > > Are you, do you think, a nicer person than the > people you know who consider themselves spiritual, > Barry? > > <snip> > > Wasn't it Jesus who said something about a man > > being measured by the way he treats "the least > > among us?" > > He also said, "And whosoever shall exalt himself > shall be humbled." > > I'm not sure you'd want to be measured by how you > treat people, actually. >
My observation is that most people who walk the walk don't advertise about it. IOW, for every Curtis whom you know about, there's myriad non-Curtises "walking the walks" whom you never hear of and WILL never hear of.
