About Kevin.. I've always wondered about his type in the framework of Buddhism. I can't decide if they on a lower reincarnation cycle, or a higher one, I suspect the latter.
On May 1, 5:24 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > In answer to your question I'm going to go with my tried and tested > "because people are differant" > > I have many siblings, but let me concentrate on the one closest to me, > my lil brother Kevin(and I'm sure he won't mind me using him as an > example). > > I sometimes envy Kevin, only sometims though, and what I envy is his > ability to go through life without giving the most cursury of thought > to any aspect of life other than how much money he has, and where his > next beer is coming from. > > Not for him the sole searching the quest for answers to some of life's > more philosophical problems, as long as he is fine, and his spoue and > his kids, then he really has no worries. World peace, meh! fair > treatement for all, meh! and honest upfront goverement that works for > the benifiet of all of it's citizerns, meh! > > Okay it means that when we get together(and we do a lot) then the talk > is confined to 'bloke' chat. Kevin is not the only one who see's no > worth nor merit in deeper thought. We just won't get every individual > on board, nope it'll never happen. > > On 29 Apr, 00:22, Tinker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > My take on the Dali Lama crying when he was asked if there was an easy > > way to enlightenment sets the stage. > > > Dali cried because he knows that the way to enlightenment is too > > difficult, for enough of mankind to learn, and would never be able to > > bring about the transcendence that Buddhism seeks as its flavor of > > Unity. > > > Why is it that all the great minds of our time and those of history > > all converge on the fact that the power for solving all of the > > problems of the world is within the mind of mankind, but none have > > been able to affect the ways of mankind to bring about any significant > > change? > > The power connection in the mind has many different descriptions of it > > and directions on how to access it. It can be simply a magnificent > > light and it can be Jesus in all his glory. And it is exactly what it > > is according to whoever is describing it. It is a real thing and > > that’s the description that is available from previous information > > that has been incorporated into the belief structure of the > > individual. > > It is energy. It is indescribable. But it is such a wonderful thing > > that we have to describe it so we can claim it as ours. The method of > > description is metaphor, using that which is familiar to us. > > It is a resource for the individual to connect with the collective > > intelligence. > > When we connect with it we get a personal charge, it is a personal > > thing, the opposite of a Unity thing. > > We have gone to it (possibly only subconsciously), identified it and > > made it our personal knowing and understanding justifier, establishing > > our personal religion. And we exclude anything that is not in line > > with our personal religion. > > This is not the way to Unity.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
