[FairfieldLife] Re: Fighting Spiritual Malaise
Classic! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" wrote: Here's mine: "If you have a feeling that you're > going to post a bunch of platitudes, try to do it > in one post rather than take six posts over 18 > minutes to do it." :-) > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > Touring: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "...enlightenment is possible. Not only is it possible. It can definitely be attained in this lifetime." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *If you've been on the spiritual path for many years and haven't experienced what you expected, don't be discouraged. You can, and will, experience enlightenment.* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *If you were disappointed by teachers that you felt didn't have integrity, or if you got turned off by the politics of spiritual organizations, don't be dismayed.* > > > > > > > > > > > > > *If you've been meditating for years, but wonder why you haven't experienced what the guru's described in the books that inspired you in your youth, don't blame yourself.* > > > > > > > > > > *If you lost hope and got diverted along the way, please don't settle for anything less than what you know in your heart is your true purpose in life.* > > > > > > > *As all the saints and sages throughout the ages have said, "Human life is precious. Don't waste it."* > > >
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fighting Spiritual Malaise
My favorite: Within this vale Of toil and sin Your head grows bald But not your chin --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" wrote: > > Now that's funny! (But only because I'm old enough to know why.) > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Touring: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "...enlightenment is possible. Not only is it possible. It can > > > > > > > > definitely be attained in this lifetime." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *If you've been on the spiritual path for many years and haven't > > > > > > > experienced what you expected, don't be discouraged. You can, and > > > > > > > will, experience enlightenment.* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *If you were disappointed by teachers that you felt didn't have > > > > > > integrity, or if you got turned off by the politics of spiritual > > > > > > organizations, don't be dismayed.* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *If you've been meditating for years, but wonder why you haven't > > > > > experienced what the guru's described in the books that inspired you > > > > > in your youth, don't blame yourself.* > > > > > > > > > > > > > *If you lost hope and got diverted along the way, please don't settle > > > > for anything less than what you know in your heart is your true purpose > > > > in life.* > > > > > > > > > > *As all the saints and sages throughout the ages have said, "Human life > > > is precious. Don't waste it."* > > > > > > > Burma Shave > > >
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fighting Spiritual Malaise
Now that's funny! (But only because I'm old enough to know why.) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Touring: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "...enlightenment is possible. Not only is it possible. It can > > > > > > > definitely be attained in this lifetime." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *If you've been on the spiritual path for many years and haven't > > > > > > experienced what you expected, don't be discouraged. You can, and > > > > > > will, experience enlightenment.* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *If you were disappointed by teachers that you felt didn't have > > > > > integrity, or if you got turned off by the politics of spiritual > > > > > organizations, don't be dismayed.* > > > > > > > > > > > > > *If you've been meditating for years, but wonder why you haven't > > > > experienced what the guru's described in the books that inspired you in > > > > your youth, don't blame yourself.* > > > > > > > > > > *If you lost hope and got diverted along the way, please don't settle for > > > anything less than what you know in your heart is your true purpose in > > > life.* > > > > > > > *As all the saints and sages throughout the ages have said, "Human life is > > precious. Don't waste it."* > > > > Burma Shave >
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fighting Spiritual Malaise
Oh, I get it...it's Spiritual Platitude Day. That's where one passes along advice to those who neither need it nor consider you a viable dispenser of advice. Here's mine: "If you have a feeling that you're going to post a bunch of platitudes, try to do it in one post rather than take six posts over 18 minutes to do it." :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > Touring: > > > > > > > > > > > > "...enlightenment is possible. Not only is it possible. It can > > > > > > definitely be attained in this lifetime." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *If you've been on the spiritual path for many years and haven't > > > > > experienced what you expected, don't be discouraged. You can, and > > > > > will, experience enlightenment.* > > > > > > > > > > > > > *If you were disappointed by teachers that you felt didn't have > > > > integrity, or if you got turned off by the politics of spiritual > > > > organizations, don't be dismayed.* > > > > > > > > > > *If you've been meditating for years, but wonder why you haven't > > > experienced what the guru's described in the books that inspired you in > > > your youth, don't blame yourself.* > > > > > > > *If you lost hope and got diverted along the way, please don't settle for > > anything less than what you know in your heart is your true purpose in > > life.* > > > > *As all the saints and sages throughout the ages have said, "Human life is > precious. Don't waste it."* >
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fighting Spiritual Malaise
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Touring: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "...enlightenment is possible. Not only is it possible. It can > > > > > > > definitely be attained in this lifetime." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *If you've been on the spiritual path for many years and haven't > > > > > > experienced what you expected, don't be discouraged. You can, and > > > > > > will, experience enlightenment.* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *If you were disappointed by teachers that you felt didn't have > > > > > integrity, or if you got turned off by the politics of spiritual > > > > > organizations, don't be dismayed.* > > > > > > > > > > > > > *If you've been meditating for years, but wonder why you haven't > > > > experienced what the guru's described in the books that inspired you in > > > > your youth, don't blame yourself.* > > > > > > > > > > *If you lost hope and got diverted along the way, please don't settle for > > > anything less than what you know in your heart is your true purpose in > > > life.* > > > > > > > *As all the saints and sages throughout the ages have said, "Human life is > > precious. Don't waste it."* > > > > Burma Shave > Personally, I think the guy is being too *nice*. Rather, it now would be time to say, *Get some fucking discipline and sit up. In a busy world it will take you some will-power and concentration. Git going. Shake off that *faint-heartedness*, come to meditation.* -Buck
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fighting Spiritual Malaise
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Touring: > > > > > > > > > > > > "...enlightenment is possible. Not only is it possible. It can > > > > > > definitely be attained in this lifetime." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *If you've been on the spiritual path for many years and haven't > > > > > experienced what you expected, don't be discouraged. You can, and > > > > > will, experience enlightenment.* > > > > > > > > > > > > > *If you were disappointed by teachers that you felt didn't have > > > > integrity, or if you got turned off by the politics of spiritual > > > > organizations, don't be dismayed.* > > > > > > > > > > *If you've been meditating for years, but wonder why you haven't > > > experienced what the guru's described in the books that inspired you in > > > your youth, don't blame yourself.* > > > > > > > *If you lost hope and got diverted along the way, please don't settle for > > anything less than what you know in your heart is your true purpose in > > life.* > > > > *As all the saints and sages throughout the ages have said, "Human life is > precious. Don't waste it."* > Burma Shave
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fighting Spiritual Malaise
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Touring: > > > > > > > > > > "...enlightenment is possible. Not only is it possible. It can > > > > > definitely be attained in this lifetime." > > > > > > > > > > > > > *If you've been on the spiritual path for many years and haven't > > > > experienced what you expected, don't be discouraged. You can, and will, > > > > experience enlightenment.* > > > > > > > > > > *If you were disappointed by teachers that you felt didn't have > > > integrity, or if you got turned off by the politics of spiritual > > > organizations, don't be dismayed.* > > > > > > > *If you've been meditating for years, but wonder why you haven't > > experienced what the guru's described in the books that inspired you in > > your youth, don't blame yourself.* > > > > *If you lost hope and got diverted along the way, please don't settle for > anything less than what you know in your heart is your true purpose in life.* > *As all the saints and sages throughout the ages have said, "Human life is precious. Don't waste it."*
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fighting Spiritual Malaise
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Touring: > > > > > > > > "...enlightenment is possible. Not only is it possible. It can > > > > definitely be attained in this lifetime." > > > > > > > > > > *If you've been on the spiritual path for many years and haven't > > > experienced what you expected, don't be discouraged. You can, and will, > > > experience enlightenment.* > > > > > > > *If you were disappointed by teachers that you felt didn't have integrity, > > or if you got turned off by the politics of spiritual organizations, don't > > be dismayed.* > > > > *If you've been meditating for years, but wonder why you haven't experienced > what the guru's described in the books that inspired you in your youth, don't > blame yourself.* > *If you lost hope and got diverted along the way, please don't settle for anything less than what you know in your heart is your true purpose in life.*
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fighting Spiritual Malaise
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Touring: > > > > > > "...enlightenment is possible. Not only is it possible. It can definitely > > > be attained in this lifetime." > > > > > > > *If you've been on the spiritual path for many years and haven't > > experienced what you expected, don't be discouraged. You can, and will, > > experience enlightenment.* > > > > *If you were disappointed by teachers that you felt didn't have integrity, or > if you got turned off by the politics of spiritual organizations, don't be > dismayed.* > *If you've been meditating for years, but wonder why you haven't experienced what the guru's described in the books that inspired you in your youth, don't blame yourself.*
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fighting Spiritual Malaise
> > > > > > > Touring: > > > > "...enlightenment is possible. Not only is it possible. It can definitely > > be attained in this lifetime." > > > > *If you've been on the spiritual path for many years and haven't experienced > what you expected, don't be discouraged. You can, and will, experience > enlightenment.* > *If you were disappointed by teachers that you felt didn't have integrity, or if you got turned off by the politics of spiritual organizations, don't be dismayed.*
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fighting Spiritual Malaise
> > Touring: > > "...enlightenment is possible. Not only is it possible. It can definitely be > attained in this lifetime." > *If you've been on the spiritual path for many years and haven't experienced what you expected, don't be discouraged. You can, and will, experience enlightenment.*
