[FairfieldLife] Re: Ethics and the World Crisis

2005-04-01 Thread shanti2218411
---Rick no doubt reasonable people can sometimes argue about what is ethical behavior but I think in the case of the teachers I refered to below I have no doubt that most people would agree that they behaved unethically because by any reasonable standard they did. eg taking advantage of their

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ethics and the World Crisis

2005-04-01 Thread mark robert
Ethics is an ever-changing series of personal decisions based on a seemingly infinite mixture of, (but certainly not limited to), conscience, internalized beliefs, religious affiliation, genetics, family values, peer influence, culture, gender, conformity, groupthink, personal

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ethics and the World Crisis

2005-04-01 Thread peterklutz
Some say we choose the karma for each of our lives. I suppose this includes 'wives' choosing to be killed by their 'husbands' - a choice I understand one makes in in a non-corporeal form. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mark robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I suspect the motive of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ethics and the World Crisis

2005-03-31 Thread Vaj
On Mar 31, 2005, at 1:26 AM, Bob Brigante wrote: Maharishi says that Behavior is a spontaneous expression of one's level of consciousness, so that only unlimited awareness would be an always-right and reliable basis for behavior. Then what would one conclude about the unethical behavior of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ethics and the World Crisis

2005-03-31 Thread Nelson
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, George DeForest [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: . Vaj writes: How come MMY doesn't talk ethics? my guess at maharishi's thinking: (please dont shoot the messenger!) without regular transcending, all attempts at ethical consideration is only

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ethics and the World Crisis

2005-03-31 Thread shanti2218411
---Not to defend MMY's unethical behavior(because I believe that he has behaved that way)I think that it's worth mentioning that numerous other ostensibly enlightened beings have behaved unethically including several prominent buddhist teachers.All of which leads me to conclude that maybe we

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ethics and the World Crisis

2005-03-30 Thread Bob Brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, George DeForest [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: . Vaj writes: How come MMY doesn't talk ethics? my guess at maharishi's thinking: (please dont shoot the messenger!) without regular transcending, all attempts at ethical consideration is only