That was what I was seeking from you Ravi, an authentic post. I really
appreciate it.
I am sort of the opposite of a spiritual guy in the sense that spiritual people
talk about seeing the infinite, the universal and the God in others and that
connects them. I am seeking a human connection, a
Curtis, Thanks for those beautiful thoughts, I had to admit defeat to your
dogged persistence. But the truth is always the winner, it's the supreme
consciousness admiring it's own creation through the eyes of Curtis defeating
supreme consciousness admiring it's own creation through the eyes of
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote:
Oh yeah you do seem to love the beloved in your own way :-)
You mean like
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uzz4I_Yv1Mfeature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uzz4I_Yv1Mfeature=related
I have addressed this in the past that the 3 V's of Vairaagya
(dispassion), Viveka (discrimination) and Vichaara (inquiry) is the
proper use of intellect, and that intellect is on the payroll of the
higher self and not does the bidding of the ego. Whoring of the ego is
what I refer to as
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
curtisdeltablues@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@ wrote:
Let's try it again - enlightenment is not a three some, so I don't
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
curtisdeltablues@... wrote:
In the meantime I hope to read your exchanges with Jim whom you seem
to regard as on your level. He may be a better man for this job.
Some things just make me laugh.
Thanks - I get it. The history angle is interesting, in that this game of mind
games to avoid realization has been going on apparently as long as realization
has.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote:
I have addressed this in the past that the 3 V's of Vairaagya
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
curtisdeltablues@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@ wrote:
Yes I'm sincere in my love to my beloved and I do love to share
that. It
might come across as special state of mind, condescending,
Steve, no I don't think I am stopping anyone from expressing their POV,
I don't have any intention of doing so and I think its quite a stretch
of imagination to think I have the power to do so. But my loyalty to my
beloved remains and being a man I have to defend her by being aggressive
and
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote:
Let's try it again - enlightenment is not a three some, so I don't need
anyone's acknowledgement or participation while I'm having sex with my
beloved :-)
That may be so but you spend quite a bit of time here presenting
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
curtisdeltablues@... wrote:
snip
I sense a spark of sincerity in you Ravi. I am fanning that.
I like this.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote:
Steve, no I don't think I am stopping anyone from expressing their
POV,
I don't have any intention of doing so and I think its quite a stretch
of imagination to think I have the power to do so.
I didn't mean to imply that
-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
curtisdeltablues@ wrote:
snip
I sense a spark of sincerity in you Ravi. I am fanning that.
I like this.
Thanks Steve. Remember the discussions I had
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@...
wrote:
-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
curtisdeltablues@ wrote:
snip
I sense a spark of sincerity in you Ravi.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@...
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@ wrote:
Let's try it again - enlightenment is not a three some, so I don't need
anyone's acknowledgement or participation while I'm having sex with
Frank Patangalli? He got offed by the family after his betrayal, right?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@...
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willytex@ wrote:
Yes you are right I meant Patanjali.
Curtis:
That
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter L Sutphen drpetersutphen@...
wrote:
Damn hammer!
Peter
But its the only tool I got, so I am in deep heat looking for an f'ing nail to
slam.
On Apr 29, 2011, at 9:39 AM, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@... wrote:
--- In
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@... wrote:
How about, I am nothing. Lower than the lowest. No different from dog
poo (or god poo). Ready and eager to help my self where ever I find me.
Accomplishing nothing. Having nothing. Doing nothing. No fortune or
fame. Nothing that
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@ wrote:
How about, I am nothing. Lower than the lowest. No different
from dog poo (or god poo). Ready and eager to help my self
where ever I find me.
It was pre expresso morning brain dribble. But If James or Steven Tyler want
to anthem it out, I would give my blessings.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@ wrote:
How about, I am nothing.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
curtisdeltablues@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@ wrote:
Let's try it again - enlightenment is not a three some, so I don't
need anyone's acknowledgement or participation while I'm having sex
with my
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@...
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@ wrote:
Steve, no I don't think I am stopping anyone from expressing their
POV,
I don't have any intention of doing so and I think its quite a
stretch
of
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
curtisdeltablues@ wrote:
-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote:
So you can do nothing wrong in my eyes and you have never insulted the
beloved.
That's a relief (-:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote:
snip
the only difference
is that I defend my beloved and you defend your whore (intellect).
Folks, it's a good line. May be the best we have all week.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
curtisdeltablues@... wrote:
-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
curtisdeltablues@ wrote:
snip
I sense a spark of sincerity in you
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter L Sutphen drpetersutphen@
wrote:
Damn hammer!
Peter
But its the only tool I got, so I am in deep heat looking for an f'ing
nail to slam.
You clearly seem to have lot of
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
curtisdeltablues@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@ wrote:
Let's try it again - enlightenment is not a three some, so I don't
need
Dude, can you please explain what you mean with whoring the intellect? Use of
the intellect is necessary as a means of discrimination. But there seems to be
a particular way in which the intellect is used when you refer to it as
'whoring'?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote:
I disagree with the monks in that the divine, if real,
must be omnipresent, so if I'm to honor that, then
ordinary life has to have the deepest divinity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
curtisdeltablues@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
curtisdeltablues@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote:
So your beef with me is that I don't buy that you have a special relationship
with the creator of the universe, right?
The little routine that you are above the whore intellect isn't fooling
anyone here either.
Poor
Damn hammer!
Peter
On Apr 29, 2011, at 9:39 AM, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote:
So your beef with me is that I don't buy that you have a special relationship
with the creator of the universe, right?
Hey Curtis, What do you identify as trollish behavior? I am curious because I
was reading up on it (wiki-p), and the distinction appears to be a troll is
someone making disruptive posts, in order to provoke an emotional reaction, vs.
those participating in a current discussion, or presenting an
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote:
Hey Curtis, What do you identify as trollish behavior? I am curious because
I was reading up on it (wiki-p), and the distinction appears to be a troll is
someone making disruptive posts, in order to provoke an emotional
Thanks Curtis - non-trollish here too.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@...
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@ wrote:
Hey Curtis, What do you identify as trollish behavior? I am curious
because I was reading up on
Truth needs no acknowledgement, whereas lies have to be repeated over and over
again 'cause so much has been invested in it :-). People who indulge mindlessly
need constant reassurance, approval and acknowledgement - been there and done
that.
The only person I looked to for acknowledgment
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote:
Truth needs no acknowledgement, whereas lies have to be repeated over and
over again 'cause so much has been invested in it :-). People who indulge
mindlessly need constant reassurance, approval and acknowledgement - been
curtisdeltablues:
In retrospect some of my replies to Doug might fall
into the trollish category.
Yep!
I just think he was full of it and that his premises
about reality are bogus. - Curtis
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/274662
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willytex@... wrote:
curtisdeltablues:
In retrospect some of my replies to Doug might fall
into the trollish category.
Yep!
I just think he was full of it and that his premises
about reality are bogus. - Curtis
Curtis:
That phrase refers to my opinion of Shankara.
But, the thread was about Patanjali.
You said Patanjali was 'full of it' and his premises are
'bogus'. Why would you be telling Buck that Patanjali
was bogus if you wanted to dialog with Buck about Yoga? It
doesn't make any sense.
Let's try it again - enlightenment is not a three some, so I don't need
anyone's acknowledgement or participation while I'm having sex with my
beloved :-) and I'm saying end the fascination with the whore
(intellect) and chose the blissful orgasm with the beloved. It may sound
routine and trollish
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
curtisdeltablues@... wrote:
You post more than I do here Ravi so I don't know what you are talking
about with the lies have to be repeated over and over and you have
little use for words pitch. Obviously you feel the same desire to
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willytex@... wrote:
Yes you are right I meant Patanjali.
Curtis:
That phrase refers to my opinion of Shankara.
But, the thread was about Patanjali.
You said Patanjali was 'full of it' and his premises are
'bogus'. Why would you be
I guess the question I have Rav, is, are you going to stomp on every
infraction you see? I liked Jim's challenge, if that's what you want to
call it. It help get some clarification from Curtis and Ravi. And
really Ravi, I like your perspective. But I just wonder if you are
going to continue
With Ravi, he is a bhakti, or so he appears, as he expresses his Eastern mind
to the West that way. Let's face it, big difference (at least straddling the
two worlds during my life so far, that is my impression). So when he talks
about his particular imagery, it is singular. How can the heart
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@...
wrote:
With Ravi, he is a bhakti, or so he appears, as he expresses his
Eastern mind to the West that way. Let's face it, big difference (at
least straddling the two worlds during my life so far, that is my
impression). So when he
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
curtisdeltablues@... wrote:
But I have to say that watching these guys on Mt. Athos made me feel
as though I was watching people who had decided that rather than being
open to life on its own terms and discovering truth, they had opted
: curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@...
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mt. Athos featured on 60 Minutes
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 11:25 AM
I had such a charming time with the
Cistercian monks when I was into spirituality that I have
continued
the rest of the way...or you could ride it
right in. It doesn't really matter. But one thing is clear, you leave
the friggin' boat behind!
--- On Wed, 4/27/11, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote:
From: curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mt. Athos
: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mt. Athos featured on 60 Minutes
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 11:25 AM
I had such a charming time with the
Cistercian monks when I was into spirituality that I have
continued an appreciation for their alternative
lifestyle
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote:
Good stuff, Curtis. Where you're coming from is why the Buddha
told
everyone to
This essay was for Vaj to consider if he wished to read it.
In his previous comments, he brought up the theurgy of Iamblichus and
it's parallelism with Orthodox liturgy, like that briefly shown on the
60-Minutes program. The essay included in the reply addresses some of
these issues but is not
On Apr 27, 2011, at 3:38 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote:
Huh?? What theoretical case?
That idea that there can in principle be no proof or reasons to
support a belief in life after death.
Conscious dying is practiced is a number of yogic traditions. All
involve learning how to die BEFORE
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On Apr 27, 2011, at 3:38 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote:
Huh?? What theoretical case?
That idea that there can in principle be no proof or reasons to
support a belief in life after death.
Conscious dying is practiced is a
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote:
On Apr 27, 2011, at 3:38 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote:
Huh?? What theoretical case?
That idea that there can in principle be no proof or
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill emptybill@... wrote:
You're taking this too personally and so you see it as a personal
put-down.
snip
Getting a world infatuated person
to understand this point is just a waste of time. It's like trying
to teach chess to a monkey.
I am
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On Apr 27, 2011, at 3:38 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote:
Huh?? What theoretical case?
That idea that there can in principle be no proof or reasons to
support a belief in life after death.
Conscious dying is practiced
On Apr 28, 2011, at 9:02 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On Apr 27, 2011, at 3:38 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote:
Huh?? What theoretical case?
That idea that there can in principle be no proof or reasons to
support a belief in life
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@... wrote:
But one thing is clear, you leave the friggin' boat behind!
What Will It Take For You To Step Out Of The Boat?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
curtisdeltablues@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend
jstein@ wrote:
snip
Not sure where I asked you to assume a belief
with no good reason. All I'm recommending is that
you have the humility to
@ wrote:
From: curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mt. Athos featured on 60 Minutes
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 11:25 AM
I had such a charming time with the
Cistercian monks when I was into spirituality that I
First of all I appreciate the area you are clarifying and challenging in my
statement. And thinking about it has been helpful for me to find my own
limits. Taking the time to pursue ideas in detail is a luxury in this world.
This seems to be the heart of it:
Judy:
It was your initial
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@...
wrote:
The humility angle may be getting overworked here. But the
intellectual position that I have not seen adequate evidence
for a belief, that I am really sure I have not seen enough
evidence or reasons is not
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@
wrote:
snip
I don't believe that anything I bring up in these discussion
needs to be labeled non sequitur just because it doesn't
directly
Nice piece, Dude.
But, but, but, aren't we all as if in our own private ashrams in that we also
have routines that are equally as hard wired, and that we mindfully have put
into place? Even the mundane is ritualized thereby. I always have mustard
with my hot dog just as much as these guys
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On Apr 28, 2011, at 9:02 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote:
On Apr 27, 2011, at 3:38 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote:
Huh?? What theoretical case?
That idea that
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@... wrote:
Nice piece, Dude.
Thanks, nice to hear from you Edg.
But, but, but, aren't we all as if in our own private ashrams in that we also
have routines that are equally as hard wired, and that we mindfully have put
into
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@... wrote:
I disagree with the monks in that the divine, if real,
must be omnipresent, so if I'm to honor that, then
ordinary life has to have the deepest divinity available,
and the only missing element is my intent to see it or,
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@...
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote:
Nice piece, Dude.
Thanks, nice to hear from you Edg.
Wow Curtis Edg - amazing discussion. Let me sum this up for others who might
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote:
Nice piece, Dude.
Thanks, nice to hear from you Edg.
Wow
Reading the inane FFL comments here about this 60-Minutes CBS expose of
Mt. Athos helps to contrast the basic viewpoint of monastics (as
contemplatives who practice seriously) with some of these meditators who
profess to have been meditating 30+ years.
From the monastic viewpoint, the world -
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill emptybill@... wrote:
Reading the inane FFL comments here about this 60-Minutes CBS
expose of Mt. Athos helps to contrast the basic viewpoint of
monastics (as contemplatives who practice seriously) with
some of these meditators who profess to
I take it you were impressed by what you saw, or what you know about the
daily living on Mt. Athos. I had kind of expected something different.
It seemed more formal, and more ceremonial than I had expected. Really,
I question the degree of spirtituality present there. What do you
think?
---
On Apr 27, 2011, at 8:04 AM, seventhray1 wrote:
I take it you were impressed by what you saw, or what you know
about the daily living on Mt. Athos. I had kind of expected
something different. It seemed more formal, and more ceremonial
than I had expected. Really, I question the degree
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:
snip
One gets the feeling that you think hierarchically,
and have fallen for the trap of believing that one
of these ways of life is higher or more evolved
than the other. I see them as merely two different
approaches,
I had such a charming time with the Cistercian monks when I was into
spirituality that I have continued an appreciation for their alternative
lifestyle. Sort of how I view people way into the tattoo culture, interesting,
but I keep my distance. I certainly dig the chanting and the Jungian
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@...
wrote:
snip
I've been wrong about a lot of things in my life. Really
important things. Things I had believed were irrefutable.
So now I have a bit more humble pie on my dinner table and
a whole lot more of a
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill emptybill@ wrote:
Reading the inane FFL comments here about this 60-Minutes CBS
expose of Mt. Athos
FWIW, it didn't seem to be an expose, at least the text
version of the
. Athos featured on 60 Minutes
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 11:25 AM
I had such a charming time with the
Cistercian monks when I was into spirituality that I have
continued an appreciation for their alternative
lifestyle. Sort of how I view people way
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@...
wrote:
I had such a charming time with the Cistercian monks when I was into
spirituality that I have continued an appreciation for their alternative
lifestyle. Sort of how I view people way into the tattoo
!
--- On Wed, 4/27/11, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@... wrote:
From: curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@...
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mt. Athos featured on 60 Minutes
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 11:25 AM
I had such a charming time
Hmmm ... this must be from that very rare Pali Sutta just recently
translated into English:
Kill the Buddha Before He Kills You
Could you tell me where to find it in the Nikaya-s?
I'm jus' so styoopid.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@...
wrote:
I had such a charming time with the Cistercian monks when
I was into spirituality that I have continued an appreciation
for their alternative lifestyle. Sort of how I view people
way into the tattoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On Apr 27, 2011, at 8:04 AM, seventhray1 wrote:
I take it you were impressed by what you saw, or what you know
about the daily living on Mt. Athos. I had kind of expected
something different. It seemed more formal,
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@
wrote:
snip
I've been wrong about a lot of things in my life. Really
important things. Things I had believed were irrefutable.
So now I have a
Fervent soliloquy from your self to yourself. Appears to be your
experience of what unity must be like - your own form of self-referral.
This has nothing to do with the realities of monasticism but you can
still make grand proclamations to Turq and he can make some back to you.
Everyone doing
A fundamentally protestant judgment.
It's all a bunch of empty ceremony, right?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@...
wrote:
I take it you were impressed by what you saw, or what you know about
the daily living on Mt. Athos. I had kind of expected something
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@...
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
curtisdeltablues@ wrote:
snip
I've been wrong about a lot of things in my life.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill emptybill@... wrote:
Fervent soliloquy from your self to yourself. Appears to be your
experience of what unity must be like - your own form of self-referral.
This has nothing to do with the realities of monasticism but you can
still make
?
--- On Wed, 4/27/11, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@... wrote:
From: curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@...
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mt. Athos featured on 60 Minutes
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 11:25 AM
I had such a charming time
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
Hesse was never a monastic so he was just imagining what he thought it
was. It is actually much more and also much less than your imagination.
Everything in monasticism depends upon the individual monastic.
Most Eastern Orthodox monasteries clothe and feed their own members
along with their
I love all the diverse opinions, great work everyone! (I haven't decided yet
what the truth is,...but maybe some day). But on the whole, instead of
visiting either of those Monkish places, I would recommend spending time
watching The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
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A Daniel Craig sequel coming
Cultic participation does not equal monastic experience. Your judgments
about it are not informed by a real direct experience, in spite of your
assumptions that you are experienced like Jimmy Hendrix. Monasticism
is really much better and/or much worse than the CBS program depicts,
depending on
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I've been wrong about a lot of things in my
Excellent!...another expert on what's authentic. Now we have two.
http://www.feebleminds-gifs.com/vampire-throneroom.jpg
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Cultic participation does not equal monastic experience. Your judgments
about it are not informed by a
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Yifu yifuxero@... wrote:
Excellent!...another expert on what's authentic. Now we have two.
http://www.feebleminds-gifs.com/vampire-throneroom.jpg
Exactly.
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Cultic participation does
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Excellent!...another expert on what's authentic. Now we
have two.
http://www.feebleminds-gifs.com/vampire-throneroom.jpg
Exactly.
But for heaven's sake,
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