Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Confronting the shadow of spiritual dysfunction

2009-03-08 Thread Vaj
On Mar 8, 2009, at 10:12 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: Thanks for posting these Kornfield quotes, Vaj. I don't know him, but will now work to correct that. Can you recommend a good book to start with? I've only read After the Ecstasy, The Laundry: How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Confronting the shadow of spiritual dysfunction

2009-03-08 Thread Vaj
On Mar 8, 2009, at 2:09 PM, grate.swan wrote: I wrote the above, thinking, well yeah! Speak the sweet truth, water the root -- that does explain my perception of some in the TMO who seem in denial and on an artificial cloud 9. Then I thought some more -- questioning if there might be

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Confronting the shadow of spiritual dysfunction

2009-03-08 Thread Vaj
On Mar 8, 2009, at 4:50 PM, yateendrajee wrote: Re: Amrit Desai and Kripalu Center. Our ashram (about which serious ethical questions regarding the leadership were raised) had a kind of informal friendship with the Kripalu Center (Amrit Desai's former group), so I studied its recovery