i raised myself in religious matters..beginning at 7. .been there done that,, it's called the 60's revolution B. .now i see enlightenment. . from my mountain top. .so far so far ..so near so near..and forever here ..merle
Oh, me too. I was raised Lutheran. I think that the religious conceptual framework at least gave me a reason to accept that what 20th century America was peddling was flawed and that there might be some other way to look at things. That and LSD, Mescaline, Hashish, The Beatles, Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert etc... B Find what makes your heart sing…and do it! ________________________________ From: Joe <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, October 12, 2012 5:15:18 PM Subject: [Zen] Re: I need some practice advice Bill, It takes a certain maturity / level of maturity, to turn to practice of ANY kind. Being raised in a tradition should in no way prevent anyone from awakening. I am a case in point, and not a counter-example. SO??? --Joe > William Rintala <brintala@...> wrote: > > In response to Edgar's statement that "NO ONE should be raised as a muslim, > Christian or in any other delusion." Merle asked "so how the "f" should > they be > raised edgar?" My experience is that they find their own way with the > poking > and prodding of our education system, mass marketing, television and peer > pressure. They become parts of the great machine. Droids. I can only > hope > that my example will eventually help them to turn inward.
