At 09:11 PM 12/11/2005 -0500, you wrote: >Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Nietzsche, Buddha, all had one thing in common. >They were rich. They were wealthy and influential men. So why were they >unhappy? What was their problem? > >I have often wondered if it isn't the most incredible insult to humanity >that even when it comes to being unhappy and unfulfilled, some rich guy has >to be the major authority on the subject. > >Don't the poor get anything that they can be the experts on? Shouldn't rich >people be obligated to pretend to be happy? It is not something that anyone >can enforce, but it seems to me that there should be some kind of rule that >whiny rich people should be disqualified from writing books, philosophies, >or religions about their spiritual growth. Rich people should be >automatically presumed to be happy and lacking the ability for spiritual >growth. > >Only the poor have the right to be unhappy, and they should be the only ones >who can grow spiritually.
Whatever our status might be at the moment, ultimately we're all in exactly the same position: homeless and destitute. Death owns all. It takes a lot of balls to stop ignoring that truth. Ian ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/S27xlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Current Book Discussion: Appreciate Your Life by Taizan Maezumi Roshi Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZenForum/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
