--- Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Apr 10, 2005, at 11:46 AM, Rick Archer wrote: > > > You cast aside doubts and adjust > > your world view to accept it. If you have doubts > or don't accept it, > > there > > must be something wrong with your thinking. > > When I was taught--actually by my teacher--how to > approach the > teaching, I was taught the ways to approach and test > the teacher and > there were ways to approach and test the teachings. > > Regarding the teachings, I was told that I should > not accept any > teachings blindly, but to test them as if I was > testing gold. In other > words pound them to see if they are malleable and > not fools gold, melt > them, mold them, etc.--test them from every angle to > see if they have > meaning. Then, apply them in practice. Then, and > only then, would the > teachings come to live inside of me as part of me.
Exactly! Doing this roots out all moodmaking and artifice that prevents these teachings from bearing fruit. Authenticity leads to liberation. Moodmaking gets you nice and stuck in ignorance. > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> 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/