Does anybody know of M's views on keeping pets? I've heard him say that they are a drain. I always thought he meant of some kind of spiritual energy, but I'm beginning to believe he actually meant a drain of resources and time, being a distraction from program.< I heard a story about a yogi that lived in a hut in the forest doing his program and he only had two possessions, a couple of loin cloths. One to wear , one to wash and dry for the next day. A rat used to disturb him in meditation by scratching the cloth hanging to dry so he got a cat to chase away the rat, then he needed a cow to have milk to feed the cat. Then he had to raise grain to feed the cow. Before long the yogi was tending a farm in order to not be distracted in meditation from the rat but there was no time for meditation because of all the duties of the farm. In short , the busy businessman story. The reason I'm asking this is, this story is being manifested on TMO property as we speak. A care taker has been ordered to build a fence to keep some calves who are supposed to be lawn mowers, so to speak. The care taker is going to end up rising at 4 or 5 in the morning to bottle feed the calves and tend to their needs during the day so he won't have to mow the grass (this was not his idea). I've tried to lobby against this venture without success as being *off the program* and also a liability to the TMO. Poor fencing means cattle escaping and wondering off, perhaps on to roads, causing accidents. The calves will be steers and serve no other purpose than to eat grass and be pets. Any comments are welcome.
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