Just to humor Edg, and because as a believer in the value of Beginner's Mind I hope always to be a "newbie," and just for the fun of it, I'll answer.
> 1. In which religion were you raised? None. I was thrown out of Presbyterian Sunday School after my third Sunday and have been thankful for that ever since. > 2. In which other religious movements have you been a > true believer? List them in chronological order. Badly phrased question, Edg. I have *never* been a "True Believer" in any movement that I considered "religious." I have participated in movements that I considered "spiritual" on the "True Believer" level only twice -- with TM and with the Rama trip. > 3. Do you believe in reincarnation? Yes. > 4. Do you believe in an omniscient, omnipotent, God Who is > running the universe down to the least aspect? No. > 5. How do you define soul? I don't. Meaningless term. > 6. How do you define enlightenment? I don't. Meaningless term. > 7. Nature or nurture? Both, of course. > 8. List the gurus in who's physical presence you've been. Too many to list. > 9. What country do you live in now? Spain. > 10. How many children have you parented? None, to my knowledge. > 11. How many times married? Once. > 12. Years spent in the TMO? 14. > 13. Years spent living in Fairfield, Iowa? 0 (zero). > 14. Vegetarian? No. > What rules? None. Oh, you meant about eating. :-) None. > 15. Do you watch entertainment that portrays raw and graphic > violence? Absolutely. > 16. Can drugs be spiritually useful to the ordinary person on > the street such that regular use could be supported? Too many variables to give a straight answer to. What is "spiritually useful?" What is "regular use?" For that matter, what is an "ordinary person?" > 17. In which places of the world have you lived a year or more? Too many to list. Well over 50 at this point. > 18. On a 1 - 10 scale, rate how much of your spiritual > journey you've accomplished so far. All of it. My journey, "spiritual" or otherwise, extends only as far as this moment. Tomorrow -- if I live to see tomorrow -- I will give the same answer, but the journey will have been one day longer. > 19. How much time do you spend per day in formal spiritual > practices that are not common-everyday human activities? A half an hour to an hour in sitting meditation. But I can practice mindful- ness at any time, and often do -- while working, eating, walking, sleeping, or having sex. > 20. List the recreational activities, hobbies, passions that > get more than 10 hours per week of your time. Walking. Reading. Watching movies. Being a predator. ( Hey...you didn't think I was going to give you ALL straight answers, did you? :-) > 21. What do you expect to get out of posting here at > FairfieldLife? I *hope* to win that big kewpie doll on the shelf behind the carnival barker. But I've been around the carnival circuit enough times to *expect* nothing.
