--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <no_re...@...> wrote: > > If you're new here, tell us about yourself, and then post this with a > new title that includes your name: THE NEWBIE QUESTION LIST: <your > name here>
Not new, but the thread is interesting so I will respond. > > 1. In which religion were you raised? Lackadaisical christian. > > 2. In which other religious movements have you been a true believer? > List them in chronological order. None, including the one in which I was raised. > > 3. Do you believe in reincarnation? No. > > 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? Maybe it is your identity, that sense of self. Maybe it is more. > > 6. How do you define enlightenment? Maybe it is figuring it all out. Maybe it is making peace with the fact that you can't figure it all out. > > 7. Nature or nurture? Both. > > 8. List the gurus in who's physical presence you've been. Dali Lama > > 9. What country do you live in now? USA > > 10. How many children have you parented? One > > 11. How many times married? Three > > 12. Years spent in the TMO? None, on the sidelines off and on over the years > > 13. Years spent living in Fairfield, Iowa? None > > 14. Vegetarian? What rules? Eggs, fish, dairy, chicken allowed as > exceptions? Eat meat as if it were a garnish. Try to eat fresh, local and not processed to minimize the poisons I ingest. > > 15. Do you watch entertainment that portrays raw and graphic violence? Yes. Kill Bill is my favorite. > > 16. Can drugs be spiritually useful to the ordinary person on the > street such that regular use could be supported? Spiritually useful? Maybe hallucinogenics in certain rare circumstances. > > 17. In which places of the world have you lived a year or more? USA > > 18. On a 1 - 10 scale, rate how much of your spiritual journey you've > accomplished so far. 10 would be "all the way." 5 > > 19. How much time do you spend per day in formal spiritual practices > that are not common-everyday human activities? I try to take stock everyday. How I do it and the amount of time varies. > > 20. List the recreational activities, hobbies, passions that get more > than 10 hours per week of your time. Running. Grandchildren. Governmental policy . > > 21. What do you expect to get out of posting here at FairfieldLife? I got what I came for: seeing where TM and the TMO was at and where I was at with TM. I keep coming back because of the varied ways people think and express themselves here is interesting. I leave every once in a while when I get disgusted with myself. >
