--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "PaliGap" <compost...@...> wrote: > > -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" > <j_alexander_stanley@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" > <jr_esq@> wrote: > > > > > > To All: > > > > > > Upon reading many of the posts here, it appears > > > that some posters are flauting their involvement > > > with the gunas. We should be reminded of the > > > aforementioned quotation from the Gita. > > > > Well, hell, seems like most of FF is fixated on > > being with sattva guna, as if spirituality and > > enlightenment are defined by it. > > That looks like the nutshell of an interesting "take". > But what do you mean exactly? I'd be interested if you > could expand on that. > > If we are to believe WikiP, there could be worse goals > (but perhaps not so irritatingly nice!): > > "A sattvika individual always works for the welfare of > the world. He is always hardworking, alert and lives > life moderately. He leads a chaste life. He eats > moderately. He speaks the truth and is bold. He never > uses vulgar or insulting language. He does not feel > jealous nor is he affected by greed and selfishness. > He does not cheat or mislead anyone. He does not even > allow any evil tendencies to enter his mind. He has > good memory and concentration. He also has keen > interest in improving his spiritual knowledge, and > spends time worshiping god or meditating. In the > extreme state he may even perform penance or > uninterrupted meditation. A satvic individual can be > recognized if his mind, speech and actions synchronize."
Well, Alex is right out because he used the word "Hell." :-) I think the real definition of "sattvic" should include whether the candidate sattvika individual "posts out" on FFL in less than 50 hours. Compulsive posting is a certainly a form of "uninterrupted meditation," nigh unto evangelism, right? As for John's claiming that some here are "flauting their involvement" with the three gunas, I plead not guilty. Yes, I dated the Guna triplets, and yes, at the same time. There were many nights when the three of them had their way with me for hours. But as for "flauting" this relationship, I have never even mentioned it here before, and will not again in the future. A gentleman never boinks and tells. So there, Mr. Chaste Life smarty pants!
