--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > If that's what you want out of a spiritual teacher, I'm > > sure > > > > > > > there are many out there who will provide it. Me, I'd be > > > > > > > happier with someone who told me the truth. > > > > > > > > > > > > What is truth? > > > > > > > > > > And from what state of consciousness? > > > > > > > > > > Hilarious. > > > > > > > > It is true that knowledge is different in different states of > > > > consciousness. However, in my opinion, we only benefit in our > > quest > > > > for spiritual growth if exposed honestly and forthrightly to an > > > > enlightened point of view, no matter the discomfort it causes > > us. > > > > > > > > It is like being disciplined as a child. If we are always > > presented > > > > with just the child's point of view, we never grow up. So the > > > > realities of the enlightened and the ignorant are quite > > different, > > > and > > > > at the same time it greatly behooves the ignorant to be exposed > > to > > > the > > > > naked reality of the enlightened, if they truly want to gain > > that > > > > release of suffering for themselves. > > > > > > > > Of course, the ignorant are always free to continue suffering > > > > eternally if that is their choice; forever approaching freedom > > and > > > > then backing away, because the perceived pain of confronting > > their > > > > boundaries is greater than the perceived reward of freedom from > > > > suffering. Totally their choice. Personally, I call that fence > > > sitting > > > > and it has never any much benefit for me. > > > > > > How many kids have you raised? > > > > I am raising my daughter (14) if that's what you mean. The point > > being that there must be a balance to raise a child properly and > > give them loving and good guidance. If I was always following my > > child's lead, she wouldn't like it much, nor would I. To avoid > > sharing wisdom with someone is absurd, unless you have none to > share. > > A 14-year-old is basically an immature adult. BIIIG difference > between 14 and, say, 4. If you deal with a 4 year old as though > they're an adult, they may well not have a clue what you're talking > about, NOT because they don't have the life-experiences to related, > but because they don't have the processing ability to grasp the > concepts.
I don't deal with my 14 year old as if she is an adult, nor did I deal with her as such when she was 4. When she was 4 I dealt with her as a 4 year old. Now I deal with her as a 14 year old. Age appropriate. I was discussing relative states of wisdom, and the responsibility we have to help others when we are aware of something they may not be. Another example: When I want to find out what is wrong with my car, I ask a mechanic, not the guy that delivers my newspaper. And if the mechanic is doing his job, he tells me what is wrong with my car. Two things must occur if my car is to be fixed. One I must trust him and his knowledge, and two, he must honestly tell me what is wrong. 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/
