--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@...> wrote:
> > Thank you Judy, but I don't think of myself as a seeker. I may > > be an eclectic universalist. > > How are you defining "seeker"? Somebody who seeks a path in this case, I am not looking for a path. > "Seeker" and "eclectic > universalist" aren't mutually exclusive as I would define > the terms. Neither are they identical. Being a non-seeker and an eclectic universalist aren't mutually exclusive. Please understand this: This is what Buck and me are all about, when we say that the TMorg should allow people to see saints - not that they are seeking a different path, or adopting different techniques, or a different guru, or a different world view. They are simply taking the darshan, the blessings, the shakti - and it is good to widen your horizon and have an experience - out of the box. Would you call Purushas seekers? Many of them do the very same thing, and why not? > "Seeker" is nonspecific regarding one's path > (or nonpath), no? Depends on the context. In this context I just don't like the word. > How about "serious explorer of spirituality," would that > work better for you? It's too serious! I just take the things that 'happen' to me. For example, I am not exploring sufism, with the exception of Irina Tweedies 'daughter of fire' I read no sufi books. I am not even into the poetry of Rumi. I just go to dargahs, I stumbled into them so to say. So it is with many things. I may go to the St Thomas cathedral in Chennai, if the opportunity arises, but I am not studying Christianity. I visit small chapels when I go for a run, just for a restful mini-meditation.
