zarzari, the way "seeker" is used around here, it just means someone who engages in exploration of spirituality in general. It's a very broad term. And by "serious," I meant not superficial or frivolous, but respectful of spiritual traditions.
If you insist on being offended by it, I certainly won't use "serious seeker" again to describe you. It's just that it's about the last phrase I'd expect anyone on FFL to object to. It was intended as a compliment. Yes, certainly I'd call purusha seekers. And yes, I believe I've told you before that I agree with you and Buck about the TMO's "no saints" policy, so I'm not sure what you think I don't understand about your position. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, zarzari_786 <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- 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.
