--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@...> wrote: > > 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,
No, I don't insist being offended, and I know you meant well, just I found it hard to identify with the term. I'm thinking of Poonja's 'Call off the search' 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. I have understood that. It's okay anyway, no big deal, Merry Chrismas Judy! > > > --- 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. >
