--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, zarzari_786 <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- 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'
Ah, OK. That isn't what I meant. (I'm not particularly impressed by Poonja's dictum anyway. I suspect it tends to lead to a form of moodmaking in which one has convinced oneself one has called off the search in the interests of getting where one has wanted to go all along.) <snip> > > 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! And to you as well, zarzari.