--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Apr 8, 2006, at 9:09 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > > <shempmcgurk@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > The man who takes every opportunity to hit the TMO > > > > for weird and crazy things and here you are defending > > > > probably one of the weirdest cults of them all: one > > > > that chooses its leader based on some sort of > > > > fairy tale about reincarnation! > > > > > > > > hahahahahahahahahaha. > > Shemp, did you have something strange to eat before you wrote this? > This is an odd reaction to the Dalai Lama and to a whole tradition > that also uses the Vedas. Vedic traditions sound pretty wild, too, > to most people - things like performing fire cermonies so that that > energies coming from planets to your very own physiology will be > deflected or enhanced.
I have a sneaking suspicion Shemp doesn't buy into any of this either... <snip> > But, I also trust that the process will take care of itself, to a > large extent. All this meditating and yoga for all these years, > trying to live a "good" life while having some fun, caring for > family. I am counting on a compassionate universe to include me and > frankly everyone in the normal flow of transition. I don't think > we all have to feel responsible for learing how to manage each > stage of life. *Very* well said. > The analogy that comes to mind is the fundy Christian idea that > ONLY thru belief in Jesus can a person be saved. But what about > those who never heard of Jesus? Same with death. Such a > fundamental experience cannot possibly REQUIRE special training > available in one part of the world. Sounds awfully elitist, doesn't it? But at least the fundies' doctrine of salvation promises that if you accept Jesus as your savior while you're on earth, you are assured of eternal happiness after you die--relieving you of the need to spend time and effort going through elaborate training for death, when you could be living your life to the fullest while you still *have* it. Tibetans are certainly entitled to have their beliefs respected, as are the fundies. But for Tibetan beliefs to be used as an excuse to heap scorn on others, by someone who isn't even Tibetan, strikes me as very likely incompatible with what devout Tibetans would find acceptable. 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/
