--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Hughes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >From: "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > >To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > >Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The four classes > >Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2006 22:11:48 -0000 > > > >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" <wayback71@> > >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 don't particularly like any form of voodoo, tibetan or hindi. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The issue, Shemp, is that you're laughing at a > > > > > group of people who have more knowledge than you > > > > > do about a certain subject -- death, dying, and > > > > > reincarnation. And you're laughing at them and > > > > > trying to put them down, when what a *smart* seeker > > > > > would be doing is trying to figure out what they > > > > > know, and whether it might be useful. > > > I read one of the DLs books and all the way through I was thinking this is > surpisingly shallow and "surface" not the words of somone who has had the > experience of enlightenment. And, lo and behold, at the end he says that one > day he hopes to have a transcendental experience.
Now, I find that very interesting. Can you remember which book it was? This is a book that I'll be more than willing to make Barry happy by picking up and reading... By the way, the statement about hoping to one day have a transcendental experience: it kind of reminds me of what Pope John Paul (the one who lasted about 45 days) said after he was elected Pope. He said something to the effect: "I'm not worthy of this honour". Well, that pissed me off because if HE isn't worthy what does that say about the 1 billion OTHER Catholics in the world? > > I've always prefered reading Buddhism to the movements guff, maybe because I > read it first, but it's an odd scenario to have the man at the top not > really knowing what he's talking about. > > I can't comment on the book of the dead but I file all religious writing > under "yet to be proved" the Tibetan wheel of life is a masterpiece however > and wll worth a look > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
