--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nab: Not having them is a great blessing. > > > > Lurk: Nab, I guess I just wasn't able to achieve bramacharya like you > > > evidently have. I tried, but I couldn't deny who I was. And I > must say, I feel my spiritual growth has benefitted. YMMV. > > > > > Nab: If having them does not shift attention away from meditation to > > diapers, as it obviously did for the original poster, then why not. > > To have them can't ruin your spiritual life if you don't want an > > excuse to quit. > > Lurk:I think they call it the householder ashrama. You seem to hold > the view that the householder path, with its' various obligations, > including changing stinky diapers is inferior to the bramacharya way > of life.
Never said that, and do not hold such a stand. I hold the view that living in a selfsufiscient manner is easier because of fewer distractions. A blessing really, thats all. But here you are living in the everyday world, seemingly > trying to be a bramacharya. Trying ? Not sure those two are necessarily > compatable. And if you want to talk about "culturing the heart", > well, a strand of coral beads compared to a big hug from your daughter > when you come home from work?, - I'm going for the hug. Whatever works for you is fine with me :-)
