On 2008-Dec-18, at 08:27, LuKreme wrote: > On 18-Dec-2008, at 00:17, Jared ''Danger'' Earle wrote: >> On 18 Dec 2008, at 00:34, Stefano Mori wrote: >>> As for whether every single enlightenment teacher is in it only for >>> money and sex, well, that's bollocks. >> >> Ok, maybe not every single one. Still, it's over 90%. > > Hey now, the only reason I'm in this *life* is money and sex.
And this is another issue that leads people to get upset with enlightenment teachers--a number of people turn to spirituality because they are having so much trouble with money and sex in their ordinary life, so they want to forget their bodies, forget their dreary jobs, forget their messed up emotions, and go and sit in white robes and be all pure like. But that's just life-denying. They can then become quite upset when they notice that the teacher is not someone who denies life, and actually he or she does have a sex life and does make money to put bread on the table. Some of them even make money being paid to teach. But gee, the piano teacher must be a fraud if I have to pay him to teach music! It just isn't that simple. Add in the complication that women find successful charismatic guys attractive... One guy I saw owned property, had a very attractive wife half his own age, and drove a black Merc. Does that mean he's corrupt... or just normal and successful? And if you do get spiritual insights, what use are they if you can't apply to real life, including money and sex? I mean, personally I just think the ultimate Zen Koan is, "does my bum look big in this?" Stefano _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
