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“Sannyas too would have been a different sort of collective, wouldn´t it? Sannyasins are the ones who brag maximum about meditation.”

Some common sense might come in handy here, Shantam.

Sannyas is a relatively […]

You miss the point, Shantam, by putting up irrelevant smokescreens to divert attention (Including, I suspect, yours).

People often say they “know” something when it’s merely on a superficial, mental level, not […]

“Parmartha dear, whole of India knew this before you got from your Osho.”

Well, it depends on what you mean by ‘knowing’ things, doesn’t it, Shantam? Are you sure you’re not merely getting this from hearsay or – […]

“Maybe it is their way of showing respect to the man (Buddha) whose teaching guides them through life.”
Not much evidence of them following his guidance there, Kusum!

“Faith or blind faith…it works for most […]

Concerning religious faith, there’s often more than a fine line between naive innocence and sheer stupidity. A crowd gathered to “worship” a 2500 year-old tooth is a demonstration of complete and utter […]

Is “meditative” the right word, Kusum?

And “FAITH” in what, exactly?

What was “wonderful” about a load of people “worshipping” a tooth, please, Kusum?

I’d use the word ‘discrimination’ rather than ‘judgment’, Arps – perhaps a fine line, but I’ve got ‘Virgo Rising’ you see…

The basic motivation is to avoid suffering, which is pretty well inevitable if one […]

But surely, watching doesn’t necessarily imply judging? Isn’t the whole point to suspend judgment, adopt a neutral stance, in order to see what’s real and true, and what isn’t, otherwise one’s likely to get stuck […]

Good post, Simond.

Madhu, you say:
“No feeling is ´untrustworthy´, Simond, in my eyes, and no hurt, past – or present – either.
That´s not the only reason why I´ve found Satyadeva´s long Bill Harris quote so sickening (and […]

I’m quoting (or rather, paraphrasing) my old History teacher at school, Madhu.

I have done a lot of teaching work, yes (amongst quite a few other things).

Maybe, but I doubt very much they were focusing on the teacher’s “ego”, more on the foolish notion that learning History was necessarily bad for children, however and by whoever it was taught.

While on the […]

“Maybe they were more interested in killing your ego than in teaching children.”

You can not be serious, Satchit? They were surely not quite as stupid as that?!

I suspect your professed ‘scientific’ honesty is just a mask for laziness, Shantam. It suits you to drag everyone else into the same category as it’s a convenient excuse for you to do absolutely nothing about your […]

Perhaps you find such a perception/belief convenient, Shantam, as it implies you needn’t bother doing anything about it as it’s all ‘obviously’ such a complete waste of time?

Hello Madhu, Simond,

Maybe something along these lines?

“We say things we regret, we feel things – anger, resentment, jealousy – that are toxic to ourselves and others, and we act on impulse – cookie anyone? – […]

It doesn’t have to be about shame or guilt, Madhu, it’s simply about learning from one’s mistakes.
(Btw, my response to Kusum was referring to any sort of misplaced trust, not only to anything one might have done […]

But Kusum, if you find your trust was misplaced, unjustified and/or born of naivete or even stupidity, don’t you get a “reward” from what you learn from the experience, eg not to be such a fool again?

No, Arps.