Well-said Michael and I like how you mention certain monotheist religions tend toward a path that "seems to end in a terminus in Heaven." I've found that as well having been raised in one the first two decades of my life. It never took though, thankfully.
The one practice I keep returning to day in and day out is a simple Seon/Chan/Zen. It's been the most beneficial and I like that freedom of a simple path. From the outside looking in, it appears restrictive, but from the inside looking out, the freedom is indescribably endless. "From birth to death it's only this!"
Very perceptive/wise! Affinities are strange things!. Like those seeds you give your little birds on your walks, they don't always sprout in ones early life🌷🙂
As I read up on her on the web, I found a french site that had this quote by Saint Thérèse:
"...I would like to be a missionary, not only for a few years, but I would like to have been so since the creation of the world and be so until the consumption of centuries… "
I like this one Michael. 👏 And I agree with your point that a path whose only goal is to get us into heaven is a somewhat limited one to travel on through life. The Buddhist virtues of compassion and loving-kindness enlarge the vision beautifully, and we are in such dire need for that perspective now.
Well-said Michael and I like how you mention certain monotheist religions tend toward a path that "seems to end in a terminus in Heaven." I've found that as well having been raised in one the first two decades of my life. It never took though, thankfully.
The one practice I keep returning to day in and day out is a simple Seon/Chan/Zen. It's been the most beneficial and I like that freedom of a simple path. From the outside looking in, it appears restrictive, but from the inside looking out, the freedom is indescribably endless. "From birth to death it's only this!"
Very perceptive/wise! Affinities are strange things!. Like those seeds you give your little birds on your walks, they don't always sprout in ones early life🌷🙂
As I read up on her on the web, I found a french site that had this quote by Saint Thérèse:
"...I would like to be a missionary, not only for a few years, but I would like to have been so since the creation of the world and be so until the consumption of centuries… "
An astonishing perception.
I like this one Michael. 👏 And I agree with your point that a path whose only goal is to get us into heaven is a somewhat limited one to travel on through life. The Buddhist virtues of compassion and loving-kindness enlarge the vision beautifully, and we are in such dire need for that perspective now.