06-06-2010, 12:00 AM
snowblind wrote:
I have another question...why is a systematic and critically thought out way of approaching spirituality so threatening to so many? I honestly dont get it. Honest questions deserve honest rebuttal to be sure...however I percieve that no one is interested in searching, but mostly pontificating...pontification is safer to be sure, but the real meat lies in ruthlessly honest exploration imo.To answer that, questioning is good because its what keeps us grounded. But I have to tell you - and you've probably experienced this - the answers arent typically satisfying. The best we can do is try to directly experience something, because experience is a great teacher. So typically if I want to learn, I try to set myself up to experience the answers, vs hear them from some source. But I do still ask questions and pay attention to the answers. I still can learn from so many people and try to all the time.
I have another question...why is a systematic and critically thought out way of approaching spirituality so threatening to so many? I honestly dont get it. Honest questions deserve honest rebuttal to be sure...however I percieve that no one is interested in searching, but mostly pontificating...pontification is safer to be sure, but the real meat lies in ruthlessly honest exploration imo.To answer that, questioning is good because its what keeps us grounded. But I have to tell you - and you've probably experienced this - the answers arent typically satisfying. The best we can do is try to directly experience something, because experience is a great teacher. So typically if I want to learn, I try to set myself up to experience the answers, vs hear them from some source. But I do still ask questions and pay attention to the answers. I still can learn from so many people and try to all the time.