A life less ordinary? Contemplating evolving from a damn hippie with a head full of ideas to a person that actually *does something*. #maybe
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People need meditation. They need spiritual discipline, and they need the deep trust which a spiritual linage with good leaders can bring.
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And they need paternalist authority telling them what they need? Dude, you may have benefitted from teachers, but beware the lure
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Yes, they do. Without strong links to people older and wiser than we are, we get into trouble and drift. Gurus and kings, my friend.
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Thinking they might need it is one thing. Thinking self-styled gurus forcing themselves on people unilaterally is another
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I can't think of an example of a guru forcing themselves on anybody, ever. People follow if they want to follow. Except for the Pope.
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All freedom rests on the freedom to figure stuff out for themselves, badly if necessary.
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Agreed. Forcing people towards enlightenment has never worked: Tibet.
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