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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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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""We reject kings, presidents and voting. We believe in rough consensus and running code" ietf.org/tao.html
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Opt-in followership implies a leadership model that is definitely not "kings" or "presidents" or even "gurus"
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That is *precisely* the model for gurus. The guru-disciple relationship is like a spiritual adoption process. Vows are exchanged.
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Nope. Tradition has an extraordinary conditioning and coercive power that makes the student's choice not a free choice.
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