January 18, 2013
Some things like Rabbi Twerski has said …are okay.
He mentioned in a drug/ alcohol Tx tape that his idea—>
the object is to be relatively happy although discontent… is not that difficult
to practice. It remains to the practitioner of Hatha Yoga and the thru- hiker
to BREATHE and become okay with the out and the in breath… to notice the
varying emotional/ intellectual and physical states… to notice the benefits of
this noticing. The dominant modern culture does nothing to foster this—> going INSIDE state. This said I do need a
trip onto the Colorado Plateau.
Bo
Lozoff www.humankindness.org — is
quoted as—>
"
The cause of all our
personal problems and nearly all
the problems of the world can be summed up in
a single sentence:
Human life
is very deep, and our modern dominant
lifestyle is not."
This
reference point is where I tried to make a point in
my soliloquy above. I can
elaborate some in hopes of
becoming clearer to your way of thinking…ok?
The
modern- dominant lifestyle of many affluent white
people is so much about
promoting some ware [or some
object marketeered to them] or some enticement to
separate them from their dollars. True?
The
US dollars are illusionary in the respect that they
are merely transactional
devices in place because we can
not farm our way out of this dominant society.
I
like camping more than shopping at Macy*s WAL*MART and Soopers— even many times
better than being seen downing the four dollar coffee at Starbuckeroos! Some of
the dominant modern culture behave as though they NEED to be SEEN swallowing
the Culture’s pricey non- alcoholic libation.
The clear- eyed distinguish the folly in this subscription
for happiness.
Rabbi Twerski has it pointed in the clear- eyed direction…
about being relatively happy although discontent…
Your thoughts?
Thanks,
me
