tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2515247027173641993.post7326261867550610532..comments2023-10-16T06:23:18.135-04:00Comments on Yoga for Cynics: Whatever You Wish to Keep...Dr. Jay SWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08631848276936859276noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2515247027173641993.post-25091914148868279442014-08-19T22:36:44.170-04:002014-08-19T22:36:44.170-04:00Compassion! Compassion? Hmmm, I couldn't fi...Compassion! Compassion? Hmmm, I couldn't find it for those young men. I found myself thinking "if they were taking selfies perhaps they picked up his body lice". That is definately not compassionate. 3617WR https://www.blogger.com/profile/05730763054918340998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2515247027173641993.post-61910479326148840582014-06-17T14:52:08.550-04:002014-06-17T14:52:08.550-04:00I have an older friend who loves to go to estate s...I have an older friend who loves to go to estate sales. She can't drive any more, so I take her.<br /><br />Seeing people haggle over a "World's Greatest Dad" mug made me want to go home and give away <i>everything</i>. It really drove home to me how things really have no significance other than the significance we give them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2515247027173641993.post-82285487612640046922014-06-11T16:49:50.252-04:002014-06-11T16:49:50.252-04:00'. . . first there is a mountain / then there ...'. . . first there is a mountain / then there is no mountain / then there is . . .'<br /><br />I suppose it's not too strange that my Dad recently left me a guitar also, or other Stones & Dylan (& Donovan) connections . . . <br /><br />'Strike another match, go start anew . . .' Cheers ~! Erik Donald Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2515247027173641993.post-88832922522042962392014-05-20T22:52:30.422-04:002014-05-20T22:52:30.422-04:00Hello!
I just ran into his old comment of yours o...Hello!<br /><br />I just ran into his old comment of yours over at Elephant Journal and wanted to clear up your misunderstanding:<br /><br />"There's homophobia, as well as rampant sexism in every religious/spiritual tradition (and not just in the past, either, as the most popular yoga guru in India is one of the country's leading opponents of decriminalizing homosexuality) (yes, homosexuality is illegal in magical mystical India). If you're going to idealize ancient traditions and hold up mythical pasts as purer than the modern world, you're either gonna end up a crazed fanatic like Phelps or wrestling with a who lotta contradictions (like the gay and lesbian yogis I encounter who seem to think traditional Indian village life is an ideal we should all aspire to). "<br /><br />The British made homosexuality illegal in India during their terroristic rule and a lot of their bullshit laws have not been taken off our books yet. <br /><br />Many of us Indians are still mentally colonized. We need to scrap all of the British laws and rewrite our own, from start to finish, reflecting our civilizational values. <br /><br />As far as homosexual "yogis" (and I'm using that term very loosely) thinking a return to traditional Indian village life as ideal... ONLY if its pre-British Raj and pre-Islamic Indian village life would it be close to ideal for them.<br /><br />Ancient Hindu Civilization did not make the personal political and therefore if someone was homosexual and wanted to enter into a marriage with another homosexual, there was no central government authority making laws against that. The family was (and to a large extent still is) the epicenter of culture, social life and ethics for a Hindu and therefore if their family gave blessings, no one could stop them. If their family did not give blessings then they could always move away from family like the rishis and munis often did.<br /><br />Anyway, gradually I see more and more Indians shaking off the shackles of colonialism, imperialism and Abrahamic influence. <br /><br />I'm hoping within 100 years we can return to our roots and the individual freedoms our original civilization promoted.<br /><br />Thankyou!<br /><br /><br /><br />Hindu Yogininoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2515247027173641993.post-91466606235788127802014-05-16T11:19:04.764-04:002014-05-16T11:19:04.764-04:00Om Shanti Fuck.
I'll have to use that one.
...Om Shanti Fuck. <br /><br />I'll have to use that one. <br /><br />Namaste bitches...Meredith LeBlanchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10825941786587081100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2515247027173641993.post-14822930591428585572014-05-14T01:44:50.161-04:002014-05-14T01:44:50.161-04:00omnia mea mecum porto... old dream to be free. Wel...omnia mea mecum porto... old dream to be free. Welcome to Europe! Are you blogging of this experience?info@lesbarkeit.infohttp://www.lesbarkeit.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2515247027173641993.post-6248792305257180082014-05-13T20:56:29.827-04:002014-05-13T20:56:29.827-04:00Jane and I are renting our house indefinitely and ...Jane and I are renting our house indefinitely and selling all its contents in an effort to return to near college level mobility. First expat location--northern Italy. Our approach to retirement is to shake things up completely into a totally new life. (We've lived in the same Milwaukee house for 20 years, ever since we were married.) My interests have reverted strongly to the interests of my youth--flamenco guitar, foreign languages and culture, and living, not just traveling, overseas. This is the ultimate in non-attachment and the ultimate in attachment, as we are jettisoning everything, except for the the most important attachment we have, each other. Bob Weisenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01442738029941563325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2515247027173641993.post-73093757813058670232014-05-13T16:47:40.627-04:002014-05-13T16:47:40.627-04:00om shanti fuck
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