ext_44983 ([identity profile] sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] sophiaserpentia 2006-04-06 04:52 pm (UTC)

Nope, not even if it's nice mythology about peace and love. I am a firm believer in divorcing mysticism from materialism entirely, because interjecting material concerns leads (inevitably, it would seem) to commodification of the mystical message. Which in turn allows the message to be twisted and misused.

Compassion and loving-kindness cannot be taught in a book and do not require huge edifices; they are best taught one-on-one, by the examples of people's lives, or in small discussion groups.

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