Hello Everyone, great discussion..this one that makes you want to give your opinion...
Annnd mine is....
First, everyone please, if you have some type of job and are making at least reasonable to great money at it, please think twice times 3 about quiting it because you rather do something you resonate with? Joking a little, but not much...
Jobs are valuable can't be taken for granted......
But here's a way of looking at it, I've posted this idea before, and that's the extreme belief about too much money, ascetism- What far eastern gurus have said about money;
One extreme view I've read about is where one devotee said that a person could not achieve enlightment as long as they lived in a city, in a house, or basically owned things; this person spent most of his time in a cave meditating and yet still admitted he had a hard time achieving enlightment...
And then you have the pictures and images of the traditional guru; always wearing just nothing more than a loin cloth, sitting on the bare ground, meditating, contemplating...
The problem is that maybe their approach does work, but maybe it's because that's the technique they particularly followed. They were probably following the tradition of ascetism or something but erroneously applied it to all endeavors of seeking enlightment...
Here's the exact opposite scenario; that it may be that much easier to seek enlightment and even become enlightened when one is wealthier or just plain wealthy because one can afford to meditate in peace; no worries about finding the time,a nice quiet place, paying bills or fixing the cars to interfere with meditations...
Take care everyone...  |