(12-08-2012, 06:31 PM)MattSaldana Wrote: Joining a monastery does not particularly excite me. The idea of having someone who sees things in me that I am missing and can help point them out to me, is what one might say "excites" me.
Hi Matt, I would like to say that you can find this sort of teacher in everyone you meet. Every other self you meet provides you with a reflection of an aspect of yourself. Seek to understand the dynamics of the relationships you have with others and the way people react to you and you will have your teacher.
(12-08-2012, 06:31 PM)MattSaldana Wrote:(12-08-2012, 02:40 PM)Spaced Wrote: When I was first out of school and had all kinds of weird philosophical ideas that made it hard for me to integrate into the capitalist workforce so me mum would always say that I should join a monastery. What she doesn't realize is that I am pretty sure already spent my last lifetime in a monastery. I think my job in this life is to take the serenity I learned there and translate it into a typical western life. Not super easy, to be sure.
Sorry, that didn't even address your question OP, I'm just all about talking about myself today hehe
May I ask what makes you pretty sure you were in a monastery in a past life?
When I was young my father took me to see a psychic who told me that they saw me in a previous life climbing a Himalayan slope in Buddhist robes and that image has resonated with me.