tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30354654.post1722698194006906044..comments2023-07-31T04:12:15.594-07:00Comments on Random Thoughts: The Guru Papers (Part 2)stuartresnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16879896068458013439noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30354654.post-81739790189196615022008-05-10T13:45:00.000-07:002008-05-10T13:45:00.000-07:00Big thanks to Doug and Allie for your contribution...Big thanks to Doug and Allie for your contribution.<BR/><BR/>Doug wrote: <I>The human condition entails feelings of angst, anger, insecurity, etc. It's oh-so-easy to lay the blame for these feelings on outside factors. Much easier to do that than to look inwards.</I><BR/><BR/>I suppose that I write about the importance of introspection is because I see the effort it takes in my own life. For a stuartresnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16879896068458013439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30354654.post-83041979064797807912008-05-10T09:42:00.000-07:002008-05-10T09:42:00.000-07:00I always enjoy reading your perspectives on things...I always enjoy reading your perspectives on things, Stuart, even when I don't agree. In this case I think you make very good points, but something you seem to gloss over, to use your phrase, is people's conditioning. Certainly mature minds are capable of making their own decisions, but I think first they must recognize that their past decisions have been conditioned by their past experiences. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30354654.post-45449056286996882422008-05-09T12:19:00.000-07:002008-05-09T12:19:00.000-07:00Stu-I do enjoy your commentary on Guruism. I also...Stu-<BR/><BR/>I do enjoy your commentary on Guruism. I also followed a link from your blog a while ago to Marta Szabo's <I>The Guru Looked Good</I>. Fascinating stuff. <BR/><BR/>Experience and observation tell me that externalizing spiritual problems is a seductive path. The human condition entails feelings of angst, anger, insecurity, etc. It's oh-so-easy to lay the blame for these feelingsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com