Re: I apologize for this piece—far too outrageous and insensitive! Posted by Jeff on December 04, 1999 at 22:08:19:
In Reply to: I apologize for this piece—far too outrageous and insensitive! posted by John on December 03, 1999 at 21:12:31:
Hi Coach & All:
I'm not sure about an apology to the class. I found the post
interesting enough to forward it to my wife.
The person was looking for info. did not mind it(the problem/reply)
being posted on the net so I'm not sure what the problem is. I don't
mind.
We all have egos and sometimes they want to show off. If ego and
personality didn't act up this class might be a little pointless. I
think that Maslow's heirarchy of needs comes in here somewhere.
coach wrote>I was jittery from lack of sleep and exhaustion, but I
decided to get a lot of shopping done anyway.
For me their is a definite order in the needs/desires. If I can not
fill my basic needs such as resting properly, then being mindful is
much harder. I may "need" to do some shopping, but what "price" am I
really willing to pay. To sacrifice my need for sleep I am much more
likely to open the lid on the ego box, and look out.
coach wrote>I see nobody else has been posting anything since then, and
that seems to be a unanimous rebuke. The silence is deafening.
I wrote>Sometimes silence is not sleep but merely students doing their
homework.
http://www.teleport.com/~interlud/meditate/sitdown.htm
I would suggest the above link again. For myself sometimes it takes me
awhile to read & reread posts, before I put my 2 cents in. Sometimes I
just need to take a break and do nothing...
Take care, Jeff
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