tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257399284971492459.post2595488924232652491..comments2022-04-09T14:42:51.404-04:00Comments on Somewhere in Transition: On the train...Julia Lee Barclay-Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13148106233642560088noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257399284971492459.post-8121719284487403752012-01-07T19:00:03.005-05:002012-01-07T19:00:03.005-05:00Thanks, Julia. Yes, sometimes it just isn't he...Thanks, Julia. Yes, sometimes it just isn't helpful to sit and be told what to do/think. There can be an immense arrogance in the person doing the telling, and how dangerous it is when they genuinely believe they are doing what they are doing for your benefit !<br /><br /> And there are so many people who just want to be told. So that they don't have the fear of being responsible ?<br /><br /> love, Panther.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257399284971492459.post-18811025235201608792012-01-01T01:49:10.774-05:002012-01-01T01:49:10.774-05:00Thanks, Panther - so glad to have met you via this...Thanks, Panther - so glad to have met you via this blog and do one day hope to meet you in person.<br /><br />I've had an OK New Year considering...wandering around my beloved city, seeing friends, going to meetings of folks like me...hanging with my cat.<br /><br />Didn't go to official meditation places in the end - I think even though I meditate every day, I'm too much of an anarchist at heart for guru-stuff. <br /><br />Be well and all good things to you for 2012!Julia Lee Barclay-Mortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13148106233642560088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257399284971492459.post-40802317046051602522011-12-31T15:02:59.992-05:002011-12-31T15:02:59.992-05:00My feeling is, to be an "ist" (any "...My feeling is, to be an "ist" (any "ist") is to imprison oneself more than is necessary. You can take the wisdom, what strikes you as valid, without having to brand yourself.<br /><br /> Connected to this : groups, all groups, can become oppressive. Even, ironically, the ones that describe themselves as liberating. One person's liberation is not necessarily another's.<br /><br /> Julia, may 2012 be happy and fruitful !<br /><br /> PantherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com