"In the post-meditative experience become a child of illusion" is a slogan from the Tibetan mind training tradition. We engage the world as we experience it all the while realizing that reality is not as it seems to be.
Why don’t we take on the concept that’s held the country in pretty good stead for 200 years and return to a national vision of shared burdens, shared responsibilities and shared sacrifice.
Why don't we indeed? And that's a conservative speaking.
Yeah, MadPriest. But the radical conservatives we've got in power now don't believe in ANY kind of sharing. They believe you're on your own: "I've got mine; screw you." And that's putting it politely.
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ReplyDeleteBut these conservatives (the world over) don't usually mean a 50/50 share of burdens, responsibilities and sacrifices.
Yeah, MadPriest. But the radical conservatives we've got in power now don't believe in ANY kind of sharing. They believe you're on your own: "I've got mine; screw you." And that's putting it politely.
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