Joyce/no dabblers need apply

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Dear Joyce,

 

At 01:21 PM 2/15/2000 -0500, you wrote:

> " Joyce Short " <insight

>

>Hi Tim - Im curious as to what exactly you practice at least a couple of

>hours a day, maybe four, maybe more. J

 

Did I say I practiced something at least a couple of hours a day, maybe

four, maybe more? I did not say this!

 

But anyway... now I will say (and probably foolishly). The answer is

meditation, contemplation and discrimination (discrimination meaning

discerning between the real and the false). I don't need anyone external

to tell me what is real and what is false. There is an inner Guru

(Satguru) that gives guidance on these matters (although certain " spiritual

writings " help greatly in matters of remembrance).

 

If you want to know the circumstances, I do not work (being on disability),

I do not socialize (having only one casual friend), I am unmarried and do

not date... therefore my time is entirely free. I rarely watch TV (poison)

or read newspapers and only very occasionally see a movie (once every

couple weeks?). I spend 98% of my time alone.

 

Perhaps you find the idea of total independence like this terrifying?

TOTAL reliance on my own understanding? Dangerous! Such can produce a

sage, or produce a Hitler! But you do not know my motivations, so you

cannot judge.

 

To approximate, I spend 85% of my time reading and in contemplation, 10% in

meditation and 5% on things such as eating food and drinking liquids. Just

a wild guess, though.

 

And now I have said more than enough, because you will probably judge anyway.

 

Love,

 

Tim

 

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