"Bobby L" <bobbyl2000@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> "Darren" <darren@dazze.net> wrote in message
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> > "Poe" <Poe34@mail.com> wrote in message
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> > > I think i might need a 12 step rpogram, here are my issues.
> > >
> > > 1) I can't deal with my parents with any of this they were a
fundimental
> > > element in my childhood abuse and they are now to old to confront.
> > >
> > > 2) I cannot accept a christian belive system, I am a buddhist.
> >
> > AA lost a buddhist today because of the conflicting spiritual beleifs.
Sad
> > really. The stongest tree in the wood bends with the wind, AA should
too.
> > >
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> AA did not lose anything today. My experience suggests AA does not hold a
> lot of membership drives. I cannot speak for your experience. Sounds
like
> another alcoholic missed an opportunity to get sober, as he was unable to
> differentiate the true from the false.
No, he's a buddhist. He wants to be sobriety, not religious conversion.
Still he has ad-action and my best wishes.
>
> for Poe -- Are you really a buddhist? Your comment on some element of
> childhood abuse perplexes me if you are indeed a buddhist. A buddhist
would
> not have to deal with childhood abuse as he would understand the abuse was
> his karma.
Buddhists are people to subect to the same emotional traumas as everyone
else. Buddhist or not if someone is abused as a child it's going to damage
him as an adult.
>Confrontation with the abuser would not be necessary - only the
> acceptance of the basic buddhist truth that "you had it coming." As a
> Buddhist, perhaps you should thank your parents for the abuse as they
helped
> balance your karma.
Are you speaking as a buddhist, experienced buddhists or as one who is
subscribing to stereotypes?
>
> The Buddha said, "According to the seed that is sown,
> So is the fruit you reap
> The door of good will gather good result
> The door of evil reaps evil result.
> If you plant a good seed well,
> Then you will enjoyed the good fruits."
>
> Your statements regarding this need to confront your parents are likely
> increasing your Akushala. Perhaps you are thinking and wishing to act out
> of hatred and illusion. You know what that means ---- more shit is coming.
>
> Good Luck with that.
As Buddha once said, "A phoenix can fly only when its wings have grown".
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> Bobby L
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