2012.04.29 _ 19

"Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself." ~Rumi

I was reading Joan Tollifson today and she remarked how she used to live her life in the future. I have always done that too, but am gradually seeing through it, noticing it when I do, now. Funny how deep and profound simple teachings like 'being in the present' really are.

Karuna-metta practice and a nice talk with Pila. :::checks in:::

Oh dear - didn't get chance to post this yesterday.

Karuna-metta meditation and then going on to Aph's session where she kicked off the traditions as a resource theme. It was interesting, but it seemed a shame to me that it got called "Do as you would be done by". This so-called Golden Rule is not a feature of all religions (as Aph first stated), and is certainly not a feature of many indigenous religions (such as my own Heathenry). "Do as you would be done by" is not necessary for a religious moral code, nor for a civilized society to survive successfully. Which does not mean that indigenous religions do/did not have morality - far from it! Theirs was very often simply a different (and often stricter) morality than many people brought up in Abrahamic faiths in the modern world are used to or can easily comprehend now. And in those cultures where personal honor and reputation was key, to uphold the values of that society was a very desirable given.