by cutsinger | Oct 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
I’m well acquainted with Gurdjieff and “the Work”. Though I’ve never managed to make my way all the way through Beelzebub’s Tales (and, yes, I realize there are those who will tell you this means I’ve missed the essential), I have...
by cutsinger | Sep 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
You ask what the dividing line is in Orthodoxy between acceptable and unacceptable “beliefs and perspectives”. It’s certainly true that a certain diversity of viewpoints is inevitable among the members of a given religious tradition, and within...
by cutsinger | Sep 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
Your message began with a quotation from Sri Ramana Maharshi: “The guru helps you in the eradication of ignorance. The ego is a very powerful elephant and cannot be brought under control by anyone less than a lion, who is none other than the guru, whose very...
by cutsinger | Aug 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
I’m the first to sympathize with anyone who is skeptical of academics, but you couldn’t be more mistaken if you think perennialism is an “academic phenomenon”. Let’s be clear: when you refer to the “ideological lenses” of...
by cutsinger | Aug 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
I wasn’t exaggerating when I expressed things as I did in class. The tradition, at least the monastic tradition, is uncompromisingly clear on this point: obedience is crucial, even in situations where it might seem as though one’s spiritual father is...
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