Starting over

[vlyons]

10. you impute a lot of stuff onto people, don't you?

I liked the article. Printed out and sent a copy to my niece, who said that she found it helpful. When I read it, I didn't see the writer as being an overblown false guru. I didn't see the writer as glorifying himself in the writing of it. We can't both be right about this. So ask yourself, is the glorification of self inherently in the writer, or is that a quality that you have imputed onto the writer? Think deeply about this.

If you experienced the article as not helpful to you, that is an honest statement of your experience. But must you verbally disrespect the writer, whom you've maybe never met, as self-glorifying in the writing of it? I see the writer as sharing an insight that he hoped might be helpful to others. Is that not a good thing?

Divisive talk within the sangha is a non-virtuous act.