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Raja Begum
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(11/30/01 3:48 am)
Reply 		Are the Lessons pH Balanced?
Some would say that a disproportionately high emphasis on monastic thinking in the SRF teachings has created an inhospitable environment for their own self-evolution.

Consider the following analogy: Suppose we were to liken SRF to a plot of soil in which certain plants will be grown. Before we plant, we need to know the pH balance of the soil. Most plants do best at a pH of 6 to 7 which is neutral. Some such as rhododendrum, azalies, cranberries, blueberries, and some potatoes do best in acid soils of around a pH of 5.0. Alfalfa, on the other hand, prefers an alkaline medium. Using this analogy, it is clear to see that rhododendrums and cranberries would probably not bode well next to alfalfa. One or the other will end up with a compromised development.

Attitudes, ideas, and beliefs are very much like the substance of an alkaline or an acid. Their addition affects an environment and makes it hospitable to one thing and not to another. And so in considering our beloved SRF as the principle medium in which our lives have taken root, it becomes a necessary question to ask "Has that medium been optimimum one for our flourishing? And if not, why not?"

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