12-19-2013, 01:03 AM
(12-19-2013, 12:56 AM)GentleReckoning Wrote:What about becoming more aware of what you want to learn (as "the student"), rather than being concerned with role playing?(12-18-2013, 09:43 PM)zenmaster Wrote: Dissatisfaction comes from lack of will within the relative freedom you've carved out for yourself.
(12-18-2013, 09:12 PM)rie Wrote: what happened to simple appreciation for the time and effort and care the other is sharing, in sharing their ideas?Some posts do not involve time and effort and care and yet are appreciated. Some posts are the result of a great deal of time, effort and care yet are not appreciated.
It's actually very simple. I've been awake for 1 year. I meet people that have been 'awake' for a much longer time (relatively of course), and find that I end up taking the role of teacher when what I really want to be is the student.