"filo'sofos nutridos en sopa de convento
contemplan impasibles el amplio firmamento"
Antonio Machado.
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Christianity in monasticism rightly emphasises....
poverty, chastity and obedience.
(St.Benedict. et al.)
Monasticism as a general concept PRE-DATES and in my opinion is superior to "economics" and "psychiatry" and their attendant lies.
It was also a dominant force in the maintenance and preservation of European culture and civilisation for a millennium at least.
What would a 21st-century version be?
To my more modern way of thinking:-
POVERTY means simple living. NOT lack of money PER SE, nor privation, nor not working..... "Live simply so that others may simply live" Gandhi. Green living, consuming less...
CHASTITY means appropriate use of sexuality. NOT it's extinction - which is impossible really....
chastity in relationships.
To say that a male (or female for that matter) has to be totally celibate and not be sexually active in any way is probably possible but unreasonable and unnecessary....
Relationships are a different thing....
and
OBEDIENCE means to the "UBI CARITAS ET AMOR IBI DEUS EST" type of principle....
obedience to philosophy, to the intellect (?)
Monasteries were important as stores of knowledge and educational institutions.....
T.B.C...
"GIM": Green Intellectual Monk. :) :D Add the P if you want!
Signed
The (Franciscan) Gimp.
......
contemplan impasibles el amplio firmamento"
Antonio Machado.
------
Christianity in monasticism rightly emphasises....
poverty, chastity and obedience.
(St.Benedict. et al.)
Monasticism as a general concept PRE-DATES and in my opinion is superior to "economics" and "psychiatry" and their attendant lies.
It was also a dominant force in the maintenance and preservation of European culture and civilisation for a millennium at least.
What would a 21st-century version be?
To my more modern way of thinking:-
POVERTY means simple living. NOT lack of money PER SE, nor privation, nor not working..... "Live simply so that others may simply live" Gandhi. Green living, consuming less...
CHASTITY means appropriate use of sexuality. NOT it's extinction - which is impossible really....
chastity in relationships.
To say that a male (or female for that matter) has to be totally celibate and not be sexually active in any way is probably possible but unreasonable and unnecessary....
Relationships are a different thing....
and
OBEDIENCE means to the "UBI CARITAS ET AMOR IBI DEUS EST" type of principle....
obedience to philosophy, to the intellect (?)
Monasteries were important as stores of knowledge and educational institutions.....
T.B.C...
"GIM": Green Intellectual Monk. :) :D Add the P if you want!
Signed
The (Franciscan) Gimp.
......